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"Get set to discover interesting facts about these simple but fascinating shapes and their 3D counterparts, and master the basics of geometry. You'll learn to draw perfectly proportiones shapes, calculate area and volume, and measure angles, circumference and height. Along the way, you'll apply that know-how through hands-on activities and mind-boggling puzzles and games."--Back cover.
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"Katie Yamasaki's newest picture book celebrates the life of her grandfather, the acclaimed Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki. Minoru Yamasaki described the feeling he sought to create in his buildings as "serenity, surprise, and delight." Here, Katie Yamasaki charts his life and work: his childhood in Seattle's Japanese immigrant community, paying his way through college working in Alaska's notorious salmon canneries, his success in architectural...
5) Mouse shapes
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Three mice make a variety of things out of different shapes as they hide from a scary cat.
15) Making shapes
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Includes instructions for and explanations of experiments that introduce such topics as elasticity, tessellation, fibers, and bridges.
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Have you ever thought of building a robot? Follow along with the students in Miss Lopez's class, and use 3-D shapes and plenty of imagination to learn how to build a robot! Along the way, you'll learn 3-D shapes. This math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning 3-D shapes and STEM topics...
18) Shape capers
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A group of children shakes shapes out of a box and discovers the fun of using circles, squares, triangles, semicircles, rectangles, and their imaginations.
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"It's no secret that toddlers of any gender love big vehicles. Shape Up, Construction Trucks! uses rhyming verse and bright photographs to celebrate this enthusiasm in a unique take on conceptual shape books. Each spread highlights geometric shapes hiding in plain sight on excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and more. And after the toddlers have browsed the pages to their heart's content, a final note to parents offers enriching, age-appropriate activities...