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Time to make your prom clothes ... with Duck Tape
Time to make your prom clothes ... with Duck Tape

Larissa Leon, from Texas, in her gorgeous Duck Tape prom gown. If you are going to make your prom clothes then you should start soon ... and buy...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 4–HS
Population Pyramids - What can you surmise?
Population Pyramids - What can you surmise?

The distribution of a population's age and gender data can tell you a lot about a society's history, current situation, and future. What do you see happening here?

Math and Social Studies Data and probability Grades 5–HS
Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake
Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake

For Valentine's Day, bake a cake! Students calculate base area or volume of cakes made from 2 cake pan sizes and observe how the volume of the cake...

Geometry Math and Food Grades 5–HS
Powerball, Mega Millions, and probability
Powerball, Mega Millions, and probability

Updated! See the new post by searching "Mega Millions" Adventurer members can access the older version by clicking the "Solutions & supporting material"

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS
Median age of country populations
Median age of country populations

Interesting map! Why median? What are the implications? https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/countries-by-median-age.php Demography is the study of populations. Scientists try to look at the big pictures of our world, its populations,...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 5–HS
How big could this mid-term election be?
How big could this mid-term election be?

Will the November 8 th 2022 election bring record number of voters to the polls? Students get a chance to understand what the usual percentage of voters is,...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 4–7
Inflation and the cost of gasoline
Inflation and the cost of gasoline

In 1980, one gallon of gasoline costs $1.22. Today's prices are a lot higher. Is that because the price has gone up or because in 1980 you could...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–6
What is Artemis 1 and when will it launch?
What is Artemis 1 and when will it launch?

Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) 50 years ago we landed on the moon. We've established a space station and flown astronauts and guests to live there. Private industries have created...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–HS
Hexadecimal coloring
Hexadecimal coloring

Probably most of us have heard of and even used hexadecimal color codes. Don't you wonder why their number descriptions really make sense? In this activity we first...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 4–HS
Gauss and our star of stars
Gauss and our star of stars

How many stars are in this image and how did you count them? For Adventurer members we have a teaching suggestions and our solution sheet.

Number Sense Geometry Grades 2–6
Banana Art
Banana Art "Comedian"

What do you think this activity might be about? What do you wonder? How much would you pay for this piece of art? How much profit is involved...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Refugees from Ukraine
Refugees from Ukraine

We are hearing a lot about the war in Ukraine. Civilian Ukrainians are fleeing the war zone in order to remain safe and find food and housing. How...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 5–HS