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This book by author W. Isdell is for young adults. Julie hates algebra - until she meets Al, and the Periodic horses and they journey through the Land of Mathematics, where the Orders of Operations are real places and fruits that look like Bohr models grow on chemistrees. Wonderfully written and a joy to read, it's full of math and science basics made fun and accessible.
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The main part of this book from Isreal Gelfand and Alexander Shen is made up of math problems. Divided into sections devoted to different topics, 72 chapters cover such subjects as the multiplicaiton of negative numbers, the division algorithm, addition in the decimal number system and converting a rational expression into the quotient of two polynomials.
http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-I-M-Gelfand/dp/0817636773/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/103-5693330-6655010
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This algebra text is written in the form of a fantasy novel, with the story's characters solving problems by using algebra. Readers discover the hows and whys of equations, negative numbers, exponents, roots and real numbers, algebraic expressions, functions, graphs, quadratic equations, polynomials, permutations and combinations, matrices and determinants, mathematical induction, and imaginary numbers.
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Puzzles and games that present algebra as a fun and enjoyable experience. It contains reproducible activity pages with a variety of topics.
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This book offer an historically oriented introduction to number theory, including properties of numbers, primes, perfect numbers, quadratic forms, numbers as abstract concepts, and classical discoveries of number theory. It is written for readers with an understanding of arithmetic and beginning algebra.
http://store.yahoo.com/doverpublications/0486281337.html
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This innovative and enjoyable book by author Jerry Pallotta uses a variety of different apples to teach kids all about fractions. Playful elves demonstrate how to divide apples into halves, thirds, fourths, and more. Young readers will also learn about varieties of apples, including Golden and Red Delicious, Granny Smiths, Cortlands, and even Asian Pears.
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American students' dwindling aptitude in math and science have become newsworthy lately, often culminating in debates about test scores. The author reiterates the concern that American youth is not being prepared for an emerging, competitive international market. But his review of studies, programs, and other data reveal a disturbing new correlation between educational access and power. He argues that the poor, minority students, and young women are not encouraged in math studies, thus widening the gap between the under and over classes. His re...
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This book is about the life and works of Archimedes, the Greek mathematician who enriched mathematics and all branches of science. The author discusses Archimedes work, his discoveries and the knowledge later based upon it. The book includes simple and humorous illustrations and diagrams enhancing the reader's understanding of Archimedes' concepts.
http://www.bethlehembooks.com/livinghistory/archimedes.htm
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"Math Wizardry for Kid's containing over 200 fun and challenging math puzzles, games, designs, and projects for kids."
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This book by Don Cohen, is outstanding because it takes the mumbo-jumbo out of traditionally taught calculus and makes the ideas accessible to ANYONE, not just to math whizzes. The technical vocabulary and symbolic notation can always be learned later. This book introduces the important ideas of calculus with simple, natural language and, most helpful of all, illuminating graphics.
http://www.mathman.biz
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"Calculus the Easy Way covers all the essentials of a first-year calculus course, including derivatives, integrals, trignometric functions, natural logarithms, exponential functions, and an introduction to differential equations."
It doesn't have a textbook feel to it, which seems to make some children more fond of it.
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Invaluable as a classroom math program enrichment resource. Challenge Math is also a highly recommended resource for homeschooled children. Challenge Math is a great resource for the worksheet discouraged and the mathematically curious.
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The book is broken down into several chapters. The first chapter contains the problems, the next are the solutions, followed by hints to the problem, and finally an appendix of useful theorems and formulas. The useful theorems are mostly the results of Euclid's Book 1 and 3, and the immediate consequences of those theorems, e.g., the sum of the angles of a convex quadrilateral is 360.
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This book uses humor to illuminate new math; groups, sets, subsets, topology, Boolean algebra and more.
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This mathematics textbook is a comprehensive parent and teacher guide for developing math talent among gifted students of elementary or middle school age. Several strategies are given such as identifying mathematically gifted learners, advocating for gifted children with math talent, designing a systematic math education program for gifted students, and more!
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=543
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This book offers a focused look at educating gifted and talented students for success in math. More than just a guidebook for educators and parents, this book offers a comprehensive approach to mathematics education for gifted students of elementary or middle school age.
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=543
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Comprises 34 contributions that, collectively, explore the possibilities for the recognition and nurturing of mathematically gifted students in grades K-12. Specific topics include the use of awards programs, the cultural challenge facing gifted girls, what teachers can learn from students' reasoning, international perspectives, the definition of talent, curricular strategies, and connecting parents to the schools.
http://www.nagc.org/acb/stores/1/product2.aspx?Product_ID=73
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This book describes the dramatic findings of a study of 120 extremely talented individuals in various fields such as music, art, athletics, math, and science.
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This basic Algebra I textbook is unique in that it uses a literary and game-like approach to introduce each new topic and concept in algebra. Many cartoons are used to illustrate various concepts, as are excerpts from literature. The program uses traditional exercises. An optional teacher's manual is also available.
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"The Elements of Mathematics (EM) is a seventh through twelfth-grade program designed to bring good, modern mathematics to highly verbal, well-motivated students who are in the upper 5% of the school population."
http://www.imacs.org/
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New York Times music critic Rothstein examines the underlying formal connections between music and math. In an elegantly written, original inquiry, Rothstein's uncanny insights in this intensive exploration will startle and reward the literate layperson, including those with no technical knowledge of either music or math.
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Michael J. Bosse and Jennifer V. Rotigela authored this comprehensive, helpful guide to supporting a child's mathematical talent. The authors guide parents in recognizing advanced math ability in their children, working with the school system and tips for connecting a child's math ability to his or her everyday interests.
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=584
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"The K-6 Everyday Mathematics curriculum encourages teachers and students to go beyond arithmetic--to explore more of the mathematics spectrum by investigating data gathering and analysis, probability, geometry, patterns, and algebra. Mathematics is integrated into other subject areas and becomes part of the ongoing classroom routines, outdoor play, and the spare transitional moments that occur every day."
http://www.wrightgroup.com/index.php/programlanding?isbn=L000000004
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These 33 explorations of polyominoes and cubes use a "lab" approach to help students discover patterns and relationships. Activities include sorting arrangements of squares, finding linear and branching sequences, designing pentomino puzzles, and using Soma Cubes. Provides teacher notes and blackline masters.
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How can parents help their children with math at home? With over 300 pages of lively activities, the classic FAMILY MATH book represents one of the greatest strides taken to involve parents in the mathematics education of their children. Using easy instructions and simple objects such as beans, blocks, pennies, buttons, and string, parents and kids solve problems together.
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This popular account tells the story of the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, sometimes called the mathematical event of the century. Andrew Wiles' solution in 1993 (after seven years of solitary work) electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year to correct it.
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This book includes short stories and discussions which introduce math concepts such as decimals, tangrams, number lines, and fractals.
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The properties of three-dimensional figures spring to life as students build straw models, investigate polyhedra, create tetrahedral kites, and find the volume of prisms and pyramids. Students are encouraged to problem solve, find patterns, and talk about their discovers throughout. Includes teacher notes, blackline masters, and patterns.
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Ranging freely from exponents to light-years to numbers found in nature, this smorgasbord of math concepts and trivia makes a perfect classroom companion or gift book for the budding young mathematician at home. Math students will be drawn in by the author’s trademark wit, Marissa Moss’s quirky illustrations and funny captions, and the answers revealed in W is for “ When are we ever gonna use this stuff ,anyway?” "B is for Binary, F is for Fibonacci, P is for Probability... even a small sample begins to give you the idea that this is a math boo...
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A broad preparation in Elementary Geometry. This textbook works on developing fundamental concepts first on the intuitive level, then more rigorously, followed by slightly more advanced material through a combination of exposition and guided discovery.
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This book explains the principles of plane geometry and includes practice exercises and model problems. "Easy Way" books are designed to make their subjects easy to understand and are suitable both as self-teaching guides, as brush-up books for test preparation, and as classroom supplements. This newly updated edition covers the "how" and "why" of geometry, with hundreds of step-by-step examples, practice exercises (with solutions), and more than 700 drawings, graphs, and diagrams.
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Geometry, Third Edition is an educational book that brings fun and geometry into one great subject. This book has puzzles, challenges, and even current events.
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Real-life topics from architecture to sewing assure these 21 "discovery activities" make sense. Students use Pattern Blocks, tessellation patterns, geoboards, and dice to explore area and perimeter and make connections to multiplication, fractions, and decimals. Includes journal writing and extension ideas and blackline masters.
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Interdisciplinary book explores the patterns and symbols in the works of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach--and more. Pulitzer Prize winner. Topics Covered: J.S. Bach, M.C. Escher, Kurt Gödel: biographical information and work, artificial intelligence (AI) history and theories, strange loops and tangled hierarchies, formal and informal systems, number theory, form in mathematics, figure and ground, consistency, completeness, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, recursive structures, theories of me...
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Here's a super treasury of 279 exciting math games and activities that help students learn by engaging both their minds and their bodies. Dispensing with tired "rote" learning and memorization, Hands-On Math! uses fun-filled exercises that encourage your students to think and reason mathematically.
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This book is about pi and how the part we know of pi was discovered. This involves some records from different regions of the world, such as Babylonians, Chinese and more. There is more information about mathematics in this book, such as calculating prodigies, trigonometry and there are sayings at the beginning of each chapter.
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This book is like having an older sibling tell you all the secrets about learning Calculus. Although it is written by three college professors, the book has a great sense of humor and boils calculus down to the very essentials. This is intended as a supplemental text but could be used by a profoundly gifted child who just wants to know the nuts and bolts of calculus.
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This clear introduction to tessellations and other intriguing geometric designs help students explore polygons, regular polygons and combinations of regular polygons, Escher-type tessellations, Islamic art designs, and tessellating letters. Step-by-step directions for creating tessellations support discussions of the symmetries and transformations involved. The companion book of overhead masters contains more than 270 patterns students can use to create and analyze polygonal, regular, demi-regular, and demi-regular tessellations; star polygons,...
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"This book for parents and educators delineates methods of addressing the needs of mathematically talented youth younger than age 12. The approaches described are based on the authors’ experiences with hundreds of talented students. They discuss educational options allowing students to move systematically through the elementary math curriculum while matching the curriculum to the students' abilities and achievements. The book includes problem sets from the Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary Schools as well as practical ideas for classroom te...
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Journey Through Genius is a captivating collection of essays of major mathematical achievements brought to life by the personal and historical anecdotes which the author has skillfully woven into the text. This is a book which should find its place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in science and the scientists who create it.
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This is a series of workbooks covering topics in algebra from integers through graphing, square roots and quadratic equations. Each topic is introduced and explained briefly, then followed by exercises to practice the new skill.
http://www.keypress.com/catalog/products/key_to/Prod_KeyToAlgebra.html
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These self-paced, self-guided workbooks by S. Rasmussen are for grades 4-12 and motivate students to succeed. Do you have students who have never mastered fraction concepts or who need a good review? Key to Fractions covers all topics from basic concepts to mixed numbers and is written with secondary students in mind. Minimal reading is required, so students can easily work independently or in small groups. There are four book levels available.
http://www.keypress.com/catalog/products/key_to/Prod_KeyToFractions.html
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This is a text for one semester of a college level math course requiring no prerequisites.
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Assesses programs for advanced studies for high-school students in the US. This text examines the impact of advanced studies programs on the educational system, how they are key to admission at higher education institutes and how the quality of these programs can be enhanced. The full text is available to view online through the National Academies Press website.
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Written for those who wish to understand more about the dynamics of sound and music. This book traces the history of music and its origins in math.
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Math Curse is a book of one girl's story of how that curse can be broken. "Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything was a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes until your bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. Can you make 1 good outfit? Then you start to wonder: Why does everything have to be such a problem? Why do 2 apples always have to be added to 5 oranges? Why do 4 kids always have to divide 12 marbles? Why can't you just keep 10 cookies without someone taking 3 away? W...
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This Gifted Child Today Reader by editors Susan Johnsen and James Kendrick, offers information about how to differentiate for mathematically gifted students, as well as tried-and-true instructional strategies to employ, including tiered lessons, distance learning, and activities combining architecture and math.
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=550
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This book by author T. Pappas is for ages 9-12 and helps kids discover what mathematics is all about--not dreary, repetitive computations, but concepts brought to life by stories, puzzles, and challenges. With a section dedicated to puzzles, games, and tricks, and more than 100 illustrations packed into a large-sized format, this book is just the ticket for demystifying math and getting youngsters interested in it.
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Math Games takes children beyond addition and subtraction, and challenges them with an entertaining collection of logic problems, numbers riddles, and shape puzzles that expand their understanding of math.
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With this book from Marilynn Rapp Buxton, students can have fun building their math skills while trying to solve challenging puzzles. Mathematical skills covered include measurement, number operations, geometry, probably, gractions, decimals, percentages and algebra. Also included, is a detailed how-to section for teaching logic puzzles and an in-depth answer key. Grades 5-8.
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?sku=193
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This book, written by the founder of the Math Olympiad for Elementary and Middle Schools, is intended to help 4th to 8th grade students learn to solve tricky multi-step problems similar to one's on the SATs. The book provides the actual problems from previous years as well as the solutions.
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This book by Kristy Fulton explores the "math logic puzzles" concept in puzzle solving. Students are taught the basic premises behind each challenging puzzle: real-life patterns and puzzles such as Fibonacci's triangle, tangrams, and Sudoku. Resources for teaching math patterns are also included. For grades 2-4.
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?sku=185
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Kids needn't be math geniuses to enjoy this book, but they might develop into mathematicians simply by solving and playing the 200+ puzzles and games they find here. Illustrations highlight details of different projects. Each project comes complete with a list of materials and specific directions that children can follow on their own. Some history of mathematics is also included, which can be expanded using additional materials. A Glossary and a section for parents and teachers help make this book ideal for use as a classroom math supplement.
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Amaze and mystify your friends! Benjamin has performed his "art of rapid mental calculation" for audiences of all ages and levels of mathematical sophistication, and now he reveals his secrets to you. Actually, most of these calculation and memorization techniques are fairly commonly known, but Benjamin explains how to perform them to great effect. He uses simple algebraic proofs to show how the tricks work and often adds an anecdote about how he "discovered" an interesting trick. This is a book to ignite mathematical confidence and curiosity. ...
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This book includes several mathematics puzzles- some are hard to figure out. As I tried this book, I found myself constantly using trial-and-error! If you're bored and like logic and math, then this book might keep you pretty busy!
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This nonfiction chapter book highlights a different mathematician in each chapter. It relates the humanness of the individual as well as the mathematical discovery or theory associated with the individual. The book features both men and women equally. "Volume Two dramatizes the lives of Omar Khayyam, Albert Einstein, Ada Lovelace, and others. Stories in Volume One focus on moments of mathematical discovery experienced by Thales, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Galileo, Pascal, Germain, and still others. 15 illustrated vignettes per book introduce students...
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This series presents math skills based on grade level standards. Each concept is clearly explained visually and auditorily at the top of the page and then the child can practice as needed. There are tests at the end of each chapter to measure progress.
http://www.mhschool.com/math/2003/student/index.html
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This annotated bibliography features 18 resources related to mathematics. All are relevant to motivation, although only about one-third focus exclusively on motivation. The list includes many books and articles. Online articles and discussion groups include links.
http://mathforum.org/~sarah/Discussion.Sessions/biblio.motivation.html
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"This book is an introduction to mathematics—in particular, it is an introduction to discrete mathematics. There are two primary goals for this book: students will learn to reading and writing proofs, and students will learn the fundamental concepts of discrete mathematics."
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This text, first written in 1970, treats mathematics as a language, wholly within each human being's grasp to discover and learn. Chapters are broken up into individual lessons, enabling the book to be used for multiple students at different levels and abilities.
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This book is about the history and survey of mathematics. It covers systems of numeration to differential equations and lots more in between.
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Classic introduction to the history of mathematics and lives of great mathematicians from Zeno to Cantor.
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Middle Grades Mathematics Project is a series of teacher resource books with unique teaching guides and blackline masters designed to help teachers develop students' problem-solving skills via activity-oriented mathematics. The materials have been excellent resources for both pre-service and practicing teachers in creating curriculum replacement units, and are appropriate for a broad range of grade levels and student abilities. The series includes five books.
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Dr. Ann Lupkowski Shoplik highly recommends books from this series. They are wonderful for teachers as well as homeschoolers. This series includes a number of activities for the students, and it's great for the teachers--very well-organized, lists of materials, "teacher talk," "student talk," etc.
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This is an excellent and interesting book. The one to three page chapters are arranged randomly throughout the book, making this a great book to browse through. Topics range from philosophy to Egyptian numerals, pi to Fermat's Last Theorem.
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This sequel to the original collection of brain twisters and math puzzles challenges young readers with puzzlers that include "How much is PEPPERS + PIG LIPS?" and "If Jenny's shirt has sparkles on it, will Todd have egg in his hair?"
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"Numbers and Geometry is a beautiful and relatively elementary account of a part of mathematics where three main fields - algebra, analysis, and geometry - meet. The aim of this book is to give a broad view of these subjects at the level of calculus, without being a calculus (or a pre-calculus) book. Its roots are in arithmetic and geometry, the two opposite poles of mathematics, and the source of historic conceptual conflict. The resolution of this conflict, and its role in the development of mathematics, is one of the main stories in the book...
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The MESA Series combines essential pre-algebra topics with exciting hands-on science explorations to motivate students in both mathematics and science. Using materials and group collaboration to solve open-ended problems, students make connections between classroom and real-world mathematics and science. These easy-to-use Teacher Resource Books include activity overviews, background information, reproducible activity masters, and assessment strategies.
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Patty Paper Geometry includes dozens of activities that foster cooperative learning, increase students' geometric vocabulary, and motivate kids to read, write, and talk about geometry. Constructions are performed more accurately and geometric discoveries are made faster with patty papers. At the end of their investigations, students have discovered most of the properties of geometric figures studied in high school geometry courses.
http://www.keypress.com/catalog/products/supplementals/Prod_PattyPpr.html
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Loaded with information, light-hearted and well written, this book describes and defines lots of interesting numbers--factorials, hexidecimals, triangular numbers, pi, primes, etc.
http://us.penguingroup.com/Book/BookFrame/0,,,00.html?id=0140261494
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This unique book uses picture books to teach elementary students math concepts. Author Colleen Kessler feels strongly that all students should be challenged to experience and learn new things every day. She covers problem solving, geometry, algebra, measurement and probability. Grades 2-4.
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?sku=096
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Ranging from the design of anchors and the Battle of the Atlantic to the outbreak of cholera in Victorian Soho, this text describes a variety of lively topics that continue to intrigue professional mathematicians. Relatively simple terms and ideas are used.
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Primary Grade Challenge Math offers material that goes beyond calculation skills for those children who enter the primary grades already knowing basic concepts. This curriculum allows parents and teachers to instill a deeper level of mathematical understanding and thinking skills in young children while nurturing a love of mathematics.
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This book is the heavyweight champion of problems in recreational mathematics, containing a large number of very detailed problems in many areas. The presentation strategy is to develop the topic by using problems followed by an explanation followed by a detailed solution. The chapters are largely independent, so it is possible to pick and chose the topics for a course. Do not let the word recreational in the title lead you to believe that these problems are bunnies. With hundreds of problems, detailed solutions to the demonstrations and hints ...
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In Real Life Math Mysteries, students discover the excitement and challenge of using their problem solving skills to solve an array of real world math problems. Drawn from interviews with working people in professions ranging from zookeeper to horse stable owner, the problems in this book stimulate student interest. Not only will students learn to formulate equations from word problems, but they will see first-hand the power of math in the real world. With the activities in this book, your students will solve mathematics dilemmas faced by a te...
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This text book by Edward Zaccaro provides a fun and easily comprehended way to learn algebra. Filled with cartoons, drawings, and real-world problems, this book is a great tool to motivate and encourage the elementary student.
http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=97
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"This clear study guide focuses entirely on plane trigonometry. It summarizes the geometry properties and theorems that prove helpful for solving trigonometry problems. Also, where solving problems requires knowledge of algebra, the algebraic processes and the basic trigonometric relations are explained carefully."
http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/cgi-bin/pbg/0070068933.html
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This is a collection of stories from Wayside School--where students laugh as much as they learn--with arithmetical twists. There are wacky puzzles and brain teasers interwoven with the stories.
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This book is more than just a math adventure; it has a bit of history, too. The author teaches some basic geometry lessons while relating some of the King Arthur legend. King Arthur, assisted by his knight (guess who) Sir Cumference, finds the perfect shape for his table.
http://www.charlesbridge.com/msp/catalog/product/detail.do?id=10419&expandOtherText=1
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An introduction to motion geometry, Slides, Flips and Turns encourages students to explore the result of a slide, flip, or turn. It also develops an awareness of symmetry as students complete abstract symmetrical designs. As the students analyze the result of a motion, they develop logical thinking. The resource includes a section on definitions (with illustrations) of motion geometry terms, 48 activities, reproducible blank grids, and a table of contents.
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Super Smart Math challenges students to think critcally while providing activities and problems that become increasingly difficult as the students progress through each section. Organized by mathematical topics for grades 5-8.
http://www.prufrock.com/productdetails.cfm?sku=2002
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A classic Tangram book, filled with diverse investigations. Reproducible activity sheets may be used in activity centers, with the whole class, or in small groups.
http://www.creativepublications.com
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Edward Zaccaro presents this book full of classroom lessons, readings, and discussion starters. It reveals the things our future mathematicians and scientists must know in order to prevent tragedies such as the Challenger explosion and the failure of the Mars Orbiter.
http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=133
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The Book of Numbers lets readers of all levels of mathematical sophistication (or lack thereof) understand the origins, patterns, and interrelationships of different numbers.
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Despite the cutesy title, this is actually an excellent introductory textbook in statistics. The cartoonist coauthor is the same Larry Gonick who publishes the "Cartoon History of the World" series, the "Cartoon Guide to Physics", and a monthly comic strip for Muse magazine. The statistician coauthor is a faculty member (at least in 1994) at Penn State. Highly recommended, particularly in combination with a "real" textbook, for clarifying arcane concepts. Particularly valuable for visual-spatial learners!
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This Student Book blends fantasy with learning, weaving science and math facts into a fast-paced adventure story. When Julie travels to the Land of Science, she meets Al the Chemy-lion, discovers the relationship between alchemy and science, learns more about the Periodic Table, explores the States of Matter, and ultimately uses her knowledge of chemistry to save her friends from danger. Written with wit and style, this book makes science and math enjoyable and accessible. This book is a stand-alone sequel to A Gebra Named Al, reuniting Julie w...
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The power and attractiveness of the subject of mathematics is often hidden from students who are in introductory courses. In this new, innovative overview textbook, the authors put special emphasis on the deep ideas of mathematics, and present the subject through lively and entertaining examples, anecdotes, challenges and illustrations, all of which are designed to excite the student's interest. The underlying ideas include topics from number theory, infinity, geometry, topology, probability and chaos theory. Throughout the text, the authors st...
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"A revised and updated translation of a work originally published in Portuguese in 1997. It introduces the algorithmic aspects of number theory and its applications to the study of codes, and of code-breaking."
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This is one devilishly good book for math fans and math phobes alike. It is exactly the book folks are always looking for, wringing their hands and saying, 'Why aren't there more books that show the fun and imaginative parts of math?' Well, here is that book—full of the dreamlike beauty and power of math in a form that most anyone can understand.
http://www.henryholt.com/searchnn.htm
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This series of books, titled "The Problem Solver" is a wonderful resource for the younger math student with a visual spatial learning style. The numerical reasoning problems are presented within a four step method ("A systematic approach to problem solving that can be used for solving any problem.") using "10 solution strategies." The looseleaf format allows for photocopying for use in a classroom setting, or multiple child use in the homeschool setting.
http://www.creativepublications.com
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A very descriptive pre-algebra textbook. All kinds of fun activities, and it applies the mathematics to the real world. The book maintains math fundamentals in an engaging format while exploring new approaches to standard exercises.
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This is an excellent, well written guide to trigonometry with concepts clearly and simply explained. It discusses laws of sine and cosine, trigonometric functions, inverse functions, conic sections, polynomial approximation and more.
http://store.yahoo.com/barronseduc/0764113607.html
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This is a calculator Manual with many examples for the TI-82, TI-83, and TI-83 plus. It is usually sold with "College Algebra Graphs and Models."
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This book provides activities and exercises in a variety of topics in mathematics and physics with an approach focused on problem solving and logical thinking.
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Math need not be a lonely endeavor! This is a collection of 116 mathematics problems designed especially for groups. The problems focus on proportional reasoning, spatial visualization, and learning to generalize from patterns -- central pillars of any math curriculum. The book includes help for the teacher, a topics grid, and connections to several high-quality middle-grades math programs.
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Author, Art Reed, has taken his more than twenty years of experience with Saxon Math books and put this experience and knowledge into a 132 page guide to assist homeschool educators in their successful use of Saxon math books – from Math 54 through calculus and physics. Answers are provided to questions such as: How are the high school courses correctly transcripted?; Does the Saxon high school student receive credit for geometry – and when?; and, Do Saxon math books still offer an excellent math curriculum?
http://www.homeschoolwithsaxon.com/
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