Hundred Billion Trillion Stars, A

This engaging picture book focuses on the vastness and wonder of numbers and the Earth, and encourages children to think about the world in a new way by viewing and trying to calculate the vastness of nature. Students will use creative and critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they expand their concepts of quantity in their surroundings and on Earth and learn to create a method to estimate specific, large numbers. This resource, suitable for grades 4-7, can be used as a springboard to stimulate further inquiry, to accompany units on place value and estimation, and to explore how math applies to the world around us. Compelling illustrations encourage students to revisit the book many times.