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How hard is it to find a 4 leaf clover? (3 Saint Patrick's Day activities)
How hard is it to find a 4 leaf clover? (3 Saint Patrick's Day activities)

Shamrocks in Ireland are actually 3-leafed white clover, trifolium repens . If you are lucky , you can sometimes find a four-leafed clover. How rare is finding a...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 2–HS
Daylight savings time
Daylight savings time

Updated and improved! Is Daylight savings time helpful? How does it make you feel? "Spring forward, fall back" Early Sunday morning, March 12 th at 2 am ,...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
Two 12s or one 18?
Two 12s or one 18?

A little more pizza fun before Pi day ! Which should we order and why? Two 12-inch pizzas or one 18-inch pizza? Which will give you more pizza?...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–HS
Square or Round - which pizza should I buy?
Square or Round - which pizza should I buy?

Warm up for π day with this updated activity! Subway has great Flatizzas but Sbarro's pizzas are good too. If that slice from Sbarro is from an 18-inch...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 3–6
Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake
Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake

For Valentine's Day, bake a cake! Students calculate base area or volume of cakes made from 2 cake pan sizes and observe how the volume of the cake...

Geometry Math and Food Grades 5–HS
Sweetheart candies
Sweetheart candies

NECCO went bankrupt in 2018 and Sweetheart candies weren't the same after that. They are back now and made better (?) in Ohio instead of Boston. How many...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 5–7
Throwing Up
Throwing Up

This year, Buffalo, New York, has had more than 100 inches of snow this winter. We imagine that the height of the tunnel to people's homes is getting...

Algebra Geometry Grades 6–7
Earth's perihelion with the Sun
Earth's perihelion with the Sun

On January 4th, 2023, Earth will be as close as it gets to the Sun during its orbit. Shouldn't that make this the warmest time of the year?...

Algebra Math and Science Grades 4–HS
Winter Solstice 2023
Winter Solstice 2023

It is really dark out now. Why is that? Students appreciate how their latitude effects the darkness of their late afternoon location as they study the earth's tilt...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 5–HS
Wind chill
Wind chill

The weather forecasters tell us what the wind chill temperature will feel like. How do they figure out that number? In this activity students use the National Weather...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
Whole lot of cookies
Whole lot of cookies

This activity has been updated -- See the updated activity HERE

Algebra Number Sense Grades 2–4
Lots of Cranberries
Lots of Cranberries

 The harvest must be nearing completion now and growers are selling their product to make cranberry juice, jelly, sauce, and of course, fresh berries in time for...

Geometry Math and Food Grades 4–7