Hands-On Math Projects With Real-Life Applications: Ready-To-Use Lessons and Materials for Grades 6-12 (Spiral-bound)

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A collection of 60 hands on investigations to help students apply math concepts and skills to everyday problems found across the curriculum, in sports, and in daily life. These tested projects stress cooperative learning, group sharing, and writing, and build skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, decision-making, and computation. Each project follows the same proven format, including instructions for the teacher, a Student Guide, and one or more reproducible datasheets and worksheets. To help find appropriate projects quickly, a special Skills Index identifies the skills emphasized in each project, and all materials are organized into 6 major sections:
Math & Science
Math & Social
Math & Language
Math & Art & Music
Math & Sports & Recreation
Math & Life Skills

From the Back Cover

For all teachers grades 6-12, here is an exciting collection of 61 hands-on investigations to help students apply math concepts and skills in everyday problems found across the curriculum in sports, and in daily life! These tested projects Stress cooperative learning group sharing, and writing, and build skills in problem-solving critical thinking decision-making and competition.

Each project follows the same proven format, including instructions for the teacher, a Student Guide, and one or more reproducible datasheets and worksheets. It includes all the elements needed for a successful individual or group learning experience.

To help you quickly find appropriate project to meet the diverse needs of your students, a special Skills index identifies the skills emphasized in each project, and all materials are organized into 6 major sections:

1 MATH & SCIENCE: 11 project including The Benefits of Recycling ... A Mathematical Scavenger Hunt Through the Human Body ... A Flight to Mars ... and The Schools New Lunch Program

2 MATH & SCIENCE STUDIES: 10 projects such as An Election Poll ... Creating a Scale Map ... A Land of Immigrants ... and Rating Consumer Products

3 MATH & LANGUAGE: 11 projects such as Great Debates ... It's Puzzling ... The Mathematics Publishing Company ... Keeping a Math Journal ... and Math Portfolios

4 MATH & ART & MUSIC: 10 projects ranging from Creating a Logo ... I Wanna Be Like Escher ... and The Plus and Minus Comic Shop ... to Numbers and Songs ... and The Geometry and Art of Architecture

5 MATH & SPORTS & RECREATION: 9 fun projects such as Equipment for the School's Workout Room ... Comparing Sports Superstars ... Math and the Big Game ... and Going on a Vacation

6 MATH & LIFE SKILLS: 9 practical projects including Making a Budget ... The Costs of Pets ... Buying a Car ... Shopping by Mail ... and Checks and Balances

What's more, you get tested guidelines, techniques and tools for managing the classroom during project activities and assessing Students' performance. And it's all printed in a big spiral-bound format for convenient photocopying of all the reproducibles!

Now Hands-On math Project With Real-Life Applications makes it easy for your students to discover for themselves the relevance of math to their own lives!

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 365 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Spi edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876283849
• ISBN-13: 978-0876283844
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #263,612 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource for Integrating Math and other Subjects, June 1, 2000

By	Bernadette (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications offers many math projects classified for an integrated approach to math and other subjects. As a parent who is home schooling a teenager I have found the projects to be a helpful resource. Each project identifies the learning goal, math skills which will used, material needed and how to conduct the project. Although geared to math teachers in a school setting I have found it very helpful in the home school setting.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and useful, September 30, 2000

By	Tracy "athansor" (Demorest, GA) - See all my reviews

The Muschla's book is an excellent resource for the Algebra II and Pre-Algebra classes I teach. The best part about this book is that the materials are all there (worksheets, instructions, etc.), and they can be easily adapted to the various high school mathematics levels of instruction. I will start a project during one class period, then allow students time at the end of class on subsequent days to complete it as a supplement to my lessons.

2 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hands on Math Projects with hands on Applications, March 9, 2006

By	Kristie M. Cunningham - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications: Ready-to-Use Lessons and Materials for Grades 6-12 (J-B Ed: Hands On) (Paperback)

this book was very useful in the classes I teach.