Holiday Shipping
Now that the holiday shopping season has begun, it's time to get the packages to your homes. Two big companies take care of a lot of that shipping. How do they manage that? Did you ever wonder h...
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Holiday Candy Sales (2025)
In this activity, students will analyze U.S. holiday candy sales percentage data (updated) to calculate the approximate amount spent on candy for each holiday. Students are encouraged to work wi...
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (2025)
🎈Get excited for Thanksgiving with this updated Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade activity! Students explore this year's parade map to find the number of parade blocks, use the map’s scale to deter...
Black Friday
Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year! In this activity, students get a sneak peek at early Black Friday deals to calculate savings (decimals & percent discounts) and dec...
Scary Halloween Numbers
🎃Each year, we seem to $pend more on Halloween! Are we surprised? In this updated activity, students will look at the rising Halloween participation and record-breaking spending to make sen...
Typhoon Rasaga
What is a typhoon, and how are they measured? In this activity, students learn about the recent typhoon (Typhoon Rasaga), storm rankings, and severity while practicing unit conversions from knots to k...
Drill Bit Fractions
In this updated activity, students explore how drill bits are measured using fractions of an inch. They will use equivalent fractions to compare drill bit sizes, fill in missing numerators, and ...
S'mores
August 10 is National S’mores Day! Engage your students with a fun real-world math activity involving s’mores!
In this activity (updated), ...
Would you rather $10,000 a week vs $10 million at once?
In this updated activity, students explore the question: Would you rather get $10,000 every week or $10 million all at once?
To begin, stude...
Vampire Bats
🦇In this updated activity, students explore how vampire bats drink half their body weight in blood in just 20 minutes. Using proportional reasoning and unit ...