In this fraction operation and representation activity, students are asked to decide how much of my cake was eaten. Using fraction multiplication (or angle measure if that is where you need an act...
A&W offered a bigger, tastier burger but it didn't succeed in grabbing customers away from the hugely popular McDonald's quarter pounder. The A&W third pounder...
Probably most of us have heard of and even used hexadecimal color codes. Don't you wonder why their number descriptions really make sense?
In this activity we first ask students to color in o...
After chlorination, it has been hard to measure the quantity of pollutants in pool water. A Canadian chemist, Xing-Fang Li, has found a marker for urine that chlorine doesn't disguise....
Act 1 - Give students time to view the game board above or give them our one-page activity. The above picture is larger when you click on it. Ask students for their gut reaction about which sl...
Should you buy a hybrid or an electric car to save money and the planet?
Students create equations for finding the break-even points of these vehicles by mileage and years of ownership. The...
It's time to treat your students to ratios, proportions, fractions and BIG BURGERS! In this activity students explore the ratio of the various ingredients in the world's largest burger (pic...
We usually give our ages in years, but that isn't very precise is it? In this activity students find their age in days, hours and minutes. First students take two minutes to estimate the...
The World Cup Finals is only played every 4 years but isn't it always in June?
The World Cup Finals 2022 will be played in Qatar from November 21st until December 18th, 2022. &nbs...