The Math Adventurers: Measure Up


Book Description

Join two friendly and funny robots, Beep and Boots, as they learn all about measuring and discover that math is everywhere they look. Beep and Boots have an exciting, fun-packed day planned at the amusement park. The pals cannot wait to enjoy all the rides together. But when they check their heights, Boots is not tall enough to go on a lot of the rides. And going to an amusement park is no fun if you can’t share it with friends. Will Beep be able to come up with a solution so the pair can go on the really high Star Drop ride? Wheeeeee! This fun and educational math book for children features: - A fun and engaging introduction to measurements for children aged 5-7. - Lively illustrations and rhyming text that brings the characters and math topics to life. - Key math topics including shapes, time, measurements, division, and fractions – all essential learning for this age group. - Illustrations that are in a non-gendered color palette, making the traditionally male subject relatable for all genders. - A relatable storyline for young readers, encouraging them to look for math in their homes and environments, and seeing how, often without even knowing it, they use math everyday. The characterful illustrations and rhyming text in the pages of this book bring Beep and Boots to life! Children aged 5–7 will love seeing the adventures the robot duo go on and will learn key mathematical concepts about measuring in a gentle, fun way. A series of questions at the end of the book reinforce learning and encourage kids to look at the math they can see in the world around them. At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So why stop there? The Math Adventurers series uses everyday scenarios to show how math is all around us, making this difficult subject more accessible. If you enjoyed The Math Adventurers: Measure Up, then you’ll love The Math Adventurers: A Day at the Zoo, which introduces children to telling the time!




Beanstalk


Book Description

Jack climbs an enormous beanstalk and encounters a very lonely boy giant, and by using ratios and proportion he makes toys that are the right size for each of them.




An Adventurer's Guide to Number Theory


Book Description

This witty introduction to number theory deals with the properties of numbers and numbers as abstract concepts. Topics include primes, divisibility, quadratic forms, and related theorems.




The Maths Adventurers Measure Up


Book Description

Join two friendly and funny robots, Beep and Boots, as they learn all about measuring and discover that maths is everywhere they look. Beep and Boots have an exciting, fun-packed day planned at the amusement park. The pals cannot wait to enjoy all the rides together. But when they check their heights, Boots is not tall enough to go on a lot of the rides. And going to an amusement park is no fun if you can't share it with friends. Will Beep be able to come up with a solution so the pair can go on the really high Star Drop ride? Wheeeeee! This fun and educational maths book for children features: - A fun and engaging introduction to measurements for children aged 5-7. - Lively illustrations and rhyming text that brings the characters and maths topics to life. - Key maths topics including shapes, time, measurements, division, and fractions - all essential learning for this age group. - Illustrations that are in a non-gendered colour palette, making the traditionally male subject relatable for all genders. - A relatable storyline for young readers, encouraging them to look for maths in their homes and environments, and seeing how, often without even knowing it, they use maths everyday. The characterful illustrations and rhyming text in the pages of this book bring Beep and Boots to life! Children aged 5-7 will love seeing the adventures the robot duo go on and will learn key mathematical concepts about measuring in a gentle, fun way. A series of questions at the end of the book reinforce learning and encourage kids to look at the maths they can see in the world around them. At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So why stop there? The Maths Adventurers series uses everyday scenarios to show how maths is all around us, making this difficult subject more accessible. If you enjoyed The Maths Adventurers: Measure Up, then you'll love The Maths Adventurers: A Day at the Zoo, which introduces children to telling the time!




Math Adventures in Team Building


Book Description

Promote community in the classroom with this collection of simple class-participation games and exercises based on math topics. Students will solve math problems, create simple equations, compare measurements of classroom items, draw graphs, and more! The activities challenge students by combining student interaction with problem solving. They can be completed in a short amount of time or expanded through multiple rounds, making it easy to incorporate them into your day-to-day lesson plans.




Adventures in Team Building


Book Description

Promote community in the classroom with this collection of simple class-participation games and exercises that combine student interaction with problem solving. A variety of core subjects are addressed within the challenges, making this resource a perfect fit in any teacher's lesson plans.




Language-Based Approaches to Support Reading Comprehension


Book Description

Language-Based Approaches to Support Reading Comprehension takes a closer look at students who are frequently marginalized by language differences in the classroom, whether by teachers’ oversight or simply the lack of information. In order to remedy this situation, Falk-Ross and the contributing authors offer their different perspectives on supporting English language learners (ELLs) through specific strategies for assessment and instruction. Each chapter presents a specific issue and challenge, supportive research and up-to-date information, classroom implications and strategies, and case study applications relating to the particular perspective of literacy development for ELLs of middle-level ages.










The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): Adventures in Math and Science


Book Description

The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what’s happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive the true nature of reality. Written with wit and humor, this brief book tells the story of science—tales of fumbles and missteps, errors and egos, hard work, accidents, and some really bad decisions—all of which have created the sum total of human knowledge. Geneticist Adam Rutherford and mathematician Hannah Fry guide readers through time and space, through our bodies and brains, showing how emotions shape our view of reality, how our minds tell us lies, and why a mostly bald and curious ape decided to begin poking at the fabric of the universe. Rutherford and Fry shine as science sleuths, wrestling with some truly head-scratching questions: Where did time come from? Do we have free will? Does my dog love me? Hilarious sidebars present memorable scientific oddities: for example, hypnotized snails, human-sized ants, and the average time it takes most animals to evacuate their bladders. (A surprisingly consistent twenty-one seconds, if you must know.) Both rigorous and playful, The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans, and the joys and follies of scientific discovery.