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In late January, workers at the Mars Wrigley plant in Waco, Texas created this giant Snickers Bar. It won a spot in The Guinness Book of Records as...
I t' s t i m e t o d y e e g g s ! What do you wonder about these recipes (See the activity) for...
In this activity students have the opportunity to color as they investigate Pascal's triangle and the many useful patterns that it shows. The triangle is explored for patterns,...
By George C. Baxley This year we will add the 29th of February to our year? Why do we do that? How can you tell? What if we...
Bring a little K-pop music to your class with this activity. Jason Kibbe, a terrific middle school math teacher in Chambersburg, PA , sent us an activity that...
That's a big roll of toilet paper! Why would anyone need such a big roll of toilet paper? How does it compare to Charmin's other toilet paper products?...
It's Halloween and this is your neighborhood. How long will it take you to trick or treat at every house in your neighborhood? Possible conversation with students: How...
The world record for the largest cup of coffee was recently set (see picture above). In this activity students explore scale, similar figures, volume and measurement as they...
If you have a set of cubes for your classroom, this would make a great group hands-on project. Its an old puzzle but the activity deserves a revisit....
We recently watched the approach of Hurricane Barry and worried about the fate of Louisiana. After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, what would another powerful hurricane do to...
Can you see the many spirals in this design? Students calculate the size of each increasing round of squares and consider what sort of spirals these must be....
Tornadoes have devastated the Midwest, U.S. in the last few days. Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Mississippi have been brutally hit with these powerful...