Book Detail

G Is For Googol

Publication Information
Author:  Schwartz, David Illustrator:  Moss, Marissa
Title:  G Is For Googol Date:  1998
Publisher:  Tricycle Press City:  Berkeley, CA
ISBN, paperback:  1-883672-58-9 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    alphabet, nonfiction, reference

HSE Descriptor(s):    math

Summary:
Letters of the alphabet introduce mathematical concepts with sidebar illustrations, additional activities, and other math terms beginning with the same letter. The glossary contains all the concepts mentioned. The ideas are clearly presented even for the mathematically challenged and anxious.

Teaching Ideas:
The activities that follow the introduction of a concept are adaptable to classrooms or individual work. Teachers and students will want to use the definitions in the glossary to develop activities and illustrations for the additional math vocabulary words e.g. "Klein bottle" or "octave."

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bullet History
bullet Science > scientists/inventors
bullet Math
bullet Math > counting
bullet Math > estimation
bullet Math > measurement


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