Hands-On Math Projects With Real-Life Applications / J-B Ed: Hands On (PDF)

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