Next time you're frustrated teaching a six year old how to tell time,

think of this. . .you're really teaching them how to think in base 60. No wonder it's tough!

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Students use clay and a stylus as they become scribes and record cuneiform numbers. Students gain concrete experience with grouping and regrouping ones and tens using just two symbols. Those who want an extra challenge can work in base

60 as the Babylonians did.
The kit contains step by step instructions on cards in a plastic case, 4 sticks of reusable clay, a wooden roller, styluses, 4 laminated worksheets, 4 wax pencils, and information sheet in a sturdy cardboard box.

MNBAB000 - $24.00 +s/h

Using chalk and chalkboard, record numbers in hieroglyphics as the scribes to the Pharaohs did. Young scribes can use the simple base 10 system while more experienced scribes can try Egyptian multiplication.
The kit includes step by step instructions on cards in a plastic case, 4 chalkboards, chalk, eraser, 4 wax pencils, 4 laminated worksheets, and information sheet in a sturdy cardboard box.

MNEGY000 - $24.00 +s/h

The Mayans were one of only three groups in the world to invent the zero. Find how they used only three symbols and base 20 to express numbers large and small. Students use sticks, beans, and shells to build, add, and subtract numbers in the positional number system of the Maya.
Kit includes: step by step instructions on cards in a plastic case, sticks, beans, shells, 4 laminated work mats, 4 laminated worksheets, 4 wax pencils, and information sheet in a sturdy cardboard box

MNMAY000 - $24.00 +s/h

Roman numerals make a lot more sense when you do as the Romans did and use a Roman abacus. Students learn about the history of Roman numerals; how to build numbers; and how to add, subtract, and multiply Roman numerals using the abacus. Find out why you “calculate” your bill and pay at a “counter.”
Kit includes step by step instructions on cards in a plastic case, counters, 4 laminated paper Roman abacuses, 4 laminated worksheets, 4 wax pencils, and information sheet in a sturdy cardboard box.

MNROM000 - $24.00 +s/h

Set of 1 each (Babylonian, Egyptian, Mayan, and Roman) MNCIV000 - $90.00 +s/h

This kit is for students who. . .
need a new approach to multiplication, or
need a new challenge, or
hate multiplication, or
love multiplication.
Have your students learn how to multiply with their fingers, on a lattice, like an Egyptian, like a Russian Peasant, and lightning fast. Find out what happened when students refused to learn their facts over 5x5 (and how yours can too!).

MOMULT000 - $25.00 +s/h

Explore the puzzles that Napoleon Bonaparte, John Quincy Adams, and Edgar Allen Poe loved. Ten easier and ten harder puzzles included. The information sheet introduces teachers and students to two different kinds of circular tangrams so the challenges can continue.

The kit includes 10 easier and 10 harder puzzles (and answers) on cards in a plastic case, 4 sets of tangrams, and information sheet in a sturdy cardboard box.

MGTANG000 - $15.00 +s/h

Students build tetrahedrons, cubes, octahedrons, icosohedrons, and dodecahedrons while learning the role of these shapes in the thinking of Plato and others. The students then use the solids they have built to discover Euler’s formula.

The kit contains step by step instructions on cards in a plastic case, materials for 4 sets of solids, masking tape, 4 laminated worksheets, 4 wax pencils, and information sheet in a sturdy cardboard box.

MGPLAT000 - $20.00 +s/h