Math Circle by the Bay: Topics for Grades 1-5 (MSRI Mathematical Circles Library)

Laura Givental,Marie Nemirovskaya,Ilya Zakharevich

ISBN 10: 1470447851 / ISBN 13: 9781470447854

Published by American Mathematical Society, 2018

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Synopsis:

This book is based on selected topics that the authors taught in math circles for elementary school students at the University of California, Berkeley; Stanford University; Dominican University (Marin County, CA); and the University of Oregon (Eugene). It is intended for people who are already running a math circle or who are thinking about organizing one. It can be used by parents to help their motivated, math-loving kids or by elementary school teachers. We also hope that bright fourth or fifth graders will be able to read this book on their own. The main features of this book are the logical sequence of the problems, the description of class reactions, and the hints given to kids when they get stuck. This book tries to keep the balance between two goals: inspire readers to invent their own original approaches while being detailed enough to work as a fallback in case the teacher needs to prepare a lesson on short notice. It introduces kids to combinatorics, Fibonacci numbers, Pascal's triangle, and the notion of area, among other things. The authors chose topics with deep mathematical context. These topics are just as engaging and entertaining to children as typical recreational math problems, but they can be developed deeper and to more advanced levels. In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession.

About the Author: Laura Givental: United Math Circles Foundation, Berkeley and Stanford, CA, Maria Nemirovskaya: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Ilya Zakharevich: United Math Circles Foundation, Berkeley and Stanford, CA

Bibliographic Details

Title: Math Circle by the Bay: Topics for Grades 1-...
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good