Life of Fred Mathematics Curriculum

Now you can learn Logic along with Fred!

Life of Fred: Logic will teach students about:

• Sentences in logic

• Connectives
• Inductive reasoning
• Logic fallacies
• Syllogisms
• Proofs in predicate logic plus direct and indirect proofs
• Set theory as a predicate logic structure
• Axiom systems: consistent, complete, meaningful, independent, and recursive
• And more!

  Written in same fun, playful, and directly conversational tone as other Fred books, this text is filled with "puzzles" rather than "problems," along with continuing storyline of 6-year-old mathematical genius Fred.

  The first six chapters can be used for a high school logic course; the entire book together can be used for a college-level course. No mathematical pre-requisites. Solutions are included in the back of the book. 176 pages, hardcover. Non-consumable textbook. 16 chapters and 99 puzzles included.

Life of Fred: Chemistry is a stand-alone chemistry course designed for the high school years. Short and concise-while still managing to cover many, many different topics in typical Life of Fred style-- it contains 36 lessons that are rich in content without overloading students with "facts, facts, facts." Each is designed to take one day and includes approximately four pages with a "Your Turn to Play" exercise set at the end (which consists of 2-5 questions). Answers are provided on the next page for students to go over themselves after attempting to solve the problems.

This book covers:

• The weight of a helium atom using ordinary high school chem lab equipment

• The value of absolute zero (-273o C) using ordinary high school chem lab equipment
• The periodic table of the elements step-by-step
• Why both Mn 2+ and Mn 3+ exist
• Student lab experiments

When this book is finished, the student will have completed a full year of high school chemistry.

240 pages, indexed, hardcover with smyth-sewn binding. Answers are also included in the text and written directly to the student. High School.

Educate your students on the importance of sound financial choices with Life of Fred's trademark humor and pizzazz. Designed to fulfill the need for personal financial literacy skills that math books don't often cover, readers will learn about income and spending ratios, debt, budgeting, setting goals, investments, and other necessary knowledge for functioning as an adult with financial solvency. . . while keeping the perspective that there are more important things than money! "Your Turn to Play" exercises are included throughout, but rather than focusing only math skills, often ask students to reflect upon their priorities, the differences between wants and needs, and where to allot items or expenses. Answers are given on the next page.

Life of Fred: Financial Choices covers: What Jane Austen Said about a Single Man with a Good Fortune; the Difference Between Income and Assets; Between Expenses and Liabilities; Two Ways to Compute Your Financial Health-Budgeting vs. Net Worth; Needs vs. Wants; Three Arguments Against Overspending; Which Assets Lose Value Quickly; Fiat Currency; Figuring Future Value under Compound Interest; Figuring How Long to Pay off a $5,000 Loan at 18% Interest with Payments of $80/month (Most College Graduates with Science Majors Don't Know How to Compute That); Setting Goals for Your Life: Financial/Physical/Family/S piritual/Mental; Factors in Deciding Where to Live-16 Questions to Help Decide; Detailed Guide to the Five Asset Classes-Real Estate, Education, Paper, Things, and a Business That You Own; Buying Furniture, Clothes, and Cars; Buying vs. Renting a Place to Live; How to Decide How Much to Spend-Fancy or Cheap? And more.

176 pages, indexed, hardcover with smyth-sewn binding. Answers are also included in the text and written directly to the student.