Schwartz, David M.
Summary: "Explores the concepts of ratio and proportion by growing or shrinking various objects by the same amounts"--Provided by publisher. If your dog were the size of a dinosaur, his dinner would fill your bedroom! If the moon were the size of a marble, earth would fit in your hands! If your submarine sandwich was as big as its name, the pickle would be as big as a life raft! Mighty math-man David...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2005
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHSchwartz, David M.
Summary: Marvelosissimo the Magician explains the development of standard units of measure, and shows the simplicity of calculating length, height, weight, and volume using the metric system.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: J Teach Numbers SchwartzSchwartz, David M.
Summary: Explains the meaning of mathematical terms which begin with the different letters of the alphabet from abacus, binary, and cubit to zillion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricyle Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 510 SCHSchwartz, David M.
Summary: Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513.2 SCHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J teachSchwartz, David M.
Summary: Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1999
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SchCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SCHSchwartz, David M.
Summary: The amazing transformation of Jack from grinning pumpkin to mold-mottled wreckage to hopeful green shoot tells the story of decomposition. Features a teacher guide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creston Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCHSchwartz, David M.
Summary: Describes the various forms which money can take, including coins, paper money, and personal checks, and how it can be used to make purchases, pay off loans, or build interest in the bank.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books 1989