Which sale would you rather use?
In this short activity, students decide if these two sales are the same. If not, which is better? How would you explain this to someone?
Algebra
Genres
Grade
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 2005 AFC divisional...
Death Valley, CA - How hot was it?
This picture may have been Photoshopped and not be a true representation.
We blacked out the Fahrenheit reading of this temperature sign at the Death Valley Visitor ...
Viral Growth - Talk like a Pirate Day
Sunday, September 19th is "Talk like a Pirate Day".
Bring some humor and marketing understanding to your students with this activity about a silly holiday that has had viral growth.
What happe...
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 outside. Let them combine what they ...
Just ONE hot dog
Algebra
Number Sense
Math and Science
Math and Food
Sports
Ratio and Proportion
Data and probability
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 have to eat to lo...
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?
The new R-naught number
There's a number used to quantify how fast a virus will spread, the R-naught number. As the coronavirus spread though out the world, we saw how the threat of infection was measured and und...
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 and the...
Need to rent some chaise lounges
Brian is in Crete and he took a picture of this sign. What do you suppose he's going to ask next?
Yep. "How much will 6 lounges and 2 umbrellas cost?" And more ...
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