Series:

Math Behind the Science

8 total works

Cover of Reading Expeditions (Science: Math Behind the Science): How Many Ants in an Anthill?

Cover of Reading Expeditions (Science: Math Behind the Science): Sizing Up Shapes
Discusses how simple shapes are the building blocks of complex patterns and structures, and describes shapes that appear in objects made by people and objects made by nature.

Cover of Reading Expeditions (Science: Math Behind the Science): Thinking It Through
Discusses how scientists use reasoning and logical thinking to do their work. Explains how Venn diagrams provide a logical way to classify data. Teaches how to recognize valid conclusions by examining if-then statements. Explains how to interpret graphs to explain relationships between different living things, and how changes in environments can be influenced by humans.

Cover of Reading Expeditions (Science: Math Behind the Science): Number Know-How
Examines how scientists use number sense to find answers, explains how benchmarks are helpful, describes situations in which mental math can help, and shows how to judge the reasonableness of answers to everyday problems involving math.

Cover of Reading Expeditions (Science: Math Behind the Science): What's the Chance?
Examines the concept of probability and how scientists use math as a tool to predict the likelihood of certain events.

Cover of Reading Expeditions (Science: Math Behind the Science): Decoding Data
Introduces how scientists use tables, graphs and other math tools to make comparisons and draw conclusions, identifies different types of graphs, and discusses which kind of graph is best used to display a certain type of data.

Cover of Reading Expeditions (Science: Math Behind the Science): Puzzling Out Patterns
Discusses the mathematical tools and techniques that scientists use to gather, analyze and interpret data. Explains ratios, how to use them to make a scale model, and how to recognize patterns in ratio tables. Explores how scientists use sonar to map the seafloor. Teaches how to use patterns on graphs to make predictions.

Cover of Reading Expeditions (Science: Math Behind the Science): Crunching Numbers
Discusses the tools and math strategies that scientists use to work with large numbers, explores how the strategies of estimating and rounding make large numbers easier to work with, and identifies some uses of supercomputers.