Description
About our Puzzle & Game Book
Are you looking for a new math challenge for your students? Do you need a resource of ideas that will give your students the opportunity to experience the thrill of mathematics? And, what about providing a good puzzle or game that will give everyone the understanding of true problem-solving? Randy Evans, Mick Follari and Jamie York have combined their knowledge and skills to create a puzzle and game book that is a perfect reference for the math classroom and for middle school and high school teachers everywhere.
About our Source Book for Teaching High School Math:
This book is intended both to help a new high school math teacher get started, and to serve as a resource for all high school math teachers. It is packed with material that standard high school math textbooks never seem to have time for – great stuff that will help to inspire students. Jamie emphasizes a healthy balance between developing skills and having mathematical experiences, and this source book is all about giving students those amazing mathematical experiences. Here are some of the topics in this book:
Practical advice for teachers • Math curriculum overview • Al-Khwarizmiʼs algebra
Possibility and probability • Greek geometry main lesson • Amazing proofs (more than 50)
Handouts for students • Descriptive geometry • Euclidʼs Elements • Surveying
Sequences and series • Math and music • Descartes main lesson • i as an exponent
Projective geometry • Calculus main lesson • Philosophy of math
… and much more!
The units covered in our 9th Grade Workbook are:
- Pre-Algebra
- Algebra Basics
- Exponents and Polynomials
- Factoring
- Word Problems
- Midyear Review (incl. eighth grade material)
- Fractions & Square Roots
- The Quadratic Formula
- Logarithms, Part I
- Possibility & Probability, Part I
- Cartesian Geometry, Part I
The units covered in our 10th Grade Workbook are:
- Geometry Basics
- Circle Geometry
- Triangle Geometry
- Proofs
- Mensuration
- Algebra Review (levels A and B)
- Logarithms, Part II
- Trigonometry, Part I
- Exponential Growth
- Sequences & Series
- Math & Music
The units covered in our 11th/12th Grade Workbook are:
- Cartesian Geometry, Part I
- Trigonometry, Part II
- Complex Numbers, Part I
- Cartesian Geometry, Part II
- Possibility & Probability, Part II
- Trigonometry, Part III
- Cartesian Geometry, Part III
- Logarithms, Part III
- Complex Numbers, Part II
- Trigonometry, Part IV
- Cartesian Geometry, Part IV
- Calculus, Part I
- Calculus, Part II
- Statistics, Part I
- Statistics, Part II
- Problem-Solving Exercises