The Ultimate Key Lime Pie
On a cold and snowy day in Boston about ten years ago, two chefs created a huge Key Lime pie to remind the frozen people of the Northeast how tasty and warm the Keys of Florida are. In this upda...
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The greatest amount of chocolate
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...
A&W's Third Pound Burger
In 1980, A&W offered a bigger and tastier burger to compete with another famous burger brand, but the sales were not successful at all. What could have gone wrong?? This activity is based on...
Drill Bit Fractions
In this updated activity, students explore how drill bits are measured using fractions of an inch. They will use equivalent fractions to compare drill bit sizes, fill in missing numerators, and ...
Someone ate my cake!
🍰In this updated activity, students analyze a photo of a partially eaten cake to figure out how much was taken, what fraction is left, and how much the culprit might owe based on the cake’s ...
Cookie Calculations
In this activity, students will step into the kitchen to explore the math behind baking!
🍪They’ll estimate costs, calculate how many cookies can be made with a given am...
Leslie's Yummy Pumpkin Pie
Every year more and more people come to our house on Thanksgiving morning for my (Leslie's)famous pumpkin pie and a hike in the nearby woods. This year 23 people have already accepted. How man...
Huge Alaskan Vegetables
The annual Alaskan State Fair has just been completed. As usual, there were some amazingly big vegetables that won the agriculture prizes.
Evidently, even though the growing season in Alaska is s...
Father's Day and Juneteenth; 3 Activities
Algebra
Number Sense
Math and Social Studies
Math and Food
Holidays and Annual Events
Current events
Ratio and Proportion
Data and probability
For Father's Day (Links to different activities)
Thank you Mother and Father for all of those diapers (2015) - Students compare the cost of buying disposable vers...
How many hot chocolate scoops do I need?
Even though it is now Spring, here in New England we are still chilled and hope that some hot chocolate will warm us up.
Clicking on the above image will take you to Brian's movie of makin...