Math Games Lab for Kids

Author Rebecca Rapoport , J.A. Yoder

Release Date: 2017/01/01

ISBN: 9781631593413

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. How to Use This Book
3. 1 Geometry: Learn About Shapes: Prisms and pyramids and Platonic solids, oh my!
   1. Lab 1: Prisms
   2. Lab 2: Pyramids
   3. Lab 3: Antiprisms
   4. Lab 4: Platonic Solids
   5. Lab 5: Perfect Circles
   6. Lab 6: Try a Triangle
   7. Lab 7: Exact Ellipses
   8. Lab 8: Draw Giant Circles and Ellipses
4. 2 Topology: Mind-Bending Shapes: Learn about squeezable, squishable shapes and surfaces
   1. Lab 9: Compare and Classify Shapes
   2. Lab 10: Möbius Strips
   3. Lab 11: Möbius Surprise
5. 3 Color Maps Like a Mathematician: Using the fewest number of colors possible, fill in a map so adjacent shapes are different
   1. Lab 12: Map Coloring Basics
   2. Lab 13: Efficient Map Coloring
   3. Lab 14: Squiggle Maps
6. 4 Stitching Curves: Learn to create curves using only straight lines
   1. Lab 15: Drawing Parabolas
   2. Lab 16: Stitching Stars
   3. Lab 17: Creative Curves
7. 5 Fantastic Fractals: A fractal is a shape that is similar to itself no matter how far you zoom in on one particular part
   1. Lab 18: Draw a Sierpinski Triangle
   2. Lab 19: Build a Sierpinski Triangle
   3. Lab 20: Draw a Koch Snowflake
   4. Lab 21: Draw a Square Fractal Snowflake
   5. Lab 22: Explore the Koch Snowflake’s Perimeter
8. 6 Terrific Tangrams: Solve ancient Chinese puzzles by making different shapes from the same seven pieces
   1. Lab 23: Tangram Basics
   2. Lab 24: Teaser Tangrams
   3. Lab 25: Tougher Tangrams
9. 7 Toothpick Puzzles: Create and solve brainteasers using patterns of toothpicks
   1. Lab 26: Starter Toothpick Puzzles
   2. Lab 27: Toothpick Puzzles: The Next Level
   3. Lab 28: Challenging Toothpick Puzzles
10. 8 The Game of Nim: Learn the game of Nim and develop a strategy to win every time
    1. Lab 29: Learn to Play Nim
    2. Lab 30: Win Nim: The Copycat Strategy
    3. Lab 31: Copycat Nim as Player 1
    4. Lab 32: Win Nim: 1 + 2 = 3 Strategy
11. 9 Graph Theory: Explore how points and edges are interconnected
    1. Lab 33: Eulerian Circuits
    2. Lab 34: Secrets of Eulerian Circuits Revealed
    3. Lab 35: Bridges of Königsberg
    4. Lab 36: The Euler Characteristic
    5. Lab 37: A Proof About the Euler Characteristic
12. Pull-Outs
13. Hints and Solutions
14. Acknowledgments
15. About the Authors
16. Resources
17. Index