Literature and Math
Kansas State
University
Smart Books
website is a wonderful resource for connecting math and literature. It links
books, lesson plans, and standards together. You can search the side by grade
level or standards.
http://www.ksu.edu/smartbooks/
Tangrams
Principles and
Standards for School Mathematics,
Math Standards
for using Tangrams
http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter4/geom.htm#ee44
Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations
"Students
can naturally use their own physical experiences with shapes to learn about
transformations such as slides (translations), turns (rotations), and flips
(reflections). They use these movements intuitively when they solve puzzles,
turning the pieces, flipping them over, and experimenting with new
arrangements. Students using interactive computer programs with shapes often
have to choose a motion to solve a puzzle. These actions are explorations with
transformations and are an important part of spatial learning. They help
students become conscious of the motions and encourage them to predict the
results of changing a shape's position or orientation but not its size or
shape."
Children’s Books Focusing on Geometry Standards
http://www.ksu.edu/smartbooks/strandindex.html
Grandfather Tang's Story
By
Ann Tompert
Published
by Crown Publishers, Inc.
ISBN
0-517-57272-9
This
book is a perfect way to introduce Tangrams. -Mike
Folklore
Animals Shapes Tangrams Summary:
Grandfather
tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies that try to best each other
until a hunter brings danger to both of them.
Lesson
Plans
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~aveeser/Lesson.html
This site will
link you to other wonderful sites on Tangrams and mathematical puzzles
Contains
puzzles, history, and poetry about Tangrams
http://members.aol.com/sth777/page00.html
The
Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections
By
Stewart T. Coffin
Great
site for geometrical assembly puzzles of all kinds. This site links you to many
other resources for puzzles and mathematical connections.
http://www.johnrausch.com/puzzlingworld/chap01b.htm
Computer
versions of Tangrams
The
Official WebOOG Home Page
http://www.mcmprod.com/applets/weboog/weboog2.htm
http://www.mcmprod.com/
Kids.Com site.
This is very fun to move the Tangram pieces around on the computer.
You have to be
able to use ShockWave—lots of bandwidth!
http://www.kidscom.com/games/tangram/tangram.html
Another
Interactive Site
Principles and
Standards for School Mathematics, very fun!
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.4/
