The Second Little Piggy and the Wolf are running on parallel paths, but are they destined to meet? Piggy discovers that parallel lines aren't as straight forward as she expected. ISBN 978-0-9810927-6-8 Buy the book,

• Grades: 2-8
• Classroom tested: Grades 2
• Plot
  • The Second Little Piggy and the Wolf are running on parallel paths, but are they destined to meet? Piggy discovers that parallel lines aren't as straight forward as she expected.
• Math insights
  • Students are surprised that two "straight" paths that both point North (two "parallel" lines) eventually meet.
  • Students realize that concepts like "straight" and "parallel" are much more complex and interesting than they might have assumed.
• Grade-specific activities (see more details in the Tips section of the book)
  • In grades 2-8
    • Lines on a sphere are typically not introduced to students in elementary school. Yet, students live and walk on a sphere on a daily basis (or an approximate sphere).
    • Students learn that lines on a sphere do not behave in the same fashion as lines on a flat surface.

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