The Math Of Homes And Other Buildings

Author : Hope Martin,Susan Guengerich
Publisher : Walch Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0825138604

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The Math of Homes and Other Buildings by Hope Martin,Susan Guengerich Pdf

20 real-life activities show students that they really do use math every day - and that can be fun! Students learn how math is connected to their lives as they work through problems that also link them to other subjects such as science, health education, and consumer education. As they solve problems together, students develop self-confidence in their math abilities. Activities focus on home ownership, construction and design, financial aspects of ownership, and the tallest of our structures, skyscrapers. Teacher pages include concepts, materials needed, procedures, alternatives to traditional assessment, and extension activities, such as Internet Web sites. Correlated to NCTM standards.

Author : Hope Martin,Susan Guengerich
Publisher : Walch Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 0825139201

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The Math of Sports by Hope Martin,Susan Guengerich Pdf

Hit a home run with all your students! This handy reproducible book offers you and your students a series of engaging activities that use data and information drawn from the world of sports. Through the use of this real-life information, you can interest students and provide a meaningful context for building proficiency in essential math skills. More importantly, this valuable resource provides you with an easy-to-use approach for integrating problem-solving into your math curriculum. Whether addressing algebra or geometry, probability or statistics, this book is full of great ideas for making the connection between the real world and your classroom.

Author : Patricia Barnes-Svarney,Thomas E Svarney
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781578593880

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The Handy Math Answer Book by Patricia Barnes-Svarney,Thomas E Svarney Pdf

From modern-day challenges such as balancing a checkbook, following the stock market, buying a home, and figuring out credit card finance charges to appreciating historical developments by Pythagoras, Archimedes, Newton, and other mathematicians, this engaging resource addresses more than 1,000 questions related to mathematics. Organized into chapters that cluster similar topics in an easily accessible format, this reference provides clear and concise explanations about the fundamentals of algebra, calculus, geometry, trigonometry, and other branches of mathematics. It contains the latest mathematical discoveries, including newly uncovered historical documents and updates on how science continues to use math to make cutting-edge innovations in DNA sequencing, superstring theory, robotics, and computers. With fun math facts and illuminating figures, The Handy Math Answer Book explores the uses of math in everyday life and helps the mathematically challenged better understand and enjoy the magic of numbers.

Author : Bill Maclay
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781603584487

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The New Net Zero by Bill Maclay Pdf

The new threshold for green building is not just low energy, it's net-zero energy. In The New Net Zero, sustainable architect Bill Maclay charts the path for designers and builders interested in exploring green design's new-frontier net-zero-energy structures that produce as much energy as they consume and are carbon neutral. In a nation where traditional buildings use roughly 40 percent of the total fossil energy, the interest in net-zero building is growing enormously--among both designers interested in addressing climate change and consumers interested in energy efficiency and long-term savings. Maclay, an award-winning net-zero designer whose buildings have achieved high-performance goals at affordable costs, makes the case for a net-zero future; explains net-zero building metrics, integrated design practices, and renewable energy options; and shares his lessons learned on net-zero teambuilding. Designers and builders will find a wealth of state-of-the-art information on such considerations as air, water, and vapor barriers; embodied energy; residential and commercial net-zero standards; monitoring and commissioning; insulation options; costs; and more. The comprehensive overview is accompanied by several case studies, which include institutional buildings, commercial projects, and residences. Both new-building and renovation projects are covered in detail. The New Net Zero is geared toward professionals exploring net-zero design, but also suitable for nonprofessionals seeking ideas and strategies on net-zero options that are beautiful and renewably powered.

Author : Chris Van Dusen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101652756

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If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen Pdf

The much-anticipated follow-up to the E. B. White Award-winning picture book If I Built a Car In If I Built a Car, imaginative Jack dreamed up a whimsical fantasy ride that could do just about anything. Now he's back and ready to build the house of his dreams, complete with a racetrack, flying room, and gigantic slide. Jack's limitless creativity and infectious enthusiasm will inspire budding young inventors to imagine their own fantastical designs. Chris Van Dusen's vibrant illustrations marry retro appeal with futuristic style as he, once again, gives readers a delightfully rhyming text that absolutely begs to be read aloud.

Author : Susan Guengerich,Hope Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0825141435

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Integrating Math in the Real World Series by Susan Guengerich,Hope Martin Pdf

3-book set: Integrating Math in the Real World: The Math of Sports; The Math of Food; and the Math of Homes and Other Buildings.

Author : LernerClassroom Editors
Publisher : LernerClassroom
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822590637

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First Step Nonfiction-Community Buildings Teaching Guide by LernerClassroom Editors Pdf

FIRST STEP NONFICTION-COMMUNITY BUILDINGS TEACHING GUIDE

Author : Kenneth S. Brown
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461210191

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Buildings by Kenneth S. Brown Pdf

For years I have heard about buildings and their applications to group theory. I finally decided to try to learn something about the subject by teaching a graduate course on it at Cornell University in Spring 1987. This book is based on the not es from that course. The course started from scratch and proceeded at a leisurely pace. The book therefore does not get very far. Indeed, the definition of the term "building" doesn't even appear until Chapter IV. My hope, however, is that the book gets far enough to enable the reader to tadle the literat ure on buildings, some of which can seem very forbidding. Most of the results in this book are due to J. Tits, who originated the the ory of buildings. The main exceptions are Chapter I (which presents some classical material), Chapter VI (which prcsents joint work of F. Bruhat and Tits), and Chapter VII (which surveys some applications, due to var ious people). It has been a pleasure studying Tits's work; I only hope my exposition does it justice.

Author : John Barrows,Lisa Iannucci
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1592578284

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Building and Remodeling by John Barrows,Lisa Iannucci Pdf

A guide to home building, renovation, and remodeling for environmentally conscientious readers or home owners looking to promote energy efficiency explains how to reduce one's personal carbon footprint, lower costs, and promote an eco-friendly lifestyle while creating one's dream home. Original.

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781607104629

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Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader by Bathroom Readers' Institute Pdf

Ahh…what a relief it will be to hold this most entertaining, informative, and amusing tome in the palm of your hands. Hours of great bathroom reading await you! Uncle John’s Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader, Uncle John’s all-new 15th edition, sheds a light on everything under the sun and over the moon. From obscure history to classic wordplay to dumb crooks to inspiring quotations, you never know what you’re going to read next! Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). With more than 12 million books in print, the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series is the longest-running, most popular series of its kind in the world. Where else could you learn how the banana peel changed history, how to predict the future by rolling the dice, how the Jivaro tribes shrunk heads, and the science behind love at first sight? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained. Read all about… * Homer the Greek versus Homer the Simpson * The history of the bicycle * When humans become hailstones * Alternate definitions for common words * Helen Keller’s wisdom * The Silly Putty saga * And much more!

Author : Paul B. Garrett
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997-04-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 041206331X

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Buildings and Classical Groups by Paul B. Garrett Pdf

Buildings are highly structured, geometric objects, primarily used in the finer study of the groups that act upon them. In Buildings and Classical Groups, the author develops the basic theory of buildings and BN-pairs, with a focus on the results needed to apply it to the representation theory of p-adic groups. In particular, he addresses spherical and affine buildings, and the "spherical building at infinity" attached to an affine building. He also covers in detail many otherwise apocryphal results. Classical matrix groups play a prominent role in this study, not only as vehicles to illustrate general results but as primary objects of interest. The author introduces and completely develops terminology and results relevant to classical groups. He also emphasizes the importance of the reflection, or Coxeter groups and develops from scratch everything about reflection groups needed for this study of buildings. In addressing the more elementary spherical constructions, the background pertaining to classical groups includes basic results about quadratic forms, alternating forms, and hermitian forms on vector spaces, plus a description of parabolic subgroups as stabilizers of flags of subspaces. The text then moves on to a detailed study of the subtler, less commonly treated affine case, where the background concerns p-adic numbers, more general discrete valuation rings, and lattices in vector spaces over ultrametric fields. Buildings and Classical Groups provides essential background material for specialists in several fields, particularly mathematicians interested in automorphic forms, representation theory, p-adic groups, number theory, algebraic groups, and Lie theory. No other available source provides such a complete and detailed treatment.

Author : Ferguson
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 1585 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Occupations
ISBN : 9781438128542

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Career Discovery Encyclopedia by Ferguson Pdf

Praise for the previous editions: Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1950 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050031645

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Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1892 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : United States
ISBN : LOC:00064652448

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Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000: Justification of the budget estimates, Department of Commerce by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Curt Robinson
Publisher : Remedia Publications
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781648071256

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Independent Living: Preparing For a Job by Curt Robinson Pdf

The Independent Living Series was developed to help students prepare for the real-life challenges of getting a job and living on their own. Preparing for a Job provides detailed information about different kinds of jobs, educational requirements, and how students can find their perfect job. The first section, Job Descriptions, features 28 jobs in 9 different job categories. The practical information tells what each job is like, what kind of education and training are needed, what the average salary is and, to help with planning, the expected growth rate for each job. The next section, Skills and Interests, gives examples of tests that help students understand what they’re good at and what kind of job is right for them. The Education and Training section explains college degrees and trade schools. It also tells how on the job training, internships, and volunteering can help prepare students for specific jobs. Follow-up activities include practical application math, basic comprehension questions to reinforce understanding, and practical writing exercises. Some questions ask students to think about the information given and express their opinions and ideas. The vocabulary section includes a glossary of words and phrases students may not be familiar with plus activities to test understanding of the new words and phrases. These words and phrases are highlighted in bold throughout the text. Full color interiors and are editable.