Math at a Glance A Month-By-Month Celebration of the Numbers Around Us

Math at a Glance demonstrates real-life mathematics....A teacher will find this resource book to be user-friendly. It contains an abundant array of though-provoking explorations designed to help children understand and learn to value mathematics. - Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School Susan Ohanian provides opportunities to find wonder, wit, and whimsy in numbers within our everyday surroundings, presenting a chronology of historical events that generates mathematical thinking and activities. Teachers who are trying to make changes in the way they approach math instruction will find this a refreshing resource. In addition to celebrating birth dates of mathematicians and other scientists for whom mathematics was key, Math at a Glance provides interesting and zany facts that will spur mathematical investigations across all curriculum areas: language arts, literature, geography, environment, science, art, music, and sports and physical fitness. Visit for a wealth of information on education issues and to learn more about her. You'll find commentary, cartoons, letters, resources, quotes and a word of the day offering children a provocative way to increase their vocabulary.Ohanian, Susan is the author of 'Math at a Glance A Month-By-Month Celebration of the Numbers Around Us' with ISBN 9780435083649 and ISBN 0435083643.