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

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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


5 Reviews

  1. wateach says:
    Posted August 18, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    I ordered this hoping for a set of easy to use projects. I haven’t used any of the projects as of yet, because there so much to do to make them work in the classroom.

  2. Robert D. Watson says:
    Posted May 13, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    There are a large number of math projects here that are mildly interesting, if a little juvenile for most high school teachers to use. Some of them are very complicated, and others are just not complicated enough, but that’s all fine by me – a little variety is certainly good. Most of them will require access to the school library or computer lab, and many will take a good 3-5 days in-class to take to completion as written.

    Two problems: One is that the book is organized terribly, and the other is that this book doesn’t teach a whole lot of math SKILLS.

    The book is organized by what it ties into the general math curriculum. So instead of having “algebra” activities, it offers “Math and Language” or “Math and Social Sciences”. This makes it very difficult to find specific activities that you can tie into more general lessons topics like proportions, solving equations or graphing.

    And speaking of math topics, we get to mention the other major problem I have with the book: so many of these activities do not mesh with the curriculum that is taught in a traditional math class. Regardless of your opinions on what that curriculum should be, I find it difficult for people to argue that we need four to five three-day research projects on the history of famous mathematicians in a geometry classroom. There are a number of others that simply ask students to make decisions on what to spend a budget on, and a whole lot that involve you creating a “profile” of a person or country, which often touch on mathematics, but do not delve particularly deeply into any particular concept. There are some, such as the landmarks project that discuss ideas like proportionality in depth, but I think that too many simply leave these by the wayside in favor of implementing cultural or social aspects.

    The book is massive, and by no means have I looked through or tried every project, but I have taken a number of ideas from this book and reworked them to my needs (adding reflection questions to the worksheets, more guidance for some students, and making a few activities more rigorous). The flower bed project (#6) was something that I had a lot of success with in a geometry class, and the aquarium project (#8 I think) was fun, but had to be modified significantly to make it any kind of challenge for my high schoolers.

    Unfortunately, unless you spend a large amount of time sifting, organizing and recreating much of the book, you won’t find this to be an instantaneous resource. I think that almost every math teacher could find something to like from this book, but if you’re not willing to put in the time to use this resource, it could just be something that sits on your shelf. Far from the worst book I’ve read on the subject, but it definitely needs some work.

  3. Two of four hops says:
    Posted December 6, 2009 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    The activities in here seemed to have taken a lot of time to prepare for and read through. They also were not very real-life. Yes, they were math related activities, but some were a stretch. I sent this book back.

  4. Margaret Marsick says:
    Posted October 10, 2009 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    Brilliant.

    Great book, there are so many hands on activities one can do with your students. I have a number earmarked for this term already. Very well written and easy to understand. The project sheets for the students are brilliant also. Thanks so much. I look forward to using the book until it falls apart as they say.

  5. Greenbyoo says:
    Posted October 9, 2009 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    This is an EXCELLENT resource for making math relevant! Even though the book is officially for grades 6-12, the projects are easy to adapt for elementary grades. I really like how the information is organized: each of the six sections tells how to incorporate math into another subject. We have used activities from “Math and Social Studies” in our history class, and projects from “Math and Science” in our science class. It’s well worth the price because it’s not just another workbook–the activities are really engaging and fun for kids. They might not even notice that they’re learning a lot about math!

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