Synopses & Reviews
Real-World Math "TM" is about the cool stuff kids like to do: calculate baseball averages, figure out the odds of eye color, communicate in secret codes -- even make a million with an allowance! Kids find out how math is part of their every day -- at home, school, work, and play!
-- Measure up math for the real world by sizing shoes, charting what grows under the sun ... and measuring the backyard, dino-style!
-- Telling time takes on a whole new beat as kids "split" seconds in a backyard Olympics, check their pulses, and use an egg to find the "drag" on Planet Earth!
-- Discover the shapes of Real-World Math "TM" by sculpting gumdrop tetrahedrons, building sugar-cube pyramids, painting with a pendulum, and making eye-tricking "tessellations"!
Mysteries, magic, money & more -- Real-World Math "TM" has it all!
Synopsis
Math concepts are presented within fun activities for kids, including figuring the odds of eye color, balancing a glass on a grain of salt, communicating in an exotic secret numeric code, and much more. Illustrations.