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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
More eruptions on Hawai'i's Kilauea
More eruptions on Hawai'i's Kilauea

The Volcano Kilauea is continuing to spew molten lava and ash on the island of Hawai'i. This volcano is on the tip of the southern most Hawaiian Island....

Algebra Geometry Grades 3–7
Pizza party figuring
Pizza party figuring

In this activity students decide how to divide 2 pizzas amongst 6 adults and 3 pizzas amongst 8 kids. Fractional pizza parts need to be drawn and considerations...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 3–5
How many wings did the Bills send the Bengals?
How many wings did the Bills send the Bengals?

Cincinnati Bengals serving their thank-you gift from the Buffalo Bills to the Autism High School at the Children's Home of Cincinnati On December 31st, 2017, the Cincinnati Bengals...

Algebra Math and Food Grades 4–6
Greasing light poles
Greasing light poles

The Philadelphia police were being proactive about keeping their enthusiastic Eagles fans from being reckless as they celebrated their 2018 Super Bowl win. So, the police departments frosted...

Algebra Geometry Grades 5–HS
The Olympic Torch trip in South Korea
The Olympic Torch trip in South Korea

On October 24, 2017, the Olympic flame was captured on Mount Olympus, Greece. That flame lit one of this year's Olympic Torches and the Torch relay was begun...

Math and Social Studies Sports Grades 4–HS
Is this promo a good deal?
Is this promo a good deal?

McDonald's was offering an "Arch Card" special deal. If you bought an Arch Card for $100 you were entitled to a free BigMac or EggMcMuffin every week for...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 4–6
Spiraling triples
Spiraling triples

Let students explore the patterns of perfect squares and Pythagorean Triples as they analyze our piece of art and decide why the resulting construction looks like spiraling squares....

Number Sense Geometry Grades 6–HS
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
Should I get the Big One?
Should I get the Big One?

Let your students decide if the BIG one is a fair deal. Which size will they get? Which size offers the most value? Make a guess, then do...

Algebra Math and Food Grades 6–7
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
Total solar eclipse - apparent sizes
Total solar eclipse - apparent sizes

Where will the eclipse be seen? What if you are not in the path of totality? Total solar eclipse? What is apparent size? How can the moon seem...

Algebra Geometry High School