Learn math the Make: way!

Instead of just relying on equations, authors Joan and Rich use printable 3D models and household objects to provide a tactile approach to teach these conceptual subjects.

This innovative series reinvents how geometry, trigonometry, and calculus are taught by building an intuitive understanding of math concepts through fun projects and experiments.

Included in this 4-book bundle is a teacher’s supplement that enables parents and instructors to help their students maximize all three math books, providing objectives by chapter, learning assessments, and tips on staying ahead of students as they explore the models in the series.

This series is the perfect gift to navigate high school math!

Make: Math Teacher’s Supplement is the essential guide for teachers, parents, and other educators wanting to supplement their curriculum with Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron’s Make: Geometry, Make: Trigonometry, and Make: Calculus books.

In Make: Geometry, we will try to get at both the practicality of geometry, without losing the puzzle-solving and the aesthetics that also make it joyful to learn. Geometry, of all the branches of mathematics, is the one that is most easily visualized by making something. However, it is all too easy to reduce it to reams of formulas to memorize and proofs to replicate. A lot of the basics of geometry are a few thousand years old, and mostly solve practical problems.

Trigonometry has 2000-year-old roots...

In everyday useful endeavors, like finding the size of an object too big or too far away to measure directly, or navigating from Point A to Point B. However, it is often taught very theoretically, with an emphasis on abstractions. Make: Trigonometry builds on the basics of the authors' earlier book, Make: Geometry, and is intended as a bridge from that book to their Make: Calculus book.

Make: Calculus imagines how Newton might have used 3D printed models, construction toys, programming, craft materials, and an Arduino or two to teach calculus concepts in an intuitive way. The book uses as little reliance on algebra as possible while still retaining enough to allow comparison with a traditional curriculum.

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