More Good Math Books
Follow young Pythagoras and learn a little about his theorem and his ratios and how they can be used in practical ways. These engaging stories illustrate an important idea often lost in math education. Math is a useful tool that can help solve problems, not just theoretical artificial textbook problems, but real-life problems. As young Pythagoras illustrates, having a tool like math in your "mental toolkit" can be very helpful.
If...A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
If...A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
Not only is a math an excellent tool for solving problems, it is also a useful lens through which to see the world in new ways. This book illustrates this very wallaby providing insights like this: "If the Milky Way galaxy were shrunk to the size of a dinner plate, our whole Solar System–the Sun and the planets–would be far smaller than a speck of dust."
This book is an excellent illustration of the ideas explained in Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers by Chip Heath and Karla Starr. I highly recommend this book to older kids and parents to help get a sense of how to visualize numbers in meaningful ways.
G is for Googol A Math Alphabet Book:
This book is an excellent illustration of the ideas explained in Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers by Chip Heath and Karla Starr. I highly recommend this book to older kids and parents to help get a sense of how to visualize numbers in meaningful ways.
G is for Googol A Math Alphabet Book:
This alphabet book covers a lot of interesting and somewhat abstract mathematical concepts but in a fun way with concrete examples. Some of the terms discussed include Binary, Königsberg (as in the Königsberg Bridge Problem), Probability, Rhombicosidodecahedron (a polyhedron with 240 faces!), Venn Diagrams, and for "W: When are we ever gonna use this stuff, anyway?" This book helps answer that question and many others about math.
Math Inspector Books:
Math Inspector Books:
If your kids like mysteries or good detective stories, this series will fit in with their interests and sneak in a little math for the ride. Each story presents a case and the key to solving it involves a number of mathematical concepts and calculations. These books are geared towards kids from around 8-12 years old.
Sir Cumference Books:
Sir Cumference Books:
These math adventures are a great way to fit in some math if you are covering Medieval history and the Middle Ages. The hero is Sir Cumference and often forgotten knight of the round table. Follow Sir Cumference, Lady Di of Ameter, and their son Radius on their adventures as they use math to solve problems.
The great thing about books like these is that they illustrate just how integral math is and how you can connect math to any other area of interest. If your kids are not interested in math these books can provide a bridge from what they are interested in to some useful and interesting mathematical ideas.
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The great thing about books like these is that they illustrate just how integral math is and how you can connect math to any other area of interest. If your kids are not interested in math these books can provide a bridge from what they are interested in to some useful and interesting mathematical ideas.
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