Peeps
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...
Number Sense
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Dunkin's Go2s
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, retired Baltimore Raven and Black mathematician
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...
At least the days are getting longer
Algebra
Number Sense
Math and Science
Holidays and Annual Events
Current events
Ratio and Proportion
Data and probability
What's your guess? How fast are the number of daylight hours changing each day? Are the changes dramatic or subtle?
Students make guesses; compute how l...
How should I spend my rewards?
There's a new way to earn rewards at many grocery stores. For every dollar that you spend, you accumulate points. Then there are special rewards where you earn an extra 500 points for ...
Crazy basketball score
Wow! Look at that score!
There were some scoreboard malfunctions in this December 15, 2020, pre-season game.
What might have been the final score if this game progressed at this rate?
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Inauguration Date
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...
How much snow is that?
Start this activity with: What do you notice? What do you wonder?
How many inches of snow produced that pile? How much snow in volume is on top of the car? H...
December 21, 2020 - Great conjunction
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...
Holiday soda displays
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 ...