At Education Emporium we carry a wide range of math manipulatives and resources to help reinforce teaching children mathematics. Our resources are useful both in the classroom and for families who home-school their children. All prices include GST. To speak to a customer service representative or to place an order, please call 403-580-2292 or e-mail us at eaberard@telusplanet.net.
Use the plastic shapes and the edge tabs to build 3D objects. This kit includes a total of 106 panels: 35 triangle, 14 pentagon, 35 square, 22 hexagon and instructions for building 19 polyhedra. Great for centers! For ages 6 and up, MRP suggested price $39.99, only $23.00 while supplies last.
Our Mini Geosolids kit includes 32 geometric shapes: 4 cones, 4 cylinders, 4 cubes, 4 triangular prisms, 4 hexagonal prisms, 4 triangular pyramids, 4 square pyramids, 4 rectangular prisms and suggested activities. For ages 5 and up, $23.00 each kit.
We currently have two sizes of polyhedra dice; the sets include a hexahedra, tetrahedra, octahedra, dodecahedra, icosahedra and cube dice. The set of small dice contains the six dice listed above and is $5.25; the set of large dice includes those listed above and a bonus dice, it is $17.99.
The Relational Geosolids kit is an essential tool for explaining how different shapes can hold the same volume. Each of the 14 plastic solids may be opened and filled with liquid or small-grain material (for example, salt, sugar or sand). The kit may also be used to demonstrate relative sizes. The kit contains a cone, two sizes of cubes, 2 sizes of cylinders, a hemisphere, a hexagonal prism, a rectangular prism, a square prism, a pentagonal prism, 2 sizes of triangular prisms, a square pyramid, a triangular pyramid, and a sphere. $24.25 each.
Tangrams have uses both in a classroom or at home; they can be used as an introductory activity when teachers start their geometry unit; they can be used in centers or as enrichment activities; they could even be used in the home as a puzzle that a family can put together. This particular kit, made by SI Manufacturing, comes with 12 complete sets of tangram pieces in four colours; it also has an instruction booklet and comes in a plastic container to keep all of the pieces together; $16.99 each. This is one of six types if tangrams kits that we regularly stock. The other kits range in price from $10.50 to $20.99.
A Geoboard is a handy tool to help children create geometric shapes; it can also be used as an introduction to perimeter and area measurement. Each 23 cm (9in) square Geoboard comes with red, green and beige elastics; $6.50 each.
