Scary Halloween Numbers
šEach 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...
Holidays and Annual Events
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Labor Day 2025
In our usual Labor Day activity (updated for 2025), students will learn about the intended meaning of Labor Day and explore the patterns behind its historical dates. They will investigate and ju...
S'mores
AugustāÆ10 is National Sāmores Day! Engage your students with a fun real-world math activity involving sāmores!
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Vampire Bats
š¦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 ...
A Parametric Heart
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In this updated activity, students will explore parametric equations to graph a heart shape using sine and cosine functions. Begin with the starter activity to set the stage (o...
Lunar New Year
In this updated activity, students will explore the unique naming system of the Lunar New Year, which combines the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Without explicitly introducing the term "L...
Holiday Movies
In this updated activity, students will explore box office data for top-grossing Christmas movies to analyze and compare earnings. They'll practice skills like rounding, estimating, calculating di...
Mathematical Gift Wrapping
ššIn this updated activity, students will use math to explore two methods of wrapping gifts, including the mathematical method demonstrated by S...
Mashed Potatoes Proportions
š„ "Why do we never have enough mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving?" In this updatedactivity, students will dive into the math of mashed potatoes planning to ensu...
Candy Count: Which Bag Holds the Most Candy
šLeverage your students' Halloween enthusiasm with this activity, where theyāll calculate the volume of various trick-or-treat bagsāranging from rectangular prisms to spheres, cylinders, and con...