How can parents help their children with math at home? With over 300 pages of lively activities, the classic FAMILY MATH book represents one of the greatest strides taken to involve parents in the mathematics education of their children. Using easy instructions and simple objects such as beans, blocks, pennies, buttons, and string, parents and kids solve problems together. FAMILY MATH is a rich resource of math curriculum including number and estimation, logical thinking, probability and statistics, geometry, measurement, and calculators. The stimulating games, puzzles, and projects entice kids in playful ways to master math concepts. Because this book reinforces the basic school curriculum, it is also a must for teachers. The book has a step-by-step description of how to organize a FAMILY MATH class in your community. For families with children five to twelve years old. Grades K-8. 318 pp

Family Math

Jean Kerr Stenmark

Virginia Thompson

Ruth Cossey

Reference

Lawrence Hall of Science

One of the most popular GEMS guides, students, grades 5-9, combine fun and intense enjoyment with an exploration of important concepts in chemistry and physics through imaginative experiments with soap bubbles. Investigations include: devising bubble-blowing instruments; employing the Bernoulli principle to keep bubbles aloft; creating bubbles that last for days; and using color patterns to predict when bubbles will pop.

Bubble-ology: Teacher's Guide, Grades 5-9 (Great Explorations in Math & Science)

Parenting & Relationships

Barber, Jacqueline

Parenting

Ages ten to fourteen are the gateway years to high school and college and are crucial to our children's advanced mathematics education. FAMILY MATH: Middle School Years contains provocative investigations to captivate older students. Together, families unlock the mystery of algebra with entertaining, nonthreatening activities. One favorite activity is called Flowerpots. By creating a garden with beans, squares, triangles, and circles, families practice the algebraic topic of solving simultaneous equations in two and three unknowns. Everyone will enjoy activities such as Maya Mathematics, Postage Problems, Four-Sock Drawers, and Math Behind the Trick Using this book will increase student readiness for high school mathematics course work. Parents will learn the answers to: Are there ways to help my children without being a math expert? and What are the implications of taking or not taking eighth grade algebra? For families, classroom teachers, and anyone interested ! in setting up a FAMILY MATH class. Grades 5-8.

Family Math : The Middle School Years, Algebraic Reasoning and Number Sense

Karen Mayfield-Ingram

"What causes ocean currents? What impact do they have on Earth's enviornment? Students gain fascinating insights into our ocean planet through the innovative activities in this text."

Ocean Currents: Teacher''s Guide

Science & Math

Beals, Kevin

Halversen, Catherine

Strang, Craig

Nature & Ecology

Once Upon a GEMS Guide

Bergman, Lincoln

Hosoume, Kimi

Mathematics

Simply place natural materials and found objects on the photosensitive Sunprint paper and expose it to the sun. Rinse in water and dry, and you have a unique piece of art that's ready for framing, scrapbooking or making into note cards. The Sunprint Kit is ideal for making your own unique, handcrafted note cards or framed prints. Or, give the kit as a gift! Kit includes sheets of photosensitive paper and an acrylic overlay sheet that holds materials in place during sun exposure.

4" x 4" Sunprint Kit

Why does a scoop of ice cream float in root beer? The answers to this and other questions of youthful empirical concern surface in this unit of substance. Secret formulas, salt solutions, color layering in liquid, and other activities and demonstrations of density reinforce students' practical understanding of this important concept in the physical sciences.

Discovering Density

Willard, Carolyn

Lowell, Laura

Buegler, Marion E.

Physics

Engaging activities provide opportunities for students to explore and gain understanding about algebraic thinking. Through the Fabulous Function Machine, Professor Brangle's Balances, and the Morph Machine young students learn to solve real-world problems, building a solid foundation for tackling advanced algebraic reasoning in later grades.

Algebraic Reasoning: Professor Arbegla Introduces Variables & Functions (GEMS Teacher's Guide for Grades 3-5)

Education & Teaching

Kopp, Jaine

Gems (Project)

Schools & Teaching

In this updated forensic science primer, student detectives use paper chromatography to investigate solubility, pigments and separation of mixtures to solve a mystery. Teachers can use this unit to draw upon students' interest in and enthusiasm for solving mysteries to convey important scientific concepts, methods and techniques. Several mystery scenarios are suggested, and teachers can create their own. Teachers will find new activities more clearly aligned with standards.

Crime Lab Chemistry: A Chromatography Mystery (GEMS Teacher's Guide for Grades 4-8)

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