Requires calculator with memory and constant functions. It illustrates the need for math skills in today's job market and fosters development of positive attitudes. Fourteen-minute video featuring Jaime Escalante links the real world to mathematics by interviewing professionals who discuss how they use mathematics in their work. Focus is on how cartographers make maps by gathering and calculating measurements and using the co-ordinate system. Book features historical math problems and solutions from European cultures with highlights of the personalities involved.
Sections demonstrate various techniques for motivating interest in math.
Limited female and multicultural representation. Each structure is cross-referenced with sample lessons described in the second half of the resource. Macintosh spreadsheet program facilitates mathematical problem solving through spreadsheet application, animated tutorials, projects, colour charts and graphs, and an on-line notebook. Includes a comprehensive teacher's guide. Windows version has not been evaluated.