Using Math to Build a Skyscraper

Using Math to Build a Skyscraper
Author: Hilary Koll
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836867640

Explains how math skills are needed to build a skyscraper and includes math activities using real-life data and facts about tall buildings.

Design a Skyscraper

Design a Skyscraper
Author: Hilary Koll
Publisher: QEB Publishing
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2015-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1609927303

Find out what it takes to build high in the sky. Follow each stage of the project and complete the math exercises to build one of the world's tallest buildings! We're counting on YOU to do the math! Featuring maths problems from addition and decimals to line graphs and pie charts, these books have different challenges to be solved with a varying range of difficulty.

Strength of Materials

Strength of Materials
Author: J. P. Den Hartog
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-06-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486156907

In addition to coverage of customary elementary subjects (tension, torsion, bending, etc.), this introductory text features advanced material on engineering methods and applications, plus 350 problems and answers. 1949 edition.

Using Math to Design a Roller Coaster

Using Math to Design a Roller Coaster
Author: Hilary Koll
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2006-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836867664

Explains how math skills are needed to inspect structures for safety and includes math activities using real-life data and facts about roller coasters.

Math on the Move

Math on the Move
Author: Malke Rosenfeld
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780325074702

"Kids love to move. But how do we harness all that kinetic energy effectively for math learning? In Math on the Move, Malke Rosenfeld shows how pairing math concepts and whole body movement creates opportunities for students to make sense of math in entirely new ways. Malke shares her experience creating dynamic learning environments by: exploring the use of the body as a thinking tool, highlighting mathematical ideas that are usefully explored with a moving body, providing a range of entry points for learning to facilitate a moving math classroom. ..."--Publisher description.

Measuring Up

Measuring Up
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 1993-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0309048451

Glimpse the future of mathematics assessment in Measuring Up This book features 13 classroom exercises for fourth grade students that demonstrate the dramatic meaning of inquiry, performance, communication, and problem solving as standards for mathematics education. Policymakers, education leaders, classroom teachers, university-based educators, and parents can learn from the use of these genuine mathematics problems to challenge and prepare students for the future. single copy, $10.95; 2-9 copies, $8.50 each; 10 or more copies, $6.95 each (no other discounts apply)

Using Math on a Space Mission

Using Math on a Space Mission
Author: Hilary Koll
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836867633

Examines the importance of math in the conduct of space missions, and uses that format to foster an understanding of numbers, measurements, shapes, charts, and diagrams.

Using Math to Climb Mount Everest

Using Math to Climb Mount Everest
Author: Hilary Koll
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836867657

This book presents math activities, using real-life data and facts about mountain climbing.

Using Math to Survive in the Wild

Using Math to Survive in the Wild
Author: Hilary Koll
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836867671

This book presents math activities, using information on survival skills.