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Will sending you back to school this year cost a fortune?

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Holidays Current events
This activity is scheduled to be updated in August 2026. Stay tuned! With high inflation rates, supply shortages, and rethinking what is essential spending, back to school spending might be diffe...

Summer Solstice, the longest day

Algebra Science Holidays Probability and Statistics
  Sunrise on the summer solstice at StonehengeJune 21st, at 10:57 am EDT, the Earth's North Pole will be tilted as far towards the Sun as it will ever be in the year.  This marks the lo...

Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake

Geometry Food Holidays Art
For Valentine's Day, bake a cake! Students calculate base area or volume of cakes made from 2 cake pan sizes and observe how the volume of the cake changes with the increased pan size. &nbs...

Earth's perihelion with the Sun

Algebra Science Holidays Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
On 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 familiar with the terms&nbs...

Fantasy Football

Algebra Number Sense Sports Holidays
In the midst of another NFL season, we introduce students to Fantasy Football. Students first calculate football points given touchdowns, yardage gains and interceptions. They are t...

Super Bowl ads and scientific notation

Algebra Number Sense Holidays
The Super Bowl is over now and all of the ads have been seen. Let your students revisit and reflect on the interesting commercials with this scientific notation a...

Fireworks on your calculator

Algebra Geometry Holidays Art
    Let your students experiment with their graphing calculators to create a nice fireworks display?  We've written a brief activity that questions students about manipula...

How did I graph this heart?

Algebra Geometry Holidays Art
  In this activity, students will use mathematical equations to create a heart shape on a coordinate plane. This activity encourages students to apply their algebra and graphing skills creat...
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