Explore the mysteries of mathematics through quotations, as the adventure unfolds over 1000s of years. This gem of an author "inspires a new generation of da Vincis to build unknown flying machines and create new Mona Lisas." -- Christian Science Monitor
This book unpacks how math is an essential part of our everyday life in ways that you never thought of. Full of crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers and beautiful illustrations show you that math is interesting, fun, and not intimidating at all! Ever wondered where math originated from? This fantastic educational book unpacks all the curious questions that your child has about math including intriguing historical stories that explore the often-surprising origins of math that we use in our daily lives.
Delves into the world of ideas, explores the spell mathematics casts on our lives, and helps you discover mathematics where you least expect it. Be spellbound by the mathematical designs found in nature. Learn how knots may untie the mysteries of life. Be mesmerized by the computer revolution. Discover how the hidden forces of mathematics -hold architectural structures together -connect your telephone calls -help airplanes get off the ground - solve the mysteries of the living cell.
Are you looking for fun ways to ignite your students' thinking, spark their creativity, and build anticipation for the day’s lesson? Sometimes the best way to encourage creativity and exploration is simply posting an image and asking students to describe what they think, notice, and wonder about what they are seeing--and you can do just that with these 101 HD image graphics.
Who knew a little purple ET could teach so much about math? Not only does he float down in his saucer to help the narrator understand its importance, but how explains how maths is around us. This book introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways -- like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies! This isn't a how-to math book, it's a way to think differently about math as a necessary and cool part of our lives!
Starting classes with Two Truths and One Lie (2T1L) activities is a great way to spark creative and critical student thinking that will last for an entire lesson and beyond! 2T1L activities help your kids to develop reasoning skills, make logical arguments, express their ideas in words, and engage with visual mathematics—which ultimately leads to deeper and more meaningful understanding of challenging topics and concepts.
'What VARY Means' is the second book in 'Fun with Statistics.' These books are designed to prepare young children for success in science and math. Children enjoy colorful pictures while gaining exposure to terms that foster readiness for later learning.
This book is an interactive hands-on experience that makes math fun. Key curriculum subjects including shapes, patterns, telling time, lines of symmetry, addition, subtraction, measurement and more are explained through over 50 interactive elements throughout the book including pop-ups, flaps, and pull the tab elements, making an otherwise tedious subject entertaining.
Over a period of 25 years as author of the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, this author devoted a column every six months or so to short math problems or puzzles. He was especially careful to present new and unfamiliar puzzles that had not been included in classic collections.
‘Zero is very special. There is no other number quite like it in the universe.’ So says Sir Tzyphyr. Sir Tzyphyr is no ordinary magician. He is the greatest Wizard of the universe for he knows mathemagic, the spell of numbers. This gives him powers greater than ordinary magic ever could. Join him as he takes the twins Megha and Mehul on a second exciting journey into the magical world of numbers. This time they find out all they can about that most special and mysterious of numbers, ZERO!
