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How steep is this treadmill?
How steep is this treadmill?

Every year, even older students still get mixed up about horizontal and vertical slopes. Students do understand “rise over run,” but when it comes to horizontal and vertical...

Algebra Funny Grades 6–HS
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (2025)
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (2025)

🎈Get excited for Thanksgiving with this updated Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade activity! Students explore this year's parade map to find the number of parade blocks, use the map’s...

Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events Grades 3–6
Fantasy Football (2025)
Fantasy Football (2025)

We're at the midway point of the 2025 NFL season! What a great time to connect math to sports!🏈 In this activity, students use real statistics from recent...

Algebra Sports Grades 5–7
Scary Halloween Numbers
Scary Halloween Numbers

🎃Each year, we seem to $pend more on Halloween! Are we surprised? In this updated activity, students will look at the rising Halloween participation and record-breaking spending to...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–6
Typhoon Rasaga
Typhoon Rasaga

What is a typhoon, and how are they measured? In this activity, students learn about the recent typhoon (Typhoon Rasaga), storm rankings, and severity while practicing unit conversions...

Number Sense Math and Science
College Costs Keep Going Up
College Costs Keep Going Up

College costs keep rising, and it can be hard for students to grasp just how much four years of school might add up to. This updated activity gives...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–7
C and F
C and F

This activity begins with exploring connections among a few photos to spark curiosity and critical thinking in the starters, before diving into the main activity where students will...

Math and Science Any time math Grades 6–7
What a range
What a range

📗Temperature Math with Negative Numbers! 🌡️ Around the world, temperatures can be wildly different depending on the location and time of year. In this activity, students explore average...

Math and Science Data and probability Grades 3–5
Vampire Bats
Vampire Bats

🦇In this updated activity, students explore how vampire bats drink half their body weight in blood in just 20 minutes. Using proportional reasoning and unit conversions (volume, distance,...

Number Sense Math and Science Grades 4–6
Ant Bridges
Ant Bridges

🐜 In this activity, students will explore how ants build bridges using their bodies, considering different factors that affect their decision to build the bridge or take the...

Math and Science Grades 2–4
Magic Squares
Magic Squares

Though it is not our usual real-world application, we always have time for some fun math puzzles! In this updated activity, students will explore the puzzle of magic...

Algebra Grades 2–6
Fish Tale
Fish Tale

🐠In this updated activity, students will apply the Pythagorean Theorem in both 2D and 3D (basic) contexts to explore distances in an aquarium. Begin with the starter activity...

Algebra Geometry Grade 7