Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity

Burkhart, Jerry

ISBN 10: 1618215299 / ISBN 13: 9781618215291

Published by Routledge, 2016

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pp. 200.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1618215299
• ISBN 13: 9781618215291
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Stretch your students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they solve challenging real-world and mathematical problems that extend concepts from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity. Model the solar system, count the fish in a lake, choose the best gear for a bike ride, solve a middle school's overcrowding problem, and explore the mysteries of Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio. Each activity comes with extensive teacher support including student handouts, discussion guides, detailed solutions, and suggestions for extending the investigations.

Grades 5-8

About the Author

Jerry Burkhart has been teaching and learning math with gifted students in Minnesota for nearly 20 years. He has degrees in physics, mathematics, and math education. He provides professional development for teachers and is a regular presenter at conferences around topics of meeting the needs of gifted students in mathematics...