Big Ideas for Small Mathematicians
Kids Discovering the Beauty of Math with 22 Ready-To-Go Activities
Published on 1. August 2007
162 pages
978-1-61374-134-4 (ISBN)
Description
Introducing sophisticated mathematical ideas like fractals and infinity, these hands-on activity books present concepts to children using interactive and comprehensible methods. With intriguing projects that cover a wide range of math content and skills, these are ideal resources for elementary school mathematics enrichment programs, regular classroom instruction, and home-school programs. Reproducible activity sheets lead students through a process of engaged inquiry with plenty of helpful tips along the way. A list of useful terms specific to each activity encourages teachers and parents to introduce students to the vocabulary of math. Projects in this first of the two Big Ideas books include "e;Straw Structures,"e; where children get hands-on experience with measurement and 3-D visualization; "e;Kaleidoscopes,"e; in which students use geometry to build a mathematical toy; and "e;Crawling Around the Mobius Strip,"e; where kids build a physical example of infinity.
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Ann Kajander
Big Ideas for Small Mathematicians
Kids Discovering the Beauty of Math with 22 Ready-to-Go Activities
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08/2007
Zephyr Press
€41.03
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Content
- Front Cover
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Pattern Shapes
- 2. Squares and Odd Numbers
- 3. Cubes in a Room
- 4. Straw Structures
- 5. Soma Cubes
- 6. Divisibility Circle
- 7. Discovering Pi
- 8. Tessellations
- 9. Geometric Memory Game
- 10. The Three Bears
- 11. Party Fractions
- 12. Suncatcher Reflections
- 13. Kaleidoscope
- 14. Crawling around the Moebius Strip
- 15. What Color?
- 16. Balloons and Dice Game
- 17. Balances and Equations
- 18. Proof with Pythagoras and Fermat
- 19. Streamers Problem
- 20. 3-D Tic Tac Toe
- 21. Fractals and Infinity
- 22. Tetrahedral Fractal
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author
- Back Cover
