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Instead of asking students to just believe what you've said, why not ask them to verify your assertions? Students plot the points of the stream, perhaps map them...
Father's Day is coming up, and there is still time to have a tiny fraction review in the guise of celebrating Father's Day. This is a short activity...
Brian can't even go to his town's spring festival without seeing math. Let your class approximate the height or length of this ladder by using the relative size...
Do you or your students love sugary drinks? What if it were against the law to order a large sugary drink where you lived? On September 13th, 2012...
Five friends who skateboard and video tape made up a strange dance one afternoon and filmed it on February 2nd (look it up on youtube!). Now the whole...
There have been a lot of cruise ship mishaps and disasters this year. While these are in the news, let your students consider how these floating cities manage...
Luckily, we’ve passed 12/21/2012 and the world is still here and we’ve made it into the start of the next Mayan calendar cycle ... the next B’ak’tun. The...
Brian loves Twinkies and the news that Hostess is going out of business has upset him terribly. He needs his Twinkies. Twinkies last forever. Right? He's going to...
We've used a graphic to help students understand what is meant by the Fiscal Cliff. Students will understand some of the terms and study the consequences of two...
Brian Shoemaker, a Newton, MA mathematics teache r, saw this Dunkin Donuts Mazda traveling down the road. He wondered if that size coffee cup could really have coffee...
I need help! My daughter is traveling in Cambodia and we are supposed to Skype just before her dinner time in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. What time is that...
What is an IPO? Are they always good investments? Students analyze charts and data, learn a little about investing, calculate percent loss (unfortunately), and make some Facebook stock...