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Just ONE hot dog
Just ONE hot dog

A newly released nutritional and environmentally sustainable study shows that eating just one hot dog can take 36 minutes off your total healthy lifespan. How many would you...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 3–HS
That's a big tomato!
That's a big tomato!

These Aussi tomatoes (the tomato on the left of all of the tomatoes) are huge. How much do you guess one weighs? Can you figure it out?

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
The new R-naught number
The new R-naught number

There's a number used to quantify how fast a virus will spread, the R-naught number. As the coronavirus spread though out the world, we saw how the threat...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
The drag in swimming - More Olympics activities
The drag in swimming - More Olympics activities

To win in Olympic swimming, contestants have to be incredibly fit and have marvelous endurance and technique. Do they also need to consider the science of their motions...

Algebra Math and Science Grades 6–HS
Betsy Ross's 5-pointed star
Betsy Ross's 5-pointed star

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...

Algebra Geometry Grades 4–HS
Do caffeinated drinks have similar amounts of jolt?
Do caffeinated drinks have similar amounts of jolt?

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...

Geometry Math and Science Grades 6–HS
Tree for Springtime
Tree for Springtime

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...

Algebra Geometry Grades 3–HS
Can I get your order right?
Can I get your order right?

You can order a ton of combos at Chipotle. They advertise that there are 65,000 ways to order their meals. Do you think that is correct? Here's an...

Algebra Math and Food Grades 6–HS
AQI - Air Quality Index
AQI - Air Quality Index

The AQI is a measurement of how much particulate matter, dangerous ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide there is in the world's atmosphere at any one...

Number Sense Math and Science Grades 4–HS
It's tick time again ... and Lyme disease
It's tick time again ... and Lyme disease

With the start of summer and wonderful outdoor activities, it might be good to examine the growth of Lyme disease and to recognize its carrier, the deer tick....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–6
Shoprite's solar energy goals on the African continent
Shoprite's solar energy goals on the African continent

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...

Algebra Geometry Grades 3–6
Dunkin's Go2s
Dunkin's Go2s

Last year, Dunkin Donuts offered a great deal for getting two breakfast sandwiches at a pretty low cost. Check out their poster for the sandwich costs and pictures....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS