"The Geometry of Gardens," a workbook for late elementary grade students, offers 30 full-color pictures for practicing geometry skills. These diagrams of gardens and landscaping allow students to use a protractor to measure angles and use a ruler to calculate the area of geometrical shapes. Students can also practice making proportional calculations on diagrams pertaining to scale.
This book is available in multiple options from Amazon. It can be purchased as a Kindle e-book for only $4. Amazon also offers two plans for reading the book for free! With a Kindle Unlimited subscription for $9.99 per month, readers gain free access to this book and 600,000 other e-books. Currently, Amazon is offering a free 30-day trial to KindleUnlimited! Another option is to borrow the book for free with an Amazon Prime subscription at $99 per year.
"The Geometry of Gardens" is also available in print. CreateSpace offers the print edition at a retail price of $12, with a discount for wholesale only. Amazon usually offers the book at a discount of approximately 10%, for $10.80.
This book is part of a series of geometry workbooks by the same author. Other selections include sports, home construction, and architecture. Additional information about the series is available in this blog under Math Education and at the Schottenbauer Publishing website under Education:Math.
Several new workbooks from Schottenbauer Publishing provide a refreshing set of worksheets for practicing geometry skills.
"The Geometry of Gardens" celebrates summer with a unique set of teaching diagrams. Leading from simple geometric shapes to fascinating landscaping and unusual garden plots, this books provides a range of skill practice in geometry. Students can measure angles in the garden plots, calculate area, and calculate proportions pertaining to real-life scale.
"The Geometry of Architecture" contains a variety of architectural drawings for the practice of geometry. Topics include houses, apartments, recreational buildings, agricultural facilities, commercial buildings, office buildings, educational buildings, and bridges. Students can measure angles in the architectural structures, calculate area, and calculate proportions pertaining to real-life scale.
"The Geometry of Home Construction" provides practice measuring the angles found in homes. Topics include roofs, dormers, roof trusses, windows, masonry, ladders, stairs, and carpentry joints. Students can measure angles in the homes and building components, calculate area, and calculate proportions pertaining to real-life scale.
All three geometry books are available in both English and German translation. These can be purchased as both printed books and Kindle e-books from Amazon. They are also available from CreateSpace Wholesale and other online vendors.
Additional information is available on the Schottenbauer Publishing website.
