Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications, Second Edition
offers an exciting collection of 60 hands-on projects to help students
in grades 6--12 apply math concepts and skills to solving everyday,
real-life problems! The book is filled with classroom-tested projects
that emphasize: cooperative learning, group sharing, verbalizing
concepts and ideas, efficient researching, and writing clearly in
mathematics and across other subject areas. Each project achieves the
goal of helping to build skills in problem solving, critical thinking,
and decision making, and supports an environment in which positive group
dynamics flourish.
Each of the projects follows the same proven format and includes
instructions for the teacher, a Student Guide, and one or more
reproducible datasheets and worksheets. They all include the elements
needed for a successful individual or group learning experience. The
projects are easily implemented and can stand alone, and they can be
used with students of various grade levels and abilities.
This thoroughly revised edition of the bestseller includes some new
projects, as well as fresh information about technology-based and
e-learning strategies and enhancements; No Child Left Behind standards;
innovative teaching suggestions with activities, exercises, and
standards-based objectives; reading and literacy connections; and
guidelines and objectives for group and team-building projects.
Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications is printed in a
lay-flat format, for easy photocopying and to help you quickly find
appropriate projects to meet the diverse needs of your students, and it
includes a special Skills Index that identifies the skills emphasized in
each project. This book will save you time and help you instill in your
students a genuine appreciation for the world of mathematics.
"The projects in this book will enable teachers to broaden their
instructional program and provide their students with activities that
require the application of math skills to solve real-life problems. This
book will help students to realize the relevance and scope of
mathematics in their lives."
--Melissa Taylor, middle school mathematics teacher, Point Pleasant
Borough, New Jersey
