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Ask students to think back to when they were losing their baby teeth. Did the Tooth Fairy visit? Were you paid well, or were you disappointed? The average...

The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, right after Halloween. Hot chocolate is a traditional, comforting drink for the...

Each year, we seem to spend more on Halloween! Are we surprised? In this updated activity, students will look at the rising Halloween participation and record-breaking spending to...

Every Halloween, Chipotle runs a promotion called Boorito. In 2025, Chipotle Rewards members who showed up in costume on October 31 could get a burrito, bowl, or other...

Shortly after Halloween, individuals and businesses (especially dentists) collect donations of extra unopened candy to create care packages to send to soldiers and first responders. Some businesses will...

How in the world does this clock conclude that there is a net gain in the United States of one person every 29 seconds? Students use fraction operations...

The Autumnal Equinox will occur on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 8:06 pm EDT. It is the time of year when an imaginary plane would pass through both...

Back-to-school spending is huge, and students might not appreciate what it costs to send them back to, essentially, their job of learning. In this activity, students decide what...

Students look into a plant that doubles in height every month and work out a rule for its height at any point, then run that rule backwards to...

The history of the Dairy Queen franchise began with this ad in Illinois in 1938: All the ice cream that you can eat for only 10 cents! We...

Friday, June 5th, is National Donut Day . We have 2 activities to support this silly holiday. How much have doughnuts changed? Students become familiar with the word...

Joe Macken is a truck driver from upstate New York. Back in 2004, when he was 41, he went into his basement with some balsa wood and started...