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Will Damarious Randall have to pay big?
Will Damarious Randall have to pay big?

Warriors won the NBA Championships. Randall won't have to buy jerseys! The Cleveland Brown's safety player, Damarious Randall, posted this tweet. Its been very popular and retweeted a...

Number Sense Sports Grades 4–5
Hands of Support
Hands of Support

Lorenzo Quinn, an Italian sculptor, created and temporarily installed this piece of art entitled "Support" in Venice. Quinn used his own children's hands to design this piece. His...

Math and Art Ratio and Proportion Grades 5–HS
BIG Snickers bar
BIG Snickers bar

Act 1 - Big question = How many times bigger than a regular Snickers bar is this? What info would you like to know? How are you going...

Algebra Geometry Grades 3–6
How much does the biggest Lego set ever cost?
How much does the biggest Lego set ever cost?

Picture from the Verge. Click to see the story. Note: This is a remake of our 2014 " How Much Does a Lego Cost " activity How much...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–6
How many cars are there?
How many cars are there?

Brian came home from work to find that his son had his toy cars organized in a tight parking lot on our front porch. ? Below is a...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 2–4
Have a heart
Have a heart

Clicking on the image above will show the heart larger in a new window. Canstruction® is an event hosted in more than 150 countries throughout the world to...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–HS
Pick-a-brick wall at the Lego store
Pick-a-brick wall at the Lego store

There are walls at the Lego stores that are filled with individual Lego parts. You can fill a bucket and pick out exactly what you need. Use this...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 2–5
Big Papi
Big Papi

What do you wonder? How many donuts make up this Big Papi tribute? What would be useful to help you figure this out? The following pictures that will...

Algebra Math and Food Grades 3–6
How Many Pennies did Otha Save?
How Many Pennies did Otha Save?

Otha Anders used picking up pennies as a way to remember to pray. In this 3-act activity we try to estimate how much he actually collected and stored...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–6
How Many Donuts is That?
How Many Donuts is That?

Act One: Take a look at the first picture (Krispy-Kreme-photos). What is the first question that comes to mind? How many donuts is that? What information would be...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 3–6
Chili Con Queso
Chili Con Queso

A ct 1: Take a look at the promo at Moe's. What is the first question that comes to mind? How much does a 42-gallon jug of Chili...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 4–5
How much does a Lego cost?
How much does a Lego cost?

This is a three act task, with an activity guide. Show students the act one video. What questions do they have? How much could the Star Wars kit...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–6