Math and Nonfiction

Math and Nonfiction
Author: Jennifer M. Bay-Williams
Publisher: Math Solutions
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0941355861

"Provides lessons that link mathematics with nonfiction. Topics include collecting and analyzing data; using proportional reasoning; and exploring linear and exponential growth, probability, and relationships between two- and three-dimensional objects, pi, and more. Each lesson includes an overview of the nonfiction title, a discussion of the lesson's mathematical focus, a description of the activity, and samples of student work"--Provided by publisher.

Read Any Good Math Lately?

Read Any Good Math Lately?
Author: David Jackman Whitin
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1992
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Demonstrates the potential for literature in learnersin a variety of mathematical investigations.

Exploring Nonfiction: Social Studies

Exploring Nonfiction: Social Studies
Author: Teacher Created Materials Staff
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Content area reading
ISBN:

Program based on common standards for nonfiction reading with high-interest reading materials and lessons relating to social sciences. Teaches skills necessary to read nonfiction effectively. Content area literacy is defined as the level of reading and writing skill necessary to read, comprehend and react to appropriate instructional materials in a given subject, social sciences. Program integrates listening, speaking, reading, writing, visualizing, and thinking for students to learn using muliple modalities.

Infinity

Infinity
Author: Sarah C. Campbell
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1635928265

What is infinity? Explore this fascinating and complex math concept and its purpose in our world in this picture book that both demystifies and explains. Perfect for kids who grew up on Baby University books like Quantum Physics for Babies. Defining infinity is difficult. But there is one thing people do every day that leads to infinity—counting. No matter what large number you name, there is always a larger number. By reading this book, kids can begin to think about this and other powerful ideas involving infinity, including how infinity relates to rocket science. Featuring clear text and beautiful photographs, this is an excellent choice for kids who want to delve deeper into math and science and for those ready to look at the world in a new way.

In Code

In Code
Author: Sarah Flannery
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781565123779

Originally published in England and cowritten with her father, "In Code" is "a wonderfully moving story about the thrill of the mathematical chase" ("Nature") and "a paean to intellectual adventure" ("Times Educational Supplement"). A memoir in mathematics, it is all about how a girl next door became an award-winning mathematician. photo insert.