Jackie Robinson
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...
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Cost of hosting Olympic games
Hosting the Olympics sure does cost a lot. Why is that? How much money is $5 billion dollars? What is a cost overrun? Why would a country want to spend that much money to host and Olympic Game...
Immigration numbers
Here's an opportunity to work with calculating percents and the percent changes in the U.S. immigrant population. Students can reflect on what those changes demonstrate.
Start your class with this ...
Saving Water Bottles
In my grocery store they now have these new water bottle refilling stations. You can simply refill your own container with water instead of buying a six-pack of bottled water....
$10,000 a week or $10 million all at once?
This activity is accessible to student elementary through high school with varying depth of study.
Would you rather have $10,000 a week or $10 million all at once?
What kinds of things do we nee...
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to give away 99% of their shares of Facebook
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?
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
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...
The Fiscal Cliff - sounds scary
We've used a graphic to help students understand what is meant by the Fiscal Cliff. Students will understand some of the terms and study the consequences of two upcoming scenarios.
The...