Math Adventures Resources (click on a title to see the Table of Contents)

Math Stories

1. Math Interviews 24 interviews of mathematicians, people who use math on the job, and math conceps – with mathematical extensions.
2. The Case of the Mismatched Socks Math story: When you end up with missing socks after doing laundry, are you unlucky or is there something mathematical going on?
   • A performance of the math story
3. The Handshakes Problem Math Story: Timothy explores the mathematics of counting handshakes, and discovers Gauss’ shortcut to adding a series of consecutive numbers - and much more!
4. Fraction Friends Math Story: One-Half is new to Fractionville and has a difficult time making friends. One-Third thinks they’re incompatible, until One-Quarter helps them discover how much they have in common.
5. A New Home for Scruffy Math Story: Molly and her grandfather build a pen for a new puppy. How might they design the pen so that it has the greatest possible area, given limited fencing material?

Grades 2-6 Activity Books on CD

1. Math Therapy: Number Operations, Grades 2-6 Learn a variety of flexible strategies for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers.
2. Twenty Minute Math Workout, Grades 3-6 Book comes with detailed teaching notes and solutions to help you ask good probing questions and understand children's thinking.
3. Thinking with a Spreadsheet, Grades 3-6 What better way to learn math than in the "mathville" of a spreadsheet: number, geometry, measurement, patterning and algebra, and data management and probability.
4. Active Thinking in Mathematics, Grades 4-6 Activities that promote powerful thinking: making connections, searching for patterns, analyzing data, and asking questions. ... see DEMO
5. Cool Math Games, Grades 4-6 Students enjoy playing games and are motivated to think about and understand math relationships and patterns. ... see DEMO
6. Math for Teachers and Parents, Grades K-8 Songs, music videos, stories, and some really neat math. Change your view of math.

Grades 6-10 Activity Books on CD

1. Fractions, grades 4-8 A wealth of creative ideas for teaching and learning fractions. The interactive content that accompanies the book contains activities and videos for teachers and students. ... see DEMO
2. Thinking with a Spreadsheet, Grades 6-10 What better way to learn math than in the "mathville" of a spreadsheet: number, geometry, measurement, patterning and algebra, and data management and probability.
3. Active Thinking in Mathematics, Grades 7-10 Teaching strategies to enrich your math program using four powerful teaching models that involve students in making connections, searching for patterns, analyzing data, and asking questions. ... see DEMO
4. Math Patterns and Puzzles, Grades 7-8 Activities to practice higher level thinking skills with whole numbers, decimals, fractions, coordinate geometry, and integers.
5. Math Enrichment and Remediation, Grades 7-10 Reproducible ativities for students experiencing difficulties, advanced students, and independent study assignments. ... see DEMO
6. More Math Enrichment, Grades 7-10 A collection of reproducible math history and problem solving activities selected from the popular magazine MathMania.
7. Cool Math Games, Grades 7-10 Students enjoy playing games and are motivated to think about and understand math relationships and patterns. ... see DEMO
8. Math Mania Magazine, 1999 Volume"MathMania falls into the "gotta have it" category." (Reviewed in the March 2000 issue of Ontario Mathematics Gazette, OAME.) ... see DEMO
   • Three pdf samples
     • Sample 1: A New Home for Scruffy
     • Sample 2: Michelle's Experiment
     • Sample 3: Interview with a Mathematician
   • Five performances based on interviews from Math Mania Magazine.
     • Pi the Irrational
     • A well-rounded shape: Circle's job interview
     • The real Square
9. Math Mania Magazine, 2000 Volume "MathMania falls into the "gotta have it" category." ... see demo
10. Math Mania Magazine, 2001 Volume "MathMania falls into the "gotta have it" category." ... see demo
11. When is an A not an A? Assessing Levels of Mathematical Thinking Is a test mark of 90% an 'A' or does it depend on the types of questions asked? "A delightful book ... a series of concrete examples of tying letter grades to levels of standards-based achievement." (Reviewed In the April 2001 issue of Mathematics Teacher, NCTM.)

Teacher Books

1. Becoming a Mathematics Teacher: A Mathematical Romance, K-8 Rekindle a mathematical romance. Rediscover the pleasure of learning and teaching math. "I recommend this to anyone who needs revitalizing ideas for turning mathematics activities into the joyful experiences they should be." ( Reviewed In the November 2004 issue of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School , NCTM.) Includes interactive content.
2. The Joy of X: Math Teaching in Grades 7-12 The sequel to Becoming a Mathematics Teacher: A Mathematical Romance (K-8). Includes interactive content.

Other Resources

1. Math Playground, K-12 The Math Playground is jam-packed with interactice content, as well as print resources, for adding fun to math, and for enrichment and remediation. ... see DEMO
2. Mathimagination CD (2 math music CDs) 8 math songs performed by two different artists. Guaranteed to stimulate your math imagination !! See the list of songs. Listen to Help me Fermi (music video).