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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
Sweetheart candies
Sweetheart candies

NECCO went bankrupt in 2018 and Sweetheart candies weren't the same after that. They are back now and made better (?) in Ohio instead of Boston. How many...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 5–7
Typical Super Bowl scores
Typical Super Bowl scores

Updated for 2023! In this activity students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode), losing scores, winning scores, and range of scores....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Big bucks 2023
Big bucks 2023

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...

Number Sense Sports Grades 5–7
Whole lot of cookies
Whole lot of cookies

This activity has been updated -- See the updated activity HERE

Algebra Number Sense Grades 2–4
Lots of Cranberries
Lots of Cranberries

 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...

Geometry Math and Food Grades 4–7
Do teams that spend a lot win a lot?
Do teams that spend a lot win a lot?

In this activity students compare team wins with team salaries in the four major North American sports ... the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL. Students use data from...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
How much caffeine are you consuming?
How much caffeine are you consuming?

Did you know that there is an amount of caffeine that is too much for the growing brain of a teenager? We did some research and have asked...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
How many gumballs are there?
How many gumballs are there?

Gumball Machine Problem from Brian Marks on Vimeo This problem is a little puzzle to get your students thinking, estimating, and calculating. We've given you a pdf file...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 5–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
Mallie's latest Big Burger
Mallie's latest Big Burger

It's time to treat your students to ratios, proportions, fractions and BIG BURGERS! In this activity students explore the ratio of the various ingredients in the world's largest...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–6
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