PhänoMINT – that means: phenomenal experiments for curious primary school-aged explorers. Major topics such as math, computer science, natural sciences, and technology are taught in a playful and easy way. Through active experience and experimentation, children track down the scientific phenomena of our everyday lives – "aha!" moments included.
Who can manage to climb through a postcard? Make a square out of two rings? Or predict any number that someone else has in their head? It all sounds like magic, but it’s pure mathematics! In PhänoMINT 91 Mathemagical Puzzles, amazing magic tricks, exciting puzzles, and cool craft tasks revolving around numbers await, leaving even math-phobes amazed. The basics of mathematics are explained here in an easy-to-understand way, before children can discover the magic of numbers full of brain-teasers and tricks as they browse through the pages. The many puzzles invite them to be tried out and solved immediately, playfully imparting a mathematical understanding. Once a mathemagical puzzle has been cracked, friends and family can also be delighted with the apparent sorcery, allowing children to deepen their newly acquired math knowledge while having fun. Math can be this magical!
What's inside:
- Make a square disappear!
- Create an anamorphic image with a 3D effect!
- Make straight lines look slanted!
- Draw perfect spirals!
- Create a secret number code!
- Decode a message in binary code!
- Turn a sheet of paper inside out!
... and much more!
Author: Anna Claybourne
Illustration: Josephine Wolff
+ many mathematical tricks, puzzles, and brain-teasers that playfully promote an understanding of mathematics
+ 128 pages, paperback
+ on FSC®-certified paper
