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Flag of the United States from 1777 to 1795. In honor of Independence Day we thought it would be fun to look at one story about the first...
Act One: Check out all of the pennies! What questions come to mind? If you want the most money, which container should you pick? What information do you...
We found this interesting caffeine infographic at visual.ly. Wonderings? How many McDonalds coffees do I need to get the same amount of caffeine that I would get in...
Here in the Northeast, flowers are blooming and trees are leafing out. We thought the creation of a tree that grows before your eyes might be akin to...
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...
How many stripes are in our present flag? (The bottom right flag that has been in use since 1960; See the PowerPoint) How many stars? What do the...
The date of the Presidential Inauguration this year can be written in an interesting way. What do you notice? What do you wonder? Do you think that this...
Right now, just after sunset, in the southwest sky, you can check out the planets of Jupiter and Saturn as they get closer and closer to each other....
This puzzle is gorgeous and HUGE! Ravensburger says that if you spent 2 hours every day putting this puzzle together it would take you a year to...
Jodie Berman, a high school math teacher in Chicago, loves mathematics and loves to cook. We've created an activity based on her Monster Cake (composed of everything that...
In this short activity, students reason and calculate what is left of these chocolate bars. The bars are the same size but are molded into different numbers of...
Use this activity to help your students work through the meaning of the Pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean theorem experiences are often skill and drill work with contrived right triangle...