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Math Games Lab for Kids : 24 Fun, Hands-On Activities for Learning with Shapes, Puzzles, and Games.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rapoport, Rebecca.
- Series:
- Lab for Kids
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics.
- Geometry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2017.
- Summary:
- Play with math! Make math fun for your child by playing games, solving puzzles and learning about shapes.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- 1 Geometry: Learn About Shapes
- Lab 1: Prisms
- Lab 2: Pyramids
- Lab 3: Antiprisms
- Lab 4: Platonic Solids
- Lab 5: Perfect Circles
- Lab 6: Try a Triangle
- Lab 7: Exact Ellipses
- Lab 8: Draw Giant Circles and Ellipses
- 2 Topology: Mind- Bending Shapes
- Lab 9: Compare and Classify Shapes
- Lab 10: Möbius Strips
- Lab 11: Möbius Surprise
- 3 Color Maps Like a Mathematician
- Lab 12: Map Coloring Basics
- Lab 13: Efficient Map Coloring
- Lab 14: Squiggle Maps
- 4 Stitching Curves
- Lab 15: Drawing Parabolas
- Lab 16: Stitching Stars
- Lab 17: Creative Curves
- 5 Fantastic Fractals
- Lab 18: Draw a Sierpinski Triangle
- Lab 19: Build a Sierpinski Triangle
- Lab 20: Draw a Koch Snowflake
- Lab 21: Draw a Square Fractal Snowflake
- Lab 22: Explore the Koch Snowflake's Perimeter
- 6 Terrific Tangrams
- Lab 23: Tangram Basics
- Lab 24: Teaser Tangrams
- Lab 25: Tougher Tangrams
- 7 Toothpick Puzzles
- Lab 26: Starter Toothpick Puzzles
- Lab 27: Toothpick Puzzles: The Next Level
- Lab 28: Challenging Toothpick Puzzles
- 8 The Game of Nim
- Lab 29: Learn to Play Nim
- Lab 30: Win Nim: The Copycat Strategy
- Lab 31: Copycat Nim as Player 1
- Lab 32: Win Nim: 1 + 2 = 3 Strategy
- 9 Graph Theory
- Lab 33: Eulerian Circuits
- Lab 34: Secrets of Eulerian Circuits Revealed
- Lab 35: Bridges of Königsberg
- Lab 36: The Euler Characteristic
- Lab 37: A Proof About the Euler Characteristic
- Pull-Outs
- Hints and Solutions
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Resources
- Index
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-63159-341-2
- OCLC:
- 1293250355
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