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Math Wizardry for Kids

Kenda, Margaret; Williams, Phyllis

 
9780764141768: Math Wizardry for Kids
ISBN 10: 0764141767 ISBN 13: 9780764141768
Editorial: Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S., 2009

Sinopsis

Restyled and featuring new, fun-to-do projects and colour illustrations, this brand-new edition of "Barron's Math Wizardry for Kids" demonstrates to young readers that numbers are fascinating to ponder, fun to calculate, and the key to scientific understanding. Kids explore concepts, such as Fibonacci numbers, which dramatically express symmetries in the shapes and number patterns in plant life and other aspects of nature. Among the new recommended activities for young readers in this edition are: experiments with time- Measuring Earth's rotation; making a sundial to measure daylight hours; suggestions for experimenting with a time-telling pendulum; and additional fun projects that include constructing ciphers and cracking codes, managing money, devising a stock market game, thinking like a computer, and more. The authors' suggested tools for becoming a math wizard include plenty of paper, pencils, a ruler, a drawing compass, a directional compass, a protractor, a triangle, a simple calculator, a notebook, and miscellaneous art supplies. You can add them together with this book for hours of fun.

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Críticas

"This new edition of Math Wizardry for Kids is designed to demonstrate to young readers that numbers are fascinating to ponder, fun to calculate, and the key to scientific understanding." --The Education Digest

Reseña del editor

Re-styled and featuring new, fun-to-do projects and color illustrations, this brand-new edition of Barron's Math Wizardry for Kids demonstrates to young readers that numbers are fascinating to ponder, fun to calculate, and an important key to scientific understanding. Kids explore intriguing concepts, such as Fibonacci numbers, which dramatically express symmetries in the shapes and number patterns that we regularly encounter in plant life and other aspects of nature. Among the recommended activities for young readers that are presented new in this edition are experiments with time-- Methods for measuring the Earth's rotation Directions for making a sun dial to measure daylight hours Suggestions for experimenting with a time-telling pendulum Additional fun projects include constructing ciphers and cracking codes, managing money, devising a stock market game, thinking like a computer, and many others. The authors' suggested tools for becoming a math wizard are simple and easily available. They include plenty of paper (including graph and construction paper), pencils, a ruler, a drawing compass, a directional compass, a protractor, a triangle, a simple calculator, a notebook for recording observations, and miscellaneous art supplies. Add them together with this fascinating book and the result equals hours of fun. Color illustrations throughout.

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Editorial
Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0764141767
ISBN 13 
9780764141768
Encuadernación
Canutillo de plástico
Número de páginas
224
Contacto del fabricante
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