Written by the best selling author of "Discovering Geometry," Patty Paper Geometry contains 12 chapters of guided and open investigations. Open investigations encourage students to explore their own methods of discovery, and guided investigations provide more direction to students. Use Patty Paper Geometry as a supplement to your geometry program or even as a major course of study. Author: Michael Serra, Pages: 262, paperback, Publisher: Playing It Smart, ISBN: 978-1559530723

Smart Moves: Developing Mathematical Reasoning with Games and Puzzles is designed to improve your sequential reasoning, explore some mathematics, and have fun along the way. The games and puzzles were created to encourage perseverance and logical thinking. The Mathematical Connections highlight key math concepts. The Game of Racetrack is the perfect introduction to vectors, Tour Puzzles lead to graph theory and Euler paths, and the mathematics behind Magic Squares is revealed. Smart Moves is a very effective way to support mathematical learning and reduce the anxiety that often accompanies...

PPGT Written by the best selling author of Discovering Geometry, Patty Paper Geometry contains 12 chapters of open and guided investigations. Open investigations encourage students to explore their own methods of discovery and guided investigations provide more direction to students. Constructions are performed more accurately and geometric discoveries are made faster with patty paper. At the end of their investigations, students have discovered most of the properties of geometric figures studied in high school geometry courses. Use Patty Paper Geometry as a supplement to your geometry...

Ahoy matey Fear not mathematics. Build ye thinking skills, learn ye coordinates, and a smarter pirate ye will be Michael Serra combines the challenge of mathematics with the fun adventure of pirates and buried treasure. Play the Buried Treasure game using a rectangle coordinate plane, a polar coordinate system, a spherical surface, and with three-dimensional areas. Use the chapter on cryptography to help solve hidden messages to uncover the pirate loot. Take a journey to sun-drenched tropical islands in search of pirate booty. With a map in your hand, follow clues and solve puzzles,...