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Up, down, move around--math and literacy : active learning for preschoolers / by Michals, Deborah Kayton.(CARDINAL)402379;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index."By connecting physical activity with learning, the books in this series provide preschoolers with educational enrichment as they explore, inquire, experiment, and discover. Filled with simple, stimulating games, they will have kids jumping, shaking, rolling, dancing, and clapping as they learn. Useful for parents, caregivers, and child care workers, the books contain fun activities that can be carried out easily and with minimal equipment. Activities like the Syllable Freeze Dance and Math Orchestra help young children develop number sense, practice counting and rhyming, and learn about letter shapes and story structure"--"Young children learn best when they connect physical activity with learning! Up, Down, Move Around is packed with fun, simple math and literacy activities that will have children jumping, shaking, rolling, dancing, and clapping as they learn! From the Syllable Freeze Dance to the Math Orchestra, children ages 3 to 6 will actively explore letters and numbers as they develop number sense, practice counting and rhyming, and learn about letter shapes and story structure. Everything you need is already in your classroom! No special materials, extra space, or props are required. The exercises can be done as 5- to 10-minute enrichment activities with large and small groups, in circle time, or as transitions to fulfill the 60 minutes of structured physical activity recommended in national guidelines for preschoolers"--
Subjects: Mathematics and physical education.; Mathematics; Active learning.; Early childhood education.;
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The inexplicable universe [videorecording] : unsolved mysteries / by Tyson, Neil deGrasse(CARDINAL)339562; Hidenrick, Tony,film producer.; Leven, Jon,film director.(CARDINAL)554917; Tyson, Neil deGrasse,speaker.(CARDINAL)339562;
History's mysteries (33 min.) -- The spooky universe (32 min.) -- Inexplicable life (30 min.) -- Inexplicable physics (30 min.) -- Inexplicable space (32 min.) -- Inexplicable cosmology (33 min.).Editors, Trisa Matin, Maureen Tumulty ; camera, Jim M. Allen [and others].Taught by Neil deGrasse Tyson."Everything we now know about the universe--from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxies--has stemmed from scientists who've been willing to ponder the unanswerable. And with the advent of modern science, great minds have turned to testing and experimentation rather than mere thought as a way of approaching and grappling with some of the universe's most pressing and vexing dilemmas. So what is our latest picture of some of the most inexplicable features of the universe? What still remains to be uncovered? What are some of the next avenues of exploration for today's chemists, physicists, biologists, and astronomers?"--Publisher.DVD.
Subjects: Instructional films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Cosmology; Cosmology;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Multiplication [videorecording] by McDonald, Roy.; Youngdahl, Kate.; Schlessinger Media.(CARDINAL)221345; Stone House Productions.(CARDINAL)538358;
Camera, Kevin Collins ; editor, Roy McDonald ; music, Michael and Tricia Terry.Narrator: Meg Jones ; Cast: Samara Amat, Briana Jakeway, Dillon Woolley.Kids learn the ingredients in multiplication number sentences-- factors, products, multiplication signs and equal signs-- and master multiplication tips including ordering factors, fact families, multiplying by one and zero, skip counting and using patterns. Physical arrays of everyday objects, place value blocks, and hundreds charts help students easily visualize and solve multiplication problems. The concepts of prime and composite numbers are explored using factor rainbows, and kids experiment with different strategies for multiplying single and double-digit numbers.Grades K-4.DVD.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Mathematics; Multiplication; Mathematics; Multiplication.;
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Chaos [videorecording] / by Strogatz, Steven H.(Steven Henry)(CARDINAL)757770; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Part 1. lecture 1. The chaos revolution -- lecture 2. The clockwork universe -- lecture 3. From clockwork to chaos -- lecture 4. Chaos found and lost again -- lecture 5. The return of chaos -- lecture 6. Chaos as disorder--the butterfly effect -- lecture 7. Picturing chaos as order--strange attractors -- lecture 8. Animating chaos as order--iterated maps -- lecture 9. How systems turn chaotic -- lecture 10. Displaying how systems turn chaotic -- lecture 11. Universal features of the route to chaos -- lecture 12. Experimental tests of the new theory --Part 2. lecture 13. Fractals--the geometry of chaos -- lecture 14. The properties of fractals -- lecture 15. A new concept of dimension -- lecture 16. Fractals around us -- lecture 17. Fractals inside us -- lecture 18. Fractal art -- lecture 19. Embracing chaos--from tao to space travel -- lecture 20. Cloaking messages with chaos -- lecture 21. Chaos in health and disease -- lecture 22. Quantum chaos -- lecture 23. Synchronization -- lecture 24. The future of science.Taught by: Professor Steven Strogatz, Cornell University.Chaos theory," according to Dr. Steven Strogatz, Director of the Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell University, "is the science of how things change." It describes the behavior of any system whose state evolves over time and whose behavior is sensitive to small changes in its initial conditions.DVD.
Subjects: Filmed lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Chaotic behavior in systems.; Fractals.; Quantum theory.; Space and time.;
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My new haircut [board book] / by Turner, Jeffrey,1954-author,illustrator.;
Who knew that haircuts could be all different shapes? Well, when you are a poodle you can experiment with all kinds of new hairdos. This hilarious hairstyle search offers a simple visual introduction to math that will make readers laugh again and again. Join in the fun as mathematics and comedy come together for a clever introduction to shapes and vocabulary building.AD380L
Subjects: Board books.; Fiction.; Hair; Poodles; Shapes; Hair.;
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Development and validation of light-duty vehicle modal emissions and fuel consumption values for traffic models / by West, Brian H.(CARDINAL)313790; McGill, R.(Ralph Norman),1943-(CARDINAL)313789; Sluder, Scott.(CARDINAL)313788; United States.Federal Highway Administration.(CARDINAL)139839; Oak Ridge National Laboratory.(CARDINAL)157858;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-93).Introduction -- Experimental methods -- Results -- Validation -- University of Michigan study -- Summary and conclusions -- Recommendations -- Appendix: fuel consumption and emissions lookup tables -- References.Final report;Sponsored by Federal Highway Administration, under contract no.
Subjects: Technical reports.; Automobiles; Automobiles;
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The only rule is it has to work : our wild experiment building a new kind of baseball team / by Lindbergh, Ben,author.(CARDINAL)595718; Miller, Sam(Sportswriter),author.(CARDINAL)612480;
"It's the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on strategies -- with real players, in a real ballpark, in a real playoff race. That's what baseball analysts Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller got to do when an independent minor-league team in California, the Sonoma Stompers, offered them the chance to run its baseball operations according to the most advanced statistics. Their story in The Only Rule is it Has to Work is unlike any other baseball tale you've ever read."--
Subjects: Sonoma Stompers (Baseball team); Baseball teams; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball;
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The Quantum Menagerie : A Tutorial Introduction to the Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics / by Stone, James V.,author.;
Includes further reading, Appendix A-H, References, and Index (pages 115-146).Preface -- What Is Quantum Mechanics? -- Planck's Act of Desperation -- Einstein's Unreasonable Reality -- Waves of Light and Matter -- The Double-Slit Experiment -- Schrodinger's Wave Equation -- Quantum Interpretations -- A History of Quantum Mechanics -- Further Reading -- Glossary -- Mathematical Symbols -- The Boltzmann Distribution -- Complex Numbers -- Pioneers of Quantum Mechanics -- Fourier Optics and Heisenberg -- Wavefunctions and PDEs -- Key Equations -- References -- Index.Understanding quantum mechanics matters because it is the engine that powers the universe. This engine is fuelled by a few simple principles, but the consequences of those principles are both profound and strange. In this richly illustrated book, quantum mechanics is explained using a finely balanced combination of words, diagrams and mathematics. The result is a tour of the most intriguing aspects of quantum mechanics, including Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance', Bell's inequality, Schrodinger's cat, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, and de Broglie's matter waves. Supported by a comprehensive Glossary, Further Readings, and tutorial appendices, this is an ideal introduction to the mathematics of quantum mechanics.
Subjects: Quantum theory; Quantum theory.;
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Outnumbered : from Facebook and Google to fake news and filter-bubbles--the algorithms that control our lives / by Sumpter, David,1973-author.(CARDINAL)499622;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index."Algorithms are running our society, and we don't really know what they are up to. Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we buy and what interests us, they can begin to predict our daily habits. But how reliable is this data? Without understanding what mathematics can and can't do, it is impossible to get a handle on how it is changing our lives. In this book, David Sumpter takes an algorithm-strewn journey to the dark side of mathematics. He investigates the equations that analyse us, influence us and will (maybe) become like us, answering questions such as: Who are Cambridge Analytica? And what are they doing with our data? How does Facebook build a 100-dimensional picture of your personality? Are Google algorithms racist and sexist? Why do election predictions fail so drastically? Are algorithms that are designed to find criminals making terrible mistakes? What does the future hold as we relinquish our decision-making to machines? Featuring interviews with those working at the cutting edge of algorithm research, including Alex Kogan from the Cambridge Analytica story, along with a healthy dose of mathematical self-experiment, Outnumbered will explain how mathematics and statistics work in the real world, and what we should and shouldn't worry about. A lot of people feel outnumbered by algorithms--don't be one of them."--Dust jacket.
Subjects: Mathematical models; Human behavior; Algorithms; Social indicators; Big data; Information society.; Internet; Internet marketing; Internet advertising; Social media and society.; Fake news;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Black holes, tides, and curved spacetime [videorecording] understanding gravity by Schumacher, Benjamin(CARDINAL)498233; Schumacher, Benjamin.(CARDINAL)498233; Teaching Company.publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
Benjamin Schumacher, Kenyon CollegeBlack Holes, Tides, and Curved Spacetime: Understanding Gravity plunges you into this compelling subject in 24 intensively illustrated half-hour lectures, presented by Professor Benjamin Schumacher of Kenyon College. Professor Schumacher is an award-winning teacher, a prominent theoretical physicist, and a protégé of John Archibald Wheeler, the distinguished gravity theorist who first coined the term "black hole." No book or other comparable product exists that presents gravity in such comprehensible detail as this course, which covers the key ideas in gravity research over the past 400 years and gives you the background to understand today's path-breaking theories in physics. Professor Schumacher even walks you through some of the fundamental equations in the field, such as Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation and Albert Einstein's equation governing the curvature of spacetime by matter, giving you a firsthand look at the power of these mathematical expressions to explain reality-plus further opportunities to explore them with the course guidebook.DVD.
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Cosmology.; General relativity (Physics); Gravitation.; Gravity.;
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