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Mother’s Day by the numbers

Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and that means big business for the greeting card, flower, and restaurant industries. In this activity, students calculate the average Mother's Day spendi...

Thank you, mother and father, for all of those diapers (Updated)

Algebra Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events
Which is a better deal, cloth or disposable diapers?  How much did you cost your parents in diapers?  In the future, how much could your kid's diapers cost?  Help students realize all t...

Peeps

Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Data and probability
"How many Peeps do you think are sold for Easter in the U.S.?"In this updated activity, students start by making their own guesses for the number of Peeps sold each Easter. They then consider what inf...

Pi Day Activities

Geometry Holidays and Annual Events
 5 Activities for π day!  What is π? The logic of finding the perimeters of inscribed and circumscribed polygons as the number of sides to the polygons increases. Good in...

Lunar New Year 2026

Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events Current events Any time math
 The 2026 Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday, February 17. In this updated activity, students will explore the unique naming system of the Lunar New Year, which combines the Heavenly Stems and Earth...

Valentine's Day Activities (List)

Holidays and Annual Events
 Celebrate Valentine’s Day with our activities:  Have a heart (Canstruction)Students use reasoning and approximation to analyze the number of cans of food contained in this one giant heart. ...

The Most Expensive 30 Seconds

Algebra Sports Holidays and Annual Events
 This year, the 30-second Super Bowl ads will cost about 8 million dollars! Do you wonder how much one ad will cost next year? In 5 years? In 10 years? 🏈In this activity, students explore ho...

Groundhog Day

Holidays and Annual Events Data and probability Funny
On Groundhog Day (February 2nd), Punxsutawney Phil will again, with great ceremony, come out of his burrow and look for his shadow.  In this updated activity, students will explore the relative f...

Super Bowl Numerals

Number Sense Sports Holidays and Annual Events
Super Bowl numbers are appearing again! As students start getting into the current Super Bowl hype, help them to understand the notation that the sports writers and advertisements are using. Intr...

2026

Holidays and Annual Events Any time math
 As the new year approaches (where did the time go!!?), our annual activity has students explore not-so-common number categories to investigate whether 2026 fits into any of these. What is a Hars...
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