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Home team advantage?
Home team advantage?

Updated! Even before your students check out the graphic below, ask them whether they think a game played at home gives their team an advantage. If so, how...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–6
Spicy hot chocolate for the Dia de los Muertos
Spicy hot chocolate for the Dia de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead is always on the first and second of November. Life and death are part of the natural cycle of life and the Dia...

Algebra Number Sense
Chuck E. Cheese needed to shred
Chuck E. Cheese needed to shred

Restaurants have been having a hard time and Chuck E. Cheese, with their arcade games and hands on everything, needed to declare bankruptcy during the pandemic. 7 BILLION...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 4–HS
Watson saves
Watson saves

Ben Watson, former American Football tight end, made a remarkable play in 2005 that will forever remain one of the all-time great tackles. The play was in the...

Algebra Geometry Grades 6–HS
Steepness and fall hiking
Steepness and fall hiking

Fall is a beautiful time of year for hiking. Many students will be walking in the woods and mountains to enjoy the colorful leaves and the cool weather...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS
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 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
Olympic Skateboarding
Olympic Skateboarding

We are very excited to see skateboarding as an event in the Tokyo Olympics. Skateboarding is athletic, artistic and difficult to master. Why has it taken so long...

Algebra Number Sense 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
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
Does an NFL player's draft order mean a lot for the player?
Does an NFL player's draft order mean a lot for the player?

Updated! This Thursday, April 27 th , college football players will be awaiting knowing their futures in the NFL.Every spring, roughly 250 college football players are drafted by...

Algebra Sports Grades 5–HS