Summer Activities
Here are five summery real-world math activities: pools, beach days, hydration, and more. Good for a relaxed end-of-year lesson or a summer math session!Giant beach towel Miami artist Misae...
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All you can eat for 10 cents
The history of the Dairy Queen franchise began with this ad in Illinois in 1938: All the ice cream that you can eat for only 10 cents! We know that 10 cents was worth more in the past, but was it...
Joe's Tiny New York
Joe Macken is a truck driver from upstate New York. Back in 2004, when he was 41, he went into his basement with some balsa wood and started carving a tiny version of New York City, one building at a ...
Memorial Day 2026
Memorial Day is a US holiday observed on the last Monday in May. Who are we honoring? How did the holiday come about? Isn't Memorial Day usually on May 30th? Students learn a little about the his...
Mother’s Day by the numbers
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and that means big business for the greeting card, flower, and restaurant industries. In this activity, students calculate the average Mother's Day spendi...
Thank you, mother and father, for all of those diapers (Updated)
Which is a better deal, cloth or disposable diapers? How much did you cost your parents in diapers? In the future, how much could your kid's diapers cost? Help students realize all t...
Hybrid, Electric or Gasoline
Gas prices are up, EVs are everywhere, and hybrid technology keeps improving!So which car is better? Which car would you/your family choose? Students compare the latest prices (updated) of a hyb...
The Game of GO
In March 2016, Lee Se-dol, one of the world's best Go players, and Google's artificial intelligence program "AlphaGo" had their first match. (Watch the incredible Documentary) Exactly 10 years la...
Peeps
"How many Peeps do you think are sold for Easter in the U.S.?"In this updated activity, students start by making their own guesses for the number of Peeps sold each Easter. They then consider what inf...
The Last Great Race on Earth
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual event in which mushers and teams of 12-16 dogs race across Alaska from Anchorage to Nome, in the cold and dark of March. It is also known as “The Las...