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Valentine's Day Activities (List)

Holidays
 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 greatest amount of chocolate

Food Holidays
 In this updated activity, students compare three chocolates that look almost the same size to see which one actually gives the most chocolate. Depending on their grade level, they’ll use differe...

March Equinox - big deal? ... and 5 more Spring activities

Algebra Science Holidays Current events Probability and Statistics
   What's with the March Equinox? Does it really affect our lives? Is it just some astronomical occurrence? Students calculate the daylight hours at the March Equi...

How hard is it to find a 4 leaf clover? (3 Saint Patrick's Day activities)

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Science Holidays Wow factor
Shamrocks in Ireland are actually 3-leafed white clover, trifolium repens. If you are lucky, you can sometimes find a four-leafed clover. How rare is finding a 4-leafed clover?  How hard do you...

Whole lot of cookies

Algebra Number Sense Food Holidays Ratio and Proportion Wow factor
This activity has been updated -- See the updated activity HERE

What time should I wake up?

Number Sense Food Holidays
 I'm going to surprise my mom with breakfast in bed for Mother's Day. She wakes up pretty early. When do I have to wake up to pull this off? 

Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022

Number Sense Sports Holidays Current events Probability and Statistics
The Winter Olympics begins this week in Beijing. Wikipedia had this schedule of events. We think that there is a lot of information missing and apparent in this graphic. What can you tell, wha...

Holiday soda displays

Algebra Number Sense Holidays
The holidays are coming! We found these timely soda displays made up entirely of 12-pack of Coca-Cola products. What questions do you have?  Start out the activity by giving kids 30 ...

How long will it take you to trick-or-treat?

Number Sense Geometry Holidays
It's Halloween and this is your neighborhood. How long will it take you to trick or treat at every house in your neighborhood? Possible conversation with students: How long will it tak...

A gorgeous, glittery card

Number Sense Geometry Holidays Art
     Uh oh!  How do you find the area of a heart? Get your students to help you calculate how many sequins you'll need to order for this class project.   
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