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Cost of light bulbs (Updated)
Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
With incandescent and halogen bulbs banned since 2023, students compare CFL, LED, and Smart LED bulbs, calculate energy use in kilowatt-hours, and determine which bulb is the better deal over time.&nb...

Will the Barbie movie out-perform Avatar at the box office?
Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics
The Barbie Movie is still doing well in the theaters.  It has only been 6 1/2 weeks since its debut.  Do you think that it can out-earn Avatar?  Students study the numbers, recognize ...

It's opening weekend for Barbie
Number Sense Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics Funny
This movie is supposed to be nostalgic, clever, funny, and wildly entertaining. We've written an activity that lets students express their excitement (or lack of) in seeing this new movie, st...

Father's Day and Juneteenth; 3 Activities

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Food Holidays Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
 For Father's Day (Links to different activities)   Thank you, mother and father, for all of those diapers  - Students compare the cost of buying disposable versus cloth diape...

Time to make your prom clothes ... with Duck Tape
Number Sense Social Studies Art Wow factor
Larissa Leon, from Texas, in her gorgeous Duck Tape prom gown. If you are going to make your prom clothes then you should start soon ... and buy your Duck Tape. Crafty teens can make their ...

How many delegates does each state get to send to the Democratic Convention?
Number Sense Social Studies Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
  Texas gets to send a lot more delegates to the July National Democratic Convention than New Hampshire does.  How do they figure out what each state's fair number of delegates ...

It's Girl Scout cookie time again!
Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Food Ratio and Proportion
  Let your students talk about their favorite Girl Scout cookies as they figure out what the local GS chapter really earns from these sales.  Use this old graphic (where a box...

Who's going back to school?
Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Students look at the past and present populations of the U.S. and the past and present population of school attendees to calculate the percentage of the population that are enrolled in K-12 school...

Jackie Robinson
Algebra Social Studies Sports Probability and Statistics
April 15th, 1947 was a date to remember.  Jackie Robinson became the first African-American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball since the game was segregated in the 1890s. Robinson...

Greasing light poles
Algebra Geometry Social Studies Sports Current events
The Philadelphia police were being proactive about keeping their enthusiastic Eagles fans from being reckless as they celebrated their 2018 Super Bowl win.  So, the police departments...
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