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How can Nike give away so much great stuff?
How can Nike give away so much great stuff?

Worldwide Nike supports many teams and athletes. They design, manufacture, and supply gear for almost every sport imaginable. How much are those give-aways worth? Is the company going...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
How does the pay for women's soccer compare to that of men's?
How does the pay for women's soccer compare to that of men's?

All soccer players on a team aren't paid the same. The best players are paid more than the simply great players. And in Women's soccer those same differences...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies
NHL Playoff games can sure last a long time!
NHL Playoff games can sure last a long time!

Revised! We're watching another Stanley Cup playoff now. Will there be any really long games during the playoffs? In 2013, a Stanley Cup playoff match between the Bruins...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 2–HS
Opening Weekend - Avengers: Endgame
Opening Weekend - Avengers: Endgame

Can you tell from its opening weekend how much the new movie, Avengers: Endgame , might earn in theaters? This activity can be used anytime and is especially...

Algebra Current events Grades 7–HS
How long would it take to build this underground house and pool?
How long would it take to build this underground house and pool?

The building of this underground house and pool was presented by Cayote Person and his partner, Mark Lavins, on their youtube channel, "Brave Wilderness." At BraveWilderness.com the business...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
Are baseball games getting longer?
Are baseball games getting longer?

March 28th, 2018 was opening day for this year's Major League Baseball season. It's a good time for some Major League Baseball math! In this activity students think...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
Value of a lifetime of Whoppers?
Value of a lifetime of Whoppers?

Locked in a smelly bathroom for one hour and then promised a lifetime of Whopper meals 🍔 , an Oregon man sued BK when the manager's promise was...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–7
Choosing the NBA All-Star team
Choosing the NBA All-Star team

The weekend of February 14 - 16 will be all about the NBA All-Stars. The two team captains are Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) and LeBron James (Los Angeles...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–6
V-o-r-t-e-x
V-o-r-t-e-x

Weather temp eratures have been extreme in the World lately. Australia is experiencing an unprecedented heat wave and the U.S. is experiencing a Polar Vortex. Let your students...

Number Sense Math and Science Grades 4–6
Bowling Deals
Bowling Deals

Is there a general way to figure how much its going to cost you (and your friends) to go bowling? Should you pay per game? Or bowl per...

Algebra Number Sense
Checking in on LeBron
Checking in on LeBron

Now the that season is underway let’s check in on how Cleveland and the Lakers are doing since LeBron changed teams. LeBron is arguably the best player in...

Number Sense Sports Grades 5–HS
New Horizons spacecraft just flew by a really distant asteroid
New Horizons spacecraft just flew by a really distant asteroid

Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band, Queen, is also an astrophysicist and one of the science team collaborators of the New Horizons space program. The...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS