Brainstrains

Teach creative problem solving and logical thinking using international and historical themes.

Tired of your students asking, "When will we ever use this math in real life?" Answer them with Brainstrains, which uses real life examples to teach mathematical concepts and logical thinking.

Brainstrains introduces some of the world's more remarkable personalities and phenomena, past and present:

• • Hans Christian Anderson
   
• • Martin Luther King
   
• • Pele
   
• • Mikhail Gorbachev
   
• • Prince Henry of Portugal
   
• • Gen. James Wolfe
   
• • The Bermuda Triangle
   
• • Vincent Van Gogh
   
• • and more

Each "Brainstrain" combines fiction with fact to set students a task which will test and develop their skills in mathematical problem solving and logical thinking. Activities are graded on a difficulty rating from 1 (approx. age 8) to 10 (approx. age 14). Complete solutions are included.

Just a few of the fun activities in this book include:

• • The Ugly Duckling Ring (logic, order)
   
• • The March on Washington (pie graph, degrees, percentage, practical geometry)
   
• • Henry the Navigator (lattitude and longitude, atlas work)
   
• • The Stones of St. David's (logic, prime numbers, symmetry practical geometry)
   
• • and much, much more!

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Author: Chris Kunz

Grades: 4 - 7

Format: 112 pages; 8.5x11; softcover

ISBN: 0-582-91219-9