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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
Boeing 787 draws an airplane over the United States
Boeing 787 draws an airplane over the United States

Recently, pilots of a Boeing 787 testing a new set of Rolls Royce engines, fulfilled their FAA required long-distance endurance requirement in an unusual way. The Boeing pilots...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 5–HS
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson

April 15th, 1947 was a date to remember. Jackie Robinson became the first African-American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball since the game was segregated in...

Algebra Math and Social Studies Grades 5–HS
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
Curling
Curling

Friction, score-keeping, trajectory and weirdness are the main concepts in this activity. Curling is not a well-understood sport but the science and strategy are easily understood and enjoyed....

Geometry Math and Science Grades 4–HS
Big Air snowboarding
Big Air snowboarding

Starting February 18 th a new Olympic sport will be televised ... Big Air Snowboarding. Some of your students may be officianados of snowboarding. Using this activity could...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 5–HS
Super Bowl ads and scientific notation
Super Bowl ads and scientific notation

The Super Bowl is over now and all of the ads have been seen. Let your students revisit and reflect on the interesting commercials with this scientific notation...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS
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
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
Water saving toilets
Water saving toilets

How much water is used? How much water could be saved? For Adventurer members we have an editable Word docx and solutions with added world-wide information.

Geometry Math and Science Grades 4–7
Immigration numbers
Immigration numbers

Here's an opportunity to work with calculating percents and the percent changes in the U.S. immigrant population. Students can reflect on what those changes demonstrate. Start your class...

Algebra Math and Social Studies Grades 5–HS