From the vacuum description and advertisement in the PDF, how long do you think its cord must be?
Thanks to Brian Shoemaker, Newton, MA teacher, for the idea and pictures.
He was a great dog! We wondered how old he was in human years?
Jorge has been part of YummyMath for a long time. Sadly, yesterday he died. We wondered how old he would ...
How big is one coronavirus? How big is a micron? How well do these masks protect against the virus? What can you observe about the size of particles mentioned? Why are we wearing masks?
This year the Dow Jones Industrial Average made headlines as it dropped in March and April.
The Dow is measured in points but this decline can also be measured in the percentage lost. W...
In late January, workers at the Mars Wrigley plant in Waco, Texas created this giant Snickers Bar. It won a spot in The Guinness Book of Records as the World's largest Snicker's Bar.
Wh...
A fellow teacher, Laura Deschaines, saw this chart on the news the other night. What do you notice? Does anything seem amiss? What should it look like?
For Adventurer members we...
I checked my data usage for the month. What do you notice and wonder (see the activity)?
What could my data plan be?
How much have I used?
How much will...
Use our present need for cleanliness to engage your students.
Does it really matter whether you kill 99.9% of the bacteria or 99.999% of the germs?
In this activity, we'v...
When Brian traveled to Crete last summer with his wife and son on an Archaeological dig, buying gasoline for his small rental car got him wondering again.
He was pretty g...
Updated again for 2022!
The teams are set. Don't you wonder what a Super Bowl ad will cost this year? Will the price for 30 seconds be more? stay the same? or drop? 2013 Doritos "Go...