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Some things are so huge or so old that it s hard to wrap your mind around them But what if we took these big, hard to imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch Instantly, we d see our world in a whole new way So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis Author David J Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines the history of Earth compressed into one year , to quantities all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins , to size differences the planets shown as different types of balls Accompanying each description is a kid friendly drawing by illustrator Steve Adams that visually reinforces the concept By simply reducing everything to human scale, Smith has made the incomprehensible easier to grasp, and therefore meaningful The children who just love these kinds of fact filled, knock your socks off books will want to read this one from cover to cover It will find the most use, however, as an excellent classroom reference that can be reached for again and again when studying scale and measurement in math, and also for any number of applications in social studies, science and language arts For those who want to delve a little deeper, Smith has included six suggestions for classroom projects There is also a full page of resource information at the back of the book. 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Smith For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book blew me away, from the the gorgeous illustrations to the startling concepts However, it might be a little wordy for young children I won a copy through a goodreads giveawayFull review at Aug 1 I received a digital copy of this title for review from Netgalley.This book does exactly what it says on the box well, cover Each double page spread deals with a particular quantity or size that is difficult to conceptualise and with the aid of delightful and inspiring illustrations, puts things into metaphorical perspective The concepts include the size of the galaxy, the relative time span of various historical events, and rela Full review at Aug 1 I received a digital copy of this title for review from Netgalley.This book does exactly what it says on the box well, cover Each double page spread deals with a particular quantity or size that is difficult to conceptualise and with the aid of delightful and inspiring illustrations, puts things into metaphorical perspective The concepts include the size of the galaxy, the relative time span of various historical events, and relative wealth distribution across nations This is a nifty and engaging follow on from Smith s original masterpiece, If the World Were a Village that presents some fantastically fun representations of numbers and ideas that might otherwise make your head explode Although this bo...Disclaimer thank you to netgalley and Kids Can Press for a copy of this book If A Mind Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers is a fantastic book which helps children and adults visualise large statistics in a manageable and imaginative way For example, the statement If all the money in the world was represented by 100 coins is demonstrated by beautifully illustrated piles of coins with different amounts of little people standing atop of them 40 of those coins would b Disclaimer thank you to netgalley and Kids Can Press for a copy of this book If A Mind Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers is a fantastic book which helps children and adults visualise large statistics in a manageable and imaginative way For ...A superb book that makes it easier for children and adults to understand some facts that are either so huge or so old by relating them tofamiliar things they can see and touch For example, the relative sizes of planets in our solar system are compared by each being shown as a different type of ball.The brilliant illustrations help increase comprehension of amazing facts and figures, using scales, maps, timelines, everyday objects and items There are additional ideas for parents and te A superb book that makes it easier for children and adults to understand some facts that are either so huge or so old by relating them tofamiliar things they can see and touch For example, the relative sizes of planets in our solar system are compared by each being shown as a different type of ball.The brilliant illustrations help increase comprehension of amazing facts and figures, using scales, maps, timelines, everyday objects and items There are additional ideas for pa...Science is so cool, and so is history, don t you think Particularly when you can take something very difficult to wrap one s head around How far away is Saturn How big is it and put it into everyday terms distances on a football field, or days on a calendar If...Great job reducing difficult concepts and huge numbers to concepts children can appreciate and understand.Awesome way to present important and interesting facts and ideas to young readers Definitely one of my favorites for children of 2014This is the complete review as it appears at my blog dedicated to reading, writing no rithmatic , movies, TV Blog reviews often contain links which are not reproduced here, nor will updates or modifications to the blog review be replicated here Graphic and children s novels reviewed on the blog will generally have some images from the book s interior, which are not reproduced here.Note that I don t really do stars To me a novel is either worth reading or it isn t I can t ...If is an amazing book The concepts are mind bending and attainable for finite minds, just like mine David Smith takes concepts that are so humungous and so ancient that we cannot even conceive of making sense of them He is brilliant as he shapes these overwhelming, hard to imagine ideas and compares them to everyday things that we can see and are familiar with, thus bringing them down to...I love this concept As someone who struggles with concepts of scale myself, I appreciate the attempt to make large ideas and numbersunderstandable and relatable However, I think it could have been executed better.For me, the Events of the Last 3000 Years spread was actuallyconfusing than a standard timeline The spread of The Continents is also confusing, mostly because South America is a smaller percentage 3% than North America 4.1% , but the South American portion of the p I love this concept As someone who struggles with concepts of scale myself, I appreciate the attempt to make large ideas and numbersunderstandable and relatable However, I think it could have been executed better.For me, the Events of the Last 3000 Years spread was actuallyconfusing than a standard timeline The spread of The Continents is also confusing, mostly because South America is a smaller percentage 3% than North America 4.1% , but the South American portion of the page actually looks large since it s a skinnier but longer rectangle Similarly, the Money page seemed a bit misrepresentative to me 1 man stands on top of a single stack of 40 coins, to depict 1% of the population having 40% of the money, while 9 people stand on top of 45 coins split into two stacks, to depict 9% of the population having 45% of the money Technically, the 9 people are on top ofcoins than the 1 man, but since the coins are split into tw...

• English
• 20 November 2017
David J. Smith
• Hardcover
• 40 pages
• 1894786343
• David J. Smith
• If