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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,...
Updated! When soccer great, Lionel Messi played for Barcelona, he had one of the highest paid contracts of any athlete in the world. He had a $674 million...
On January 4th, 2023, Earth will be as close as it gets to the Sun during its orbit. Shouldn't that make this the warmest time of the year?...
Check out our Christmas Tree! We need to buy lights for the tree. Without calculating, guess how many feet of lights we will need. What information would help...
It is really dark out now. Why is that? Students appreciate how their latitude effects the darkness of their late afternoon location as they study the earth's tilt...
In this problem based activity students first guess and then try to calculate whether they will have enough paper to wrap this present without taping pieces of wrapping...
The weather forecasters tell us what the wind chill temperature will feel like. How do they figure out that number? In this activity students use the National Weather...
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The harvest must be nearing completion now and growers are selling their product to make cranberry juice, jelly, sauce, and of course, fresh berries in time for...
On the morning of November 8, 2022, many of us will be able to see the last full lunar eclipse until March 2025. Luckily, many of us will...
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,...
Brian has spent too much time thinking about his leaves. He's worried about raking them alone and thinking about how long the job would take if people helped....