McKellar, Danica. (2011). Hot X: Algebra Exposed! New York: Penguin Books.

This book contains a variety of chapters that address different algebra topics by presenting them
within the context of typical middle school conflicts or circumstances. These chapter readings
can be assigned as reading prior to introduction of content in class, and then some of the tricks
or scenarios in which the book presents content can accompany class presentation.
Demi. (1997). One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale. New York: Scholastic
Press.
An inviting story about how an Indian girl outwitted the selfish raja. This books tells informs
students about exponential function and for high school students, it gives them an idea of how to
make simple stories about math concepts.

Strogatz, Steven.(2009). The Calculus of Friendship. New Jersey: Princeton University Press
Talks about the more than thirty years of friendship between the student and teacher when
calculus becomes the only thing constant and everything else in their life is changing.

Ravan, Kristee. (2014). The Cinderella Theorem. ASIN: B00IY03L4U

This is a fairytale story combined with the concept of the characters use of mathematics in
finding meaning of her double life one in real life and her life in the fairy tale world

Mlodinow, Leonard. (2001). Euclids Window. New York: First Touchstone Edition
The author combines creative storytelling and the history of mathematics in geometry, parallel
lines and hyperspace. The author tackled the mathematical concepts that arise from the time of
Euclid, Descartes, Gauss, Einstein and Witten.

Mlodinow, Leonard. (2008). The Drunkards Walk. New York: First Vintage Books
Mlodinow tackled how chance and randomness profoundly affects everything in our lives -- from
corporate success to political polls to even ordinary things happening in ordinary people. The
author invites to look deeper in underlying mathematical concepts to help us arrive in informed
decisions.

Stewart, Ian. (2012). In Pursuit of the Unknown. New York: Basic Books
This is a popular book about the 17 equations that changed the world. High school students are
given the chapters about Pythagorean theorem, logarithm, calculus, imaginary number, Eulers
formula for polyhedral, and normal distribution depending on their course.

Durschmied, Erik. (1999). How chance and stupidity have changed history. New York: MJF
Books.
This book is given to high school students as an application of chance and uncertainty (the
concept of probability) playing a vital role in the outcomes of battles in history. Students also see
how military strategist applied the concept of probability in determining the outcome of the
battle.

www.pinterest.com

http://make-a-tronics.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-math-behind-logo.html
This website presented the math behind logo of famous companies like Apple, Pepsi, and Toyota.
Students can appreciate now the creative side of the application of mathematics specifically in
the way these brands have been established due to how their logos appearance.

www.mathshell.org is a great resource for both teachers and students. Advanced students in
regular classes and honors students are highly encouraged to explore this website for applications
of math concepts
www.tenmarks.com is a great website for teacher to implement different ways for intervention,
assessment and differentiation. Students can also practice math lessons once they have their own
account.
www.khanacademy.org is a great website tool for both teachers and students (and their parents,
too. They can view a lot of videos to help them and they can also search for a lot of explanations
on a lot of topics.
www.algebrahelp.com is a great website for students to practice on a lot of math topics. Parents
can also study with their child to guide them with their daily lessons.