Storm cleanup
This activity could be used as an introduction to trig ratios. Students figure out the approximate length of the huge branch that I have to fell for safety and firewood. After approximating ...
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It sure is cold out ... or is it?
Students ponder the relationship between place latitudes and average January temperatures while they try to discover a correlation. Is this a linear or near linear relationship? … averaging, mis...
Linsanity
Jeremy Lin is the New York Knicks most startling player. His story is exciting in that he graduated from Harvard in 2010 and was not immediately drafted into the NBA. At first he was...
Fast Growing Plant
This activity/post is a little different than our usual posts. We look at a particular math concept and consider how to use context, models and CCSS math practices to increase stud...
The Euro and the international debt crisis
Lately the news is filled with talk of the Euro, US foreign debt, the fragility of European monetary systems, and the interdependence of all of these crisis.
In this activity students become fami...
Launch of the next ISS crew
If all goes well, the next crew of the International Space Station (the ISS) will launch on Sunday, Novemeber 13, 2011 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Keep your student ...
Happy Birthday Statue of Liberty
Friday is the Statue of Liberty's 125th birthday. Student's can practice scaling with ratios, multiplication factors, or similar figures as they engage in the news of the day, learn a litt...
Occupy Wall Street protest is growing
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has grown since it began on September 17th. Students can look at charts that show percent mentions of the demonstrations and calculate the p...
QR codes
Your students have probably seen these images around and might not know why they are becoming popular for smart phone scanning ... and possibly dangerous. Students figure out the n...
Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
"Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."... Apple CEO Tim Cook in a memo to Apple employees.
Student...