Mathematics Explorations calls for students to "put on a detective hat" and search for patterns in order to:
- Discover math concepts and formulas
- Break codes
- Solve mysteries
- Conduct investigations
- Uncover and correct errors and blunders
- Analyze why a "trick" works
- Use clues to solve problems
- And more!
Each activity lesson correlates to NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Full solutions and extensions are provided.
Teacher edition and student edition sold separately.
Reviews
Review By: James Cox, Midwest Book Review - June 11, 2008
Getting children excited about math is one of the hardest things for an educator to do - but "Mathematics Explorations: Detective Style Activities for the Real World" is here to help. Attempting to make math fun by suing real world examples of where it will become useful in their lives using the angle of being a private investigator and detective, kids will learn how to understand math of may levels much better as they work to solve the mysteries put forth into this book. A deftly written and fun way to teach children their commonly most hated subject, "Mathematics Exploration: Detective Style Activities for the Real World: is highly recommended for school and community library education collections everywhere.