Hands-On Math Projects With Real-Life Applications

Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications, SecondEdition offers an exciting collection of 60 hands-on projects tohelp students in grades 6--12 apply math concepts and skills tosolving everyday, real-life problems! The book is filled withclassroom-tested projects that emphasize: cooperative learning,group sharing, verbalizing concepts and ideas, efficientresearching, and writing clearly in mathematics and across othersubject areas. Each project achieves the goal of helping to buildskills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making,and supports an environment in which positive group dynamicsflourish. Each of the projects follows the same proven format and includesinstructions for the teacher, a Student Guide, and one or morereproducible datasheets and worksheets. They all include theelements needed for a successful individual or group learningexperience. The projects are easily implemented and can standalone, and they can be used with students of various grade levelsand abilities. This thoroughly revised edition of the bestseller includes somenew projects, as well as fresh information about technology-basedand e-learning strategies and enhancements; No Child Left Behindstandards; innovative teaching suggestions with activities,exercises, and standards-based objectives; reading and literacyconnections; and guidelines and objectives for group andteam-building projects. Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications isprinted in a lay-flat format, for easy photocopying and to help youquickly find appropriate projects to meet the diverse needs of yourstudents, and it includes a special Skills Index that identifiesthe skills emphasized in each project. This book will save you timeand help you instill in your students a genuine appreciation forthe world of mathematics. "The projects in this book will enable teachers to broaden theirinstructional program and provide their students with activitiesthat require the application of math skills to solve real-lifeproblems. This book will help students to realize the relevance andscope of mathematics in their lives." --Melissa Taylor, middle school mathematics teacher, PointPleasant Borough, New Jersey