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Key to... Workbooks
These satisfy the hard-to-meet curriculum needs for students
who don't easily fit into a regular school program or have special learning difficulties. Key
to... workbooks offer a positive alternative to large, expensive textbooks, which
students often find complicated and intimidating.
Only one concept is presented per page, so students have time to
understand new ideas without being overwhelmed. Hand-written examples and exercises make
work seem less intimidating. Vocabulary and reading level are simple. Instructions are
clear and direct, so students can work alone or in small groups--giving you more time with
those who need extra help.
Save Your Valuable Time
Each book is a complete text/workbook. You don't have to prepare lessons, duplicate pages
of problems, or make answer keys or problems sets. Answer books provide actual
reproductions of each workbook page and show every solution step-by-step. Support
materials also include helpful suggestions for using the workbooks with your class, class
progress charts, and reproducible diagnostic and final tests.
Stretch Your Budget with Affordable Low Prices
The extremely low price of these workbooks means each student can have his or her own
personal workbook. Also, whenever necessary, you can replace a lost workbook for a
small fraction of the price of buying a new textbook. You can use these as supplemental
materials to your regular math curriculum when a student needs help with a concept that's
especially challenging to him/her.
Available Subjects
Measurement / Metric Measurement / Algebra / Geometry
Fractions / Decimals / Percents
Other Books from Key Curriculum
 50 Mathematical Puzzles and Problems, Gilles Cohen,
editor. These puzzles and problems from the International Championship of Mathematics have
been organized by mathematical themes -- geometry and symmetry, arithmetic and number
theory, logic and algorithmic process -- for easy adaptation to your mathematics
curriculum. The problems rely more on reasoning than on knowledge. Each book of 50
problems has one problem per page for easy overhead use or distribution. Full solutions
are provided. These may be reproduced for classroom use.
Green Collection:
for grades 6-12. It introduces problems such as the four-color map, and magic squares and
number mazes. Cat. # Key-4982. $12.15-D
Orange Collection:
for grades 9-12. This set will challenge most high school students. Students will divide
polygons into tilings of congruent shapes; encounter knots, chains and networks; decipher
messages and break codes. Cat. #Key-4990. $12.15-D
Red Collection:
for grade 9-College. This set is the most challenging, involving distance, vectors,
transformations, systems of equations, series, powers, and number theory. Problems use
compass and straightedge constructions, trigonometry, the Pythagorean theorem, and
synthetic division. Cat. #Key-5008. $12.15-D
Agnesi to
Zeno: Over 100 Vignettes from the History of Math, for grades 9-12
 Ambitious
Horse: Ancient Chinese Mathematics Problems by Lawrence W. Swienciki,
2001. This beautifully illustrated book is full of problems from ancient Chinese
mathematics. These can nicely supplement your algebra, geometry, or middle
school curriculum. They cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from elementary
to advanced, and they introduce students to a new way of thinking about
mathematical theory and problem-solving. Compare several geometry problems to
show how traditional Chinese solutions parallel Western proofs. Supplement the
algebra curriculum with ancient problems involving square roots, quadratic
and higher order equations, congruencies, arithmetic series, and the Chinese
precursor to Pascal's triangle. Let students compare the ancient Chinese
use of the decimal system and our own by introducing Chinese numerals and
calculating rods. 128 pages. For grades 6-12. Key-53461. $18.86-D
Building
a Teen Center: An Integrated Algebra Project by Mary Ann Christina.
A Key Curriculum Publication with blackline activity masters for grades 6-10.
 Constructive
Assessment in Mathematics: Practical Steps for Classroom Teachers by
David Clarke. ©1997. This book demonstrates how to make assessment an
integral, constructive part of instruction. It includes a guide to selecting and
implementing assessment strategies; tips for recording, interpreting, and
communicating assessment information; an annotated bibliography of resources;
and a continuum of mathematical tasks suitable for assessment. It's primary
focus is on student learning. 87 pages. Key-53201. $16.97-D
Exploring
Math Through Puzzles: Blackline Masters for Making of 50 Puzzles
 Functional Melodies:
Finding Mathematical Relationships in Music
by Scott Beall.
Key Curriculum Press,
©2000. Music CD included. Take advantage of your
students' interest in music to help them understand functions, transformations,
and multiple representations of relationships. The engaging activities,
blackline masters, and easy-to-use music CD are all you need to help students
connect musical ideas to mathematical concepts. No musical training is necessary
for these activities. The lessons can be grouped as unit studies or used
individually in an algebra or geometry class. In each lesson you will find
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A conceptual warm-up which can be handed out for individual reading or read
aloud.
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A resource page of facts, instructions, and examples
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Blackline activity masters
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CD tracks keyed to the activity masters
The teacher notes point out the conceptual basis for the activities and show you
how to incorporate them into your lessons. You will also find teaching tips,
questions and answers, and discussion points. 170 pages. For grades 8-12. Pages
are punched for three-hole notebook. Key-53378. $26.08-D
Graphic
Algebra
The Knots Puzzle Book: Looking at Knots in a
Different Way...A Collection of Interesting Mathematical Ideas by
Heather McLeay.
 Is
Democracy Fair? The Mathematics of Voting and Apportionment,
by Leslie J. Nielson and Michael de Villiers, for grades 7-12. How do you know
if an election is fair or represents the will of the people? In this book
students have the opportunity to explore the mathematics of different kinds of
ballots, election decision procedures, and apportionment methods. All activities
use a four-function or scientific calculator and programs for graphing
calculators. Computer techniques are also included. There is also an outline for
a student research project. This is a great cross-curricular book to use in
conjunction with history and civics to help students understand the realities
and responsibilities of living in a democracy. Cat.BTH-732. $17.06-D
Mathematical
Quilts: No Sewing Required for grades 7-11.
 Mathercise: Classroom Warm-Up Exercises by Michael
Serra. Each book in this series is a set of 50 blackline master activities designed by
Discovering Geometry author Michael Serra as warm-up activities for the beginning of the
class period. Each activity takes 10 minutes and includes one reasoning exercise, one
sketching or graphing exercise, and space for a review exercise of your own. Each
book is 64 pages. For grades 7-12. $10.35-D each.
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Available titles
| Catalog Number |
Title |
| BTH-735 |
Book A (Pre-Algebra) |
| BTH-736 |
Book B (Pre-Algebra, Algebra) |
| BTH-737 |
Book C (Algebra, Geometry) |
| BTH-738 |
Book D (Geometry, Advanced Algebra) |
| BTH-2949 |
Book E (Advanced Algebra, Precalculus) |
Patty
Paper Geometry: Explore Geometry Through Paper Folding with the World's Most Affordable
Manipulative for grades 6-10
Thought
Provokers for grades 9-12.
 A
Watched Cup Never Cools: Lab Activities for Calculus and Precalculus
by Ellen Kamischke. 104 pages. For grades 10-12. This book provides 10
motivating activities that bring calculus concepts to life. Students explore the
rate of change of the volume of a sphere by sucking on a Tootsie® Roll Pop. They
"watch" a cup of hot liquid cool to room temperature to observe the
temperature's rate of change. They use a topographical map to compute the volume
of water in a lake and then determine how quickly, or slowly, a pollutant will
be eliminated from water given the water flow into and out of the lake.
They can use graphing calculators, electronic data-gathering devices, and
dynamic geometry software, when available, to investigate functions, continuity,
critical points, and limits. Many activities are appropriate as group
investigations, and students learn how to present results in a lab report
format.
Also included in the book are 11
writing assignments that encourage students to think about the way in which
calculus and precalculus concepts relate to their lives and the world around
them. Key-53318. $18.86-D.
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