Algebra: Themes, Tools, Concepts

the pink book

by Anita Wah and Henri Picciotto

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Buying the Book

This 1994 textbook can be ordered from Creative Publications by calling (800) 648-2970. (Don't look for it on their Web site or in their catalogs, as its current status is "going out of print".) Please let me know if you have trouble getting a hold of it.

What to ask for: "Algebra Student Book" ISBN 1-56107-251-6

The Teachers' Edition is no longer available from Creative Publications. You can read it on line, in full color, via Google Books.

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Sample Lessons

Here are some of the best lessons from ATTC, mostly in PDF format. Some are slightly revised and reorganized.

If you are looking for another lesson, a searchable full color version of ATTC is available via Google Books.

"In Addition..."
Three problems
The "McNuggets Problem"
Building Block Numbers
Interpreting Graphs
The Bicycle Trip | Follow-up
In the Lab
Discounts
Weight vs. Age
Constant Sums, Constant Products
(More on this last topic.)
Equations and Identities
Three Lessons
The Cover-Up Method
Kinds of Numbers
Function Diagrams
Nine Function Diagrams
The Focus
Representing Linear Functions
(More on this subject, including animated diagrams.)
Quadratics
Maximizing Area | (Condensed version)
(Related Lessons.)
Iterating Linear Functions
Notes
Worksheets
(More on this subject.)
Sequences and Series
Arithmetic and Geometric
(Related Lessons)
Probability
An Introduction
Abstract Algebra
Notes
Worksheets
(More on this subject, for teachers.)
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Related pages on this site:
The Lab Gear manipulatives
My articles on algebra
How to get some of my other books
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