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Spicy hot chocolate for the Dia de los Muertos
Spicy hot chocolate for the Dia de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead is always on the first and second of November. Life and death are part of the natural cycle of life and the Dia...

Algebra Number Sense
Federal debt and deficit - What are they?
Federal debt and deficit - What are they?

What's the big deal with our national debt? Do we actually borrow money to cover our debt? If we do, imagine the interest charges? Help your students (and...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 5–HS
Chuck E. Cheese needed to shred
Chuck E. Cheese needed to shred

Restaurants have been having a hard time and Chuck E. Cheese, with their arcade games and hands on everything, needed to declare bankruptcy during the pandemic. 7 BILLION...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 4–HS
Viral Growth - Talk like a Pirate Day
Viral Growth - Talk like a Pirate Day

Sunday, September 19 th is "Talk like a Pirate Day". Bring some humor and marketing understanding to your students with this activity about a silly holiday that has...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS
Let's learn to gerrymander
Let's learn to gerrymander

In this activity student first try to redistrict our pretend state in order to preserve the overall state's balance in its new districting plan. Then, students redistrict our...

Geometry Math and Social Studies Grades 4–HS
The new R-naught number
The new R-naught number

There's a number used to quantify how fast a virus will spread, the R-naught number. As the coronavirus spread though out the world, we saw how the threat...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
The drag in swimming - More Olympics activities
The drag in swimming - More Olympics activities

To win in Olympic swimming, contestants have to be incredibly fit and have marvelous endurance and technique. Do they also need to consider the science of their motions...

Algebra Math and Science Grades 6–HS
Olympic Skateboarding
Olympic Skateboarding

We are very excited to see skateboarding as an event in the Tokyo Olympics. Skateboarding is athletic, artistic and difficult to master. Why has it taken so long...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
Ranked Choice Voting in NYC
Ranked Choice Voting in NYC

New York City is still tallying its election results for a new Mayor. This year they tried Ranked Choice Voting. What does that mean? How does that work?...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
What is Juneteenth?
What is Juneteenth?

You can appreciate why this is such a great celebration when you look at the stages and some of the events and dates of America moving towards freedom...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 4–HS
AQI - Air Quality Index
AQI - Air Quality Index

The AQI is a measurement of how much particulate matter, dangerous ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide there is in the world's atmosphere at any one...

Number Sense Math and Science Grades 4–HS
Shoprite's solar energy goals on the African continent
Shoprite's solar energy goals on the African continent

Shoprite is the largest supermarket chain in Africa. The company is presently engaged in increasing their use of solar power to harness the abundant natural resource of solar...

Algebra Geometry Grades 3–6