TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Helpful Hints
Regarding Assessment
Chapter One: Literature-Based Mathematics and Science Activities
The Mathematics-Science Connection
Matrix of Mathematics and Science Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
Ï The Planet of Mars (a poem in Where the Sidewalk Ends), An Extraterrestrial Alien (a poem in A Pizza the Size of the Sun), and Universe (Eyewitness Books Series)
Ï Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
Activities featuring Algebra
Ï A Game of Functions, Temperature, and How Little and How Much: A Book about Scales
Ï Starry Messenger and Galileo Galilei (Scientists Who Made History Series)
Activities featuring Geometry
Ï The Man Who Walked between the Towers, Great Buildings (Discoveries Series), and Building Big
Activities featuring Measurement
Ï A Pizza the Size of the Sun (a poem in A Pizza the Size of the Sun) and Eclipse: Darkness in Daytime
Ï More Parts and Human Body (DK Guide Series)
Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
Ï Almost Gone: The World’s Rarest Animals
Ï Marie Curie
Activities featuring Connections
Ï I Made Something Strange with My Chemistry Set (a poem in A Pizza the Size of the Sun), So You Want to Be an Inventor?, and Perfect Inventions = Perfect World
Chapter Two: Literature-Based Mathematics and Social Studies Activities
The Mathematics-Social Studies Connection
Matrix of Mathematics and Social Studies Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
Ï Money (Eyewitness Books Series)
Activities featuring Algebra
Ï One Grain of Rice
Ï What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras?
Activities featuring Geometry
Ï Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Ï Webster's International Atlas and Firefly Guide to Flags of the World
Activities featuring Measurement
Ï The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and Pyramid (DK Experience Series)
Ï A World of Wonders: Geographic Travels in Verse and Rhyme and Maps & Mapping
Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
Ï First Pets: Presidential Best Friends and Presidents (Eyewitness Books Series)
Ï If the World Were a Village
Activities featuring Connections
Ï The Sky’s the Limit: Stories of Discovery by Women and Girls, Mathematicians Are People, Too, and Five Brilliant Scientists (Great Black Heroes Series)
Chapter Three: Chapter Three: Literature-Based Mathematics and Visual Arts Activities
The Mathematics-Visual Arts Connection
Matrix of Mathematics and Visual Arts Activities
Activities featuring Number and Operations
Ï Roy Lichtenstein: The Artist at Work and Roy Lichtenstein (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists Series)
Ï Georgia’s Bones, Georgia O’Keeffe (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists Series), and Georgia O'Keeffe: One Hundred Flowers
Activities featuring Algebra
Ï Alexander Calder (The Life and Work of…Series) and Calder (Great Modern Masters Series)
Activities featuring Geometry
Ï Picasso (Famous Artists Series) and Pablo Picasso: Breaking All the Rules (Smart about Art Series)
Ï Tessellations: The History and Making of Symmetrical Designs and M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work
Activities featuring Measurement
Ï Mondrian (Great Modern Masters Series)
Ï Cezanne (Famous Artists Series) and Paul Cezanne: A Painters’ Journey
Activities featuring Data Analysis and Probability
Ï Miro: Earth and Sky (Art for Children Series) and Joan Miro (Famous Artists Series)
Ï Arp and Looking at Dada
Activities featuring Problem Solving
Ï Paul Klee (The Life and Work of…Series) and Paul Klee (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists Series)
Assessment Resources References
Children’s Literature References Instructional Resources References
Research References
Appendix — Assessment Tools and Rubrics