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Spheres / Gerry Bailey & Felicia Law ; illustrated by Mike Phillips.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bailey, Gerry, Stone age geometry ; Publisher: St. Catharines, ON ; New York, NY : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2014Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0778705102 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
  • 0778705161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780778705109 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)
  • 9780778705161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
A game of football -- Rolling spheres -- Layer by layer -- Ancient spheres -- Throwing the ball -- All directions -- Balloons -- Earth's sphere -- Half a sphere -- Dividing the orange -- Squashed sphere -- Cylinders -- Bendy helix -- Spheres around us.
Summary: "Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about spheres by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Entertaining illustrations and stories provide a fun introduction to math concepts, including radius, circumference, and diameter. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of spheres in the natural and designed world."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 516.156 B154 Available 33111007977594
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about spheres by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Entertaining illustrations and stories provide a fun introduction to math concepts, including radius, circumference, and diameter. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of spheres in the natural and designed world.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

A game of football -- Rolling spheres -- Layer by layer -- Ancient spheres -- Throwing the ball -- All directions -- Balloons -- Earth's sphere -- Half a sphere -- Dividing the orange -- Squashed sphere -- Cylinders -- Bendy helix -- Spheres around us.

"Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about spheres by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Entertaining illustrations and stories provide a fun introduction to math concepts, including radius, circumference, and diameter. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of spheres in the natural and designed world."-- Provided by publisher.

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