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Alarming ice cracks on Brunt Ice Sheet in Antarctica

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Math and Science
  A new, fast-growing ice crack is forcing the Halley VI British research station in Antarctica (shown above) to be moved.  Fear of a huge break-off from the ice sheet is alarming no...

New baby giraffe

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Ratio and Proportion
  Willow at Baltimore, MD Zoo Willow weighed 125 pounds at birth and was 6 feet 1 inch tall.  She will grow to her adult height of around 14 feet tall in only four years! How big wou...

10 Million nematodes

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science
Nematodes Grubs are killing my grass.  I don't want to put poison into the ground.  What can I do? There are tiny roundworms called beneficial nematodes. They can kill destructive so...

Pottytalk

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science
  I'm trying to be more savy about wasting our resources.  I have really old fashioned toilets and I'm trying to figure out if I should invest in saving water.  Can you help me? For...

What's my angle?

Geometry Math and Science
I'm going to help save the planet by adding solar panels to my roof! Should I tilt the panels on my roof to more accurately aim towards the Sun? If so, at what angle should I use? S...

Figuring planting dates

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science
  It's time to get ready to plant my garden again. But here in Boston we have to start our seeds indoors to give them a head start before we can put plants outside. How should I fi...

Temperature change (Discussion Prompts)

Number Sense Math and Science
    Note: This is not intended as a comprehensive activity with solutions. Instead, it serves as a discussion prompt. Have fun! It's been a crazy winter of extremes through much o...

Rescue of the Chilean miners - The 33

Geometry Math and Science
On August 5, 2010, the San Jose copper-gold mine near Copiapó, Chile collapsed stranding 33 miners in a large cavern more than 2,000 feet below ground. A new movie has just been released about the inc...

What's with the plovers?

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Cute little birds.  Piping plovers are nesting on beaches along the Atlantic coast. Consequently beaches are often roped-off or closed to protect their nests and chicks. Is this conservatio...

California water measurements - chains, links, and furlongs

Algebra Geometry Math and Science Ratio and Proportion
[caption id="attachment_17570" align="aligncenter" width="263"] Gunter's chain[/caption] Help your students understand what they are reading or hearing about the California drought.  Terms like acr...
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