Act One: Take a look at the pic. What questions come to mind?
Just before Thanksgiving there are competitions all over the world to celebrate cool design, tricky engineering, a...
This puzzle is gorgeous and HUGE!
Ravensburger says that if you spent 2 hours every day putting this puzzle together it would take you a year to finish.
What do you wonder?
Students ...
We found big mixed bags of candy at really good prices ... we think.
Students are asked to decide which would be the best deal and the worst deal on candy. They can also create t...
Show your students this really cute segment comparing how the Electoral College functions in our elections to what students think is fair and just. From the New York Times, Electoral ...
Jodie Berman, a high school math teacher in Chicago, loves mathematics and loves to cook. We've created an activity based on her Monster Cake (composed ...
In this short activity, students reason and calculate what is left of these chocolate bars. The bars are the same size but are molded into different number of sections. Which one has...
How much food do you need to carry to hike the Appalacian Trail?
The AT is a hiking trail that begins in Georgia and ends on Mount Katadin, Maine. Fall is a beautiful time to be outdoors or on ...
Use this activity to help your students work through the meaning of the Pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean theorem experiences are often skill and drill work with contrived right triangle problem...
Because of climate change, we've been having too many extreme weather events. There have been unusual droughts and heat in the West, an increased number of hurricanes, severe flooding, and high ...
The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news lately. Does it seem like your mail takes longer to reach where you have sent it now? Do you wonder why there are delays and whether things w...