Math at a Glance: A Month-by-Month Celebration of the Numbers Around Us

by Susan Ohanian

Susan Ohanian provides opportunities to find wonder, wit, and whimsy in numbers within our everyday surroundings, presenting a chronology of historical events that generates mathematical thinking and activities. Teachers who are trying to make changes in the way they approach math instruction will find this a refreshing resource. In addition to celebrating birth dates of mathematicians and other scientists for whom mathematics was key, Math at a Glance provides interesting and zany facts that will spur mathematical investigations across all curriculum language arts, literature, geography, environment, science, art, music, and sports and physical fitness. Visit Visit Susan Ohanian for a wealth of information on education issues and to learn more about her. You'll find commentary, cartoons, letters, resources, quotes and a word of the day offering children a provocative way to increase their vocabulary.

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First published April 3, 1995