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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...
Because of climate change, we've been having too many extreme weather events. There have been unusual droughts and heat in the West, an increased number of hurricanes, severe...
In 2018, a truck trailer was stolen from a parking lot in Georgia. The trailer was filled with Ramen noodle packages and its contents were valued at $98,000....
For health concerns, professional sports now have no actual live fans. To help generate the excitement and semblance of fans, some teams use cardboard cutouts of people. Some...
Egad !!!! Giant Asian hornets have now migrated to Washington state and British Columbia. Even though they are sometimes called "murder hornets" their stings aren't fatal. Their stings...
Catching a productive meteor shower can be a stunning experience. On the evenings and mornings of August 11 th , 12 th and 13 th there could be...
As we are outdoors more and temperatures are rising, it might be a good time to look at hydration. A healthy requirement for fluids can't really be the...
Here's a different and somewhat artistic way to encourage understanding of a conic section. Participants physically build an ellipse by choosing two foci and sketching the figure through...
Johns Hopkins University of Medicine has a team that maintains current maps and data about the Coronavirus. They record changes and show trends of the virus activity throughout...
We needed more toilet paper at home but there wasn't any at the store. So, I ordered this online. When it came I was surprised. Read on ...