Watch It Grow - Softcover

Lori Barker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1433334542 ISBN 13: 9781433334542

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials, 2012

Synopsis

Living things come in all shapes and sizes. Some are very large, while others can only be seen using a microscope. With this engaging book, you will learn how scientists use algebraic expressions to explore the growth of amoebas, euglenas, and bacteria. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn new mathematical concepts and build their STEM skills.

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Review

This series aims to introduce math concepts in the practical context of professional or everyday activities. Hurricane Hunters focuses on analyzing data to find means, modes, medians, extreme values, range of data, and more. Pack It Up delivers a first-person account of a family s move from a child s point of view connected to the concepts of volume and surface area. A Sense of Art applies calculations of area and perimeter to fields such as architecture, interior design, and fashion design. Photographs and descriptions of structures ranging from the Taj Mahal to the Pyramids at Giza to modern office buildings bring the ideas to life. Tonight s Concert, told from the first-person point of view of a concert manager, focuses on both creating and interpreting graphs based on data. Each book includes math problems, including a two-page problem-solving activity at the end of the book, and brief answers in the back matter. The books overall direction is worthwhile --Booklist, May 2012

Edition details

• Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1433334542
• ISBN 13: 9781433334542
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32