Eat Your Math Homework: Recipes for Hungry Minds

by Ann McCallum, Leeza Hernandez (Illustrator)

Overview

This collection of yummy recipes and fun math facts is sure to tempt taste buds and make young readers hungry for more knowledge!

Begin with an introduction to kitchen safety, then dig in to the main course: a main text introducing math concepts and six kid-friendly recipes, many with fun food activities included! Explore patterns in nature while you chomp on Fibonacci Stack Sticks. Amaze your friends with delicious Variable Pizza Pi! Wash down your geometry assignment with some Milk and Tangram Cookies.

Topics covered include probability, Fibonacci numbers, tessellations, variability, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570917806
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Series:	Eat Your Homework , #1
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	910L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Ann McCallum is a math teacher and the author of RABBITS, RABBITS EVERYWHERE and EAT YOUR MATH HOMEWORK. She lives in Kensington, Maryland.

Editorial Reviews

Math and cooking have always gone hand-in-hand, but McCallum takes it to a whole new level that allows young number lovers to explore (and eat!) a wide range of mathematical topics.

While the supply list and preparation time may preclude these from actually being assigned as homework, kids who are mathematically minded will enjoy snacking and learning their way through the recipes. Well-written and easily followed, the recipes include Fibonacci snack sticks based on the famous sequence of numbers, fraction chips made from cut-up tortillas, tessellating two-color brownies, milk and tangram cookies, variable pizza pi and probability trail mix. McCallum does not shy away from using appropriate vocabulary, defining it both in context and in the glossary at the back. She also includes fascinating historical tidbits that allow readers to see the precursors of today's math and the mathematicians that first explored them. Hernandez cleverly folds math into her illustrations, too—observant readers will notice the numbers emblazoned somewhere on each character, but only the mathematically informed will figure out their pattern. Her high-energy mixed-media artwork is filled with humorous details, while her cartoon rabbits are likely to remind kids of the Arthur cartoons. Excellent backmatter helps review concepts.

A yummy way to get parents and kids to more deeply understand math...and spend some time together in the kitchen. (index, table of contents) (Nonfiction. 7-12)

Kirkus Reviews