When you need a loan, and you're desperate for help, is a Payday loan a good idea? What is a PayDay loan? How is it different from a bank loan or a credit card loan?
Students learn ...
In the board game, Monopoly, does a property’s distance from GO correlate to its rent when you land on it?
Using Brian’s spread sheet (list of properties, distance from GO, rent and rent with...
The AQI is a measurement of how much particulate matter, dangerous ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide there is in the world's atmosphere at any one time and place.
This W...
How many Peeps are sold at Easter time each year?
Students estimate the number of Peeps sold each Easter season. They consider reasonability by making guesses they think might b...
Last year, Dunkin Donuts offered a great deal for getting two breakfast sandwiches at a pretty low cost.
Check out their poster for the sandwich costs and pictures.
Can you figure ou...
John Urschel is a young man with several seemingly disparate characteristics and talents. He is an athlete and a mathematician and he is a black man and a mathematician. He loves what he...
The date of the Presidential Inauguration this year can be written in an interesting way.
What do you notice? What do you wonder? Do you think that this happens often in a yea...
Right now, just after sunset, in the southwest sky, you can check out the planets of Jupiter and Saturn as they get closer and closer to each other. They are millions of miles apart but they app...
The holidays are coming! We found these timely soda displays made up entirely of 12-pack of Coca-Cola products. What questions do you have?
Start out the activity by giving kids 30 ...
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...