Geometry Out Loud

In this introduction to polygons, a triangle convinces a shapeshifter to make him a quadrilateral and later a pentagon, but discovers that where angles and sides are concerned, more isn't always better.

The creative examples, simple text, and art in this series help students learn primary math concepts.

While piloting his spaceship through the skies, Captain Invincible encounters three-dimensional shapes, including cubes, cylinders, and pyramids.

Math Hour Olympiads is a non-standard method of training middle- and high-school students interested in mathematics where students spend several hours thinking about a few difficult and unusual problems. When a student solves a problem, the solution is presented orally to a pair of friendly judges. Discussing the solutions with the judges creates a personal and engaging mathematical experience for the students and introduces them to the true nature of mathematical proof and problem solving. This book recounts the authors' experiences from the first ten years of running a Math Hour Olympiad at the University of Washington in Seattle. The major part of the book is devoted to problem sets and detailed solutions, complemented by a practical guide for anyone who would like to organize an oral olympiad for students in their community. In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession.

Readers are challenged to find various shapes as they go on a sea voyage in search of jewels and treasure.

Geometry Out Loud is the second volume in the popular MathOut Loud series. Written for mathematics teachers of students ingrades 8-12, this easy-to-use resource is filled with illustrativeexamples, strategies, activities, and lessons that will helpstudents more easily understand mathematical text and learn theskills they need to effectively communicate mathematicalconcepts. Geometry Out Loud outlines the progressionof axiomatic geometry through transformational geometry and showsthe differences in visual thinking that have occurred over theyears. The book is filled with strategies and activities forlearning geometry, numerous illustrative examples, and ready-to-uselessons. Geometry OutLoud gives teachers the tools they need to help their studentslearn how to communicate about math ideas between student andteacher, student and peers, and student and the wider world. Forquick access and easy use, the activities are printed in a big8-1/2" x 11" format for photocopying, and are organized into eightchapters.

A charming, wordless picture book that the very youngest can “read” all by themselves. The little wooden couple are happy in their building-block house—until it catches fire. The solution? They transform the house into a fire engine! But then there’s so much water that they have to build a boat… Follow these inventive dolls as they use their imagination to adapt to each situation they encounter.

An essential guide for teaching students in grades 5-9 how to write about math Learning to read and write efficiently regarding mathematics helps students to understand content at a deeper level. In this third book in the popular math 'Out Loud' series, Mower provides a variety of reading and writing strategies and activities suitable for elementary and middle school pre-algebra courses, covering such key skills as integers and exponents, fractions, decimals and percents, graphing, statistics, factoring, evaluating expressions, geometry and the basics of equations. Includes dozens of classroom tested strategies and techniques Shows how reading and writing can be incorporated in any math class to improve math skills Provides unique, fun activities that will keep students interested and make learning stick This important guide offers teachers easy-to-apply lessons that will help students develop a deeper understanding of mathematics.