Math projects

[beansricerevolt]

I think I have finally figured DD out.
Math has always been our struggle. She and I could never seem to find the right curriculum. For the last 3 years, we've switched math Curric. a bunch of different times with no hope.
Now, after doing a math project (Robinsunns (sp?) multiplication clock), we have finally decided that math projects, with a few math games (mostly coming from family math) in between, is the key to learning and loving math.

Im in search of some fun, hands on, math projects. Im looking for things that will take a few days to do with step by step instructions.
Know of any? Links, books ect.

[Lillian J]

If you browse through the links on this page, Go Figure!, I think you'll find some assorted things. I notice, as one example, that the Ancient Egypt and Math site mentions "images of hieroglyphs you can use in your own projects," so that has some promise. I learned some of those Egyptian numerals when I was 10, and I remember how much fun that was.

Have fun! I hope you report back on some of your projects.
Lillian

[Callimom]

I don't know how old your daughter is or what level she is at but I would check out:

How Math Works by Carol Vordeman,

the Let's Investigate series by Marion Smoothey

The Math Games and More Math Games from around the world by Claudia Zaslavsky

The math history courses from livingmath.net - full of projects and explorations without a textbook approach.

You could do a math and art exploration - proportions, rations, symmetry, play with string art, build sculptures - that could be a years worth of explorations in itself.

For games I have a huge list but we love True Math by Aristoplay for general math knowledge and math discussions.
hth
Karen

[beansricerevolt]

Thank You for the great links and info!

I never realized how much fun we could have with math.
I feel terrible putting DD through years of math torture. I hope I haven't ruined it for her I get the feeling that she knows we are in this together tho.

[Lillian J]

How old is she? - Lillian

[beansricerevolt]

She is 9, almost 10.
I just introduced her to Multiplication and division a few months back.

We decided to really make an effort with math when she was around 7. She just didn't show any interest in learning any of the math concepts until then. I think what did it was her public school friends learning addition and subtraction and she really had no idea what they were talking about. I think she understood how to do it (because of games like monopoly and such) but didn't know terms and what it looked like in other forms and was truly curious.

After that first intro to math, a couple years ago, we've been searching for the right curriculum with no real interest in anything we found. While doing the multiplication clock, I could see how much fun she was having with it. She actually wanted to finish it!

[Lillian J]

Originally Posted by beansricerevolt

Thank You for the great links and info!

I never realized how much fun we could have with math.

Yeah, it's almost like a well kept secret. Lillian