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It's More Than Just Science!
(K-5th Grade)
Tuesdays; 4:30 p.m. at John and Judy Gay Library (JJGL)
Wednesdays; 4:30 p.m. at Roy and Helen Hall Library (Hall)
See Also:
*STEAM Building (5th-8th Grade)
Fridays; Jan. 19, Feb. 16, Apr. 19, May 17; 4:30 p.m. at JJGL.
*STEAM in Real Life (6th-12th Grade)
Saturdays, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, Feb. 17, Feb. 24; 11:30 a.m. at JJGL
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Presents strategies such as estimation, counting manipulatives, and working through algorithms to solve addition and subtraction problems that involve multiple regroupings, exchanges and trades. Also see how to name, compare and order large multi-digit numbers by analyzing their place values.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Covers how to identify variables, set up basic function tables and calculate equations that involve basic operations, balanced number sentences and variable isolation. See how algebraic thinking involves number properties, patterns and sequences, and learn about algebraic manipulations that allow math values to be expressed in different forms.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Observe real world scenarios demonstrating the collection, organization and display of data through the use of surveys, frequency tables and graphs. Also see how each particular graphic organizer provides and categorizes data to meet particular needs.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Covers how to manipulate and convert numerators and denominators into simplest terms and like terms by calculating common multiples, greatest common factors and least common denominators. Explores how fractions can be renamed into equivalent forms as well as how to order and compare fractional amounts. Also learn how to perform basic operations like subtraction and division on fractions using a variety of strategies and shortcuts.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Discover and solve formulas for perimeter and area; learn about the triangle's unique relationship between the measurement of its angles and the lengths of sides, and find out how a rectangle can be used to solve for any triangle's area. Also analyze the symmetry and transformation of regular polygons as they translate, reflect and rotate.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Investigate the abstract world of integers and the role they play in real-world situations. Learn how to visualize negative and positive integers on a number line, and find out how to perform basic operations between integer values. Also learn about coordinate planes and quadrant locations.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Presents problems that involve estimating, converting and calculating with customary and metric measurements. Explore the world of solids and polyhedrons like the pyramids and prisms, and learn how to identify and use nets and formulas to measure surface areas of three-dimensional shapes of all sizes. Also learn how to find the circumference of a circle using pi.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Covers how to extend basic multiplication and division facts and properties to solve large, multi-digit problems. See how common multiples, factor pairs and rules of divisibility are involved in number theory, and find out how identifying prime and composite numbers helps with division. Also learn how to represent numbers using prime factorization and exponential notation.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
See how experimentation, observation, and tree diagrams can be used to investigate and calculate the outcomes of permutations, combinations and dependent events. Make predictions about trends and data relationships by analyzing data clusters on graphic organizers such as scatter plots and box-and-whisker plots. Also learn about measures of central tendency like mean, median and mode as well as how to recognize outliers and bias found in graphs.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Learn a problem-solving plan to tackle a variety of everyday situations that involve time, ratios, formulas and geometric shapes. See when, where and why strategies such as guessing and checking, using a graphic organizer, and working backward would be the best problem-solving strategies to choose.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Learn how to calculate percents, ratios and proportions. See how percents relate to 100, and discover their equivalent forms found in decimals and fractions. Explore how units and values in ratios are identified, and learn that missing proportional amounts can be found by using cross multiplication.
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