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Data on the National Mall sites (2 Activities)

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Data and probability

Activity #1 - Look at the individuals who are memorialized on the National Mall and using fractions or percents decide what you can notice about those we honor. The activity is called "MLK...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to give away 99% of their shares of Facebook

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion

That sounds like an awful lot of their Facebook shares. They want to help create a better world for their daughter, Max. I wonder if they will have enough left over to live on? The...

How Much is a Tweet Worth?

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Sports Ratio and Proportion Data and probability

These days it seems everyone is on social media. Are you? Famous athletes and entertainers are on social media and they can make a lot of money. In this activity students study how ...

Ebola updated

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Social Studies Data and probability

Ebola has continued to gain strength and devastate regions of West Africa. WHO (World Health Organization) updates their data frequently and the progress and lack of control of...

Cost of light bulbs - updated!

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Data and probability

There's a lot of misinformation out there about the cost to consumers of CFL and LED bulbs and the savings in energy and money that could be realized. Let your students "do the math" and realiz...

Really old

Number Sense Math and Social Studies

Tom Lehrer is a singer, songwriter, satirist, pianist and mathematician who has written some wonderful songs. In 1959 he wrote a song called "New math". At that time, much of mathemati...

Methane math

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Social Studies Math and Food

Updated! Carbon dioxide and methane are our two most prevalent human-contributed greenhouse gases. This holstein cow is one of many huge contributors to our methane production. &nb...

Lifespan of a meme, the Harlem Shake

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Data and probability

Five friends who skateboard and video tape made up a strange dance one afternoon and filmed it on February 2nd (look it up on youtube!). Now the whole world knows them and their da...

Happy 14th B'ak'tun!

Number Sense Math and Science Math and Social Studies

Luckily, we’ve passed 12/21/2012 and the world is still here and we’ve made it into the start of the next Mayan calendar cycle ... the next B’ak’tun. The ancient Mayans had an interesting...

The Fiscal Cliff - sounds scary