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ERIC Number: EJ600205
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-5836
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Gingerbread-House Geometry.
Emenaker, Charles E.
Teaching Children Mathematics, v6 n4 p208-15 Dec 1999
Describes a sixth-grade interdisciplinary geometry unit based on Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol". Focuses on finding area, volume, and perimeter, and working with estimation, decimals, and fractions in the context of making gingerbread houses. (ASK)
Descriptors: Area, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Volume (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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