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Iditarod 2023 – The Last Great Race on Earth

Algebra Number Sense Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
The Iditarod Dogsled Race will begin this year on Saturday, March 4th in Anchorage, Alaska. It is often called The Last Great Race on Earth because it is so long and grueling. Students ...

Lunar New Year 2023

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Holidays and Annual Events Data and probability
The year of the Water Rabbit Students explore the least common multiple of these two cycles without ever hearing the term LCM.  They explore some of Asian culture and begin to understand the...

Earth's perihelion with the Sun

Algebra Math and Science Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Today, Wednesday, 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? In this activity students become fam...

Is 2023 a special number?

Algebra Number Sense Current events
1998 was a Harshad year. What do you notice about the number 2023? What is a Harshad number? Does 2023 meet the criteria? Big deal?  Rare?  Often?  

Wind chill

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Ratio and Proportion
  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 System chart ...

The Algebra of Magic Squares

Algebra Number Sense
Have you seen magic squares before? How could a teacher use these puzzles to help students with different number skills? How few blank cells could you leave? Are there any special cel...

Whole lot of cookies

Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion Wow factor
Jennifer Fairbanks from Hopkinton, MA sent us this picture of the cookies that she baked in 4 hours using 13 eggs and 5 cups of sugar. Do you see some math here? Do you have an add...

I need help raking my leaves

Algebra Number Sense Current events Ratio and Proportion
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. In this activity students see the inve...

Inflation and the cost of gasoline

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
In 1980, one gallon of gasoline costs $1.22.  Today's prices are a lot higher.  Is that because the price has gone up or because in 1980 you could buy a lot more than you can buy today for...

The James Webb space telescope and the Hubble

Algebra
wp:paragraph There have been outstanding images coming to NASA from the James Webb Telescope. Take some time to compare the Webb to the Hubble telescope that has been sending images to Earth s...
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