The Ultimate Key Lime Pie
On a cold and snowy day in Boston about ten years ago, two chefs created a huge Key Lime pie to remind the frozen people of the Northeast how tasty and warm the Keys of Florida are. In this upda...
Number Sense
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Grade
Mathematical Gift Wrapping
ððIn this updated activity, students will use math to explore two methods of wrapping gifts, including the mathematical method demonstrated by S...
Candy Count: Which Bag Holds the Most Candy
ðLeverage your students' Halloween enthusiasm with this activity, where theyâll calculate the volume of various trick-or-treat bagsâranging from rectangular prisms to spheres, cylinders, and con...
How much pee is in your pool (Updated)
How much pee is in your pool? ðð
After chlorination, it has been hard to measure the quantity of pollutants in pool water.  A Canadian chemist, Xing-Fa...
What is a quantum dot?
Algebra
Number Sense
Geometry
Math and Science
Current events
Ratio and Proportion
Wow factor
Any time math
In this activity, students work through the nomenclature to understand the possibilities of nano science and quantum dots. Questions that are answered; How many nanometers are in a millime...
Heating with wood - What's a cord?
Do you know what a cord of wood looks like? What size stack is that? What's a thrown stack? What's the dog's name that is standing in front of the wood? How long can I heat my house with that much fue...
Lego Fireman +
At the Toys R Us store, we saw an amazing LEGO creation. Â He was a life-sized LEGO fireman with a walkie-talkie, an oxygen tank and even an oxygen...
Wheel of Theodorus
Bring a little art into your math class as you begin to use the Pythagorean theorem and your students first meet irrational numbers.
For Adventurer members we have an editable Word docx and s...
Daylight savings time
Updated and improved!
Is Daylight savings time helpful? How does it make you feel?
"Spring forward, fall back"
Early Sunday morning, March 12th at 2 am, we change our clo...
How many gumballs are there?
Gumball Machine Problem from Brian Marks on Vimeo
This problem is a little puzzle to get your students thinking, estimating, and calculating. We've given you a pdf file w...