Junk Drawer Geometry

Author : Bobby Mercer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 0912777818
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junk Drawer Geometry written by Bobby Mercer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geometry is a hands-on subject. What better way to explore the concepts of area, perimeter, and volume than actually measuring area, perimeter, and volume? With this helpful resource, you will build polygons out of pipe cleaners and flexible drinking straws, explore Mobius strips made from index cards, model the Pythagorean theorem using cheese crackers, and much more. Junk Drawer Geometry proves that you don't need high-tech equipment to comprehend math concepts—just what you can find around the house or in your recycling bin. Each of this book's 50 creative geometry projects includes a materials list and detailed, step-by-step instructions with illustrations. The projects also include ideas on how to modify the lessons for different age and skill levels, allowing anyone teaching children to use this to excite students. Educators and parents will find this title a handy guide to teach problem-solving skills and applied geometry, all while having a lot of fun.

Author : Bobby Mercer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1641601019
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junk Drawer Algebra written by Bobby Mercer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Algebra as a hands-on subject? With this helpful resource, you can create coordinate graphs with candy, simplify algebraic equations with pennies and nickels, use aluminum foil to multiply polynomials (perfect for the FOIL method), examine exponential decay functions with a bouncy ball, and much more. Junk Drawer Algebra proves that you don't need high-tech equipment to comprehend math concepts—just what you can find around the house or in your recycling bin. Each of this book's 50 creative algebra projects includes a materials list and detailed, step-by-step instructions with illustrations. The projects also include ideas on how to modify the lessons for different age and skill levels, allowing anyone teaching children to use this book to excite students. Educators and parents will find this title a handy guide to teach problem-solving skills and algebraic equations, all while having a lot of fun.

Author : Bobby Mercer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613749236
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junk Drawer Physics written by Bobby Mercer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2015 AAAS / Subaru SB&F Excellence in Science Book exemplify outstanding and engaging science writing and illustration for young readers A children's instructional book on how to use readily available materials to turn the house into a science lab Physics teacher Bobby Mercer provides readers with more than 50 great hands-on experiments that can be performed for just pennies, or less. Turn a plastic cup into a pinhole camera using waxed paper, a rubber band, and a thumbtack. Build a swinging wave machine using a series of washers suspended on strings from a yardstick. Or construct your own planetarium from an empty potato chip canister, construction paper, scissors, and a pin. Each project has a materials list, detailed step-by-step instructions with illustrations, and a brief explanation of the scientific principle being demonstrated. Junk Drawer Physics also includes sidebars of fascinating physics facts, such as did you know the Eiffel Tower is six inches taller in summer than in winter because its steel structure expands in the heat? Educators and parents will find this title a handy resource to teach children about physics topics that include magnetism, electricity, force, motion, light, energy, sound, and more, and have fun at the same time.

Author : Bobby Mercer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613731825
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junk Drawer Chemistry written by Bobby Mercer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's no need for expensive, high-tech lab equipment to conduct chemistry experiments—you probably have all you need in your home junk drawer. Turn an old LED flashlight into an Energy Drink Tester using aluminum foil and electrical tape. Mix cornstarch and water to make Non-Newtonian Goo. Use a 9-volt battery and thumbtacks to break water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. Create edible Sweet Crystals from a saturated sugar solution. Or construct your own Three-Penny Battery from galvanized washers, pennies, vinegar, and scrap cardboard. Here are more than 50 great hands-on experiments that can be performed for just pennies . . . or less. Each project has a materials list, detailed step-by-step instructions with illustrations, and a brief explanation of the scientific principle being demonstrated—atoms, compounds, solutions, mixtures, reactions, thermodynamics, acids and bases, and more.

Author : Bobby Mercer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1641605510
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junk Drawer Ecology written by Bobby Mercer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids of all ages can use recycled and repurposed household items to complete exciting and green ecology experiments Junk Drawer Ecology is a hands-on guide to saving the planet. Fun, free science activities help kids of all ages learn about the science of our planet's ecology. The environment is changing every day, and we can help slow that change. Using free or low-cost things children already have around their homes, these activities are perfect to stimulate young brains. Readers will learn about the importance of the polar regions without leaving their communities, about new ways to cut our dependence on fossil fuels, about all forms of pollution, and how they can make a difference. Junk Drawer Ecology will give inquisitive kids many hours of fun and help them learn at the same time.

Author : Bobby Mercer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 161373719X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junk Drawer Engineering written by Bobby Mercer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The projects in Junk Drawer Engineering demonstrate that you don't need high-tech equipment to make learning fun—just what you can find in your recycling bin and around the house. Educators and parents will find this title a handy resource to teach children problem-solving skills and applied physics, all while having a lot of fun.

Author : Bobby Mercer
Publisher : Junk Drawer Science
ISBN 13 : 9781613737163
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junk Drawer Engineering written by Bobby Mercer and published by Junk Drawer Science. This book was released on 2017 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Children love challenges, especially ones that involve hands-on experimentation and friendly competition. Can they build a bridge using only pasta and glue, one that a toy car can drive both under and over, and is sturdy enough to carry a considerable weight? Can they construct a "roller coaster" from recycled cardboard tubes in which the marble "car" jumps a track to land safely at its final destination? And can they create a device to safely catch a freefalling egg? These projects and more can be found in Junk Drawer Engineering, which demonstrates that you don't need high-tech equipment to make learning fun--just what you can find in your recycling bin and around the house. At its heart, engineering is the application of science to solve a design problem. Science teacher Bobby Mercer provides readers with 25 open-ended design challenges for children of all ages. The projects can be modified to meet the skill levels of the children doing them, from elementary school kids to teenagers. Though each challenge includes suggested materials and one step-by-step, illustrated solution, children are encouraged to modify and improve on the basic design, and come up with new and more complicated design parameters. Educators and parents will find this title a handy resource to teach children problem-solving skills and applied physics, all while having a lot of fun."--

Author : Bobby Mercer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1641602929
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Junk Drawer Biology written by Bobby Mercer and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's no need for expensive, high-tech lab equipment to perform biology experiments—you probably have all you need in your home junk drawer. Use balloons, drinking straws, and empty plastic bottles to construct working models of hearts and lungs. Investigate plant transpiration and photosynthesis with leaves and resealable bags. Build a candy DNA model using gumdrops, toothpicks, and licorice rope. Study capillary action in plant xylem using colored water and paper towels. Extract DNA from a banana using a simple chemical process. Or learn how to turn a smartphone into a photographic microscope. Here are more than 50 great hands-on experiments that can be performed for just pennies . . . or less. Each project has a materials list, detailed step-by-step instructions with illustrations, and a brief explanation of the scientific principle being demonstrated—seed germination, osmosis, human senses and systems, chromosomes, mitosis and meiosis, and more.

Author : Jostein Gaarder
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466804270
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sophie's World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day Sophie comes home from school to find two questions in her mail: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" Before she knows it she is enrolled in a correspondence course with a mysterious philosopher. Thus begins Jostein Gaarder's unique novel, which is not only a mystery, but also a complete and entertaining history of philosophy.

Author : Roubo (M., André Jacob)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985077754
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Make As Perfectly As Possible written by Roubo (M., André Jacob) and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English-language translation of the French 18th-century classic text on woodworking.