Description
Stay after school for math tutoring or help build a boat? Twelve-year-old Emma chooses to help build a boat. Helping Bill, a family friend, put together a simple skiff, math becomes useful and "not so hard." And, the building is fun. This story introduces the boat building process and complements both the boat building and the related math instruction.
Parents and teachers will love how this book introduces kids to the application of math, and kids will enjoy the illustrations and fun story. This book is designed to be used with Bevin's Guide to Boat Building Math.
AGES: 4th grade to adult learners
by Joe Youcha
76 pp., 8.5 x 11", softcover