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Dia de los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos

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...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–7
Scary Halloween Numbers
Scary Halloween Numbers

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...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–7
Population Clock
Population Clock

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...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–8
Autumnal Equinox
Autumnal Equinox

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...

Algebra Science Grades 6–8
Fast Growing Plant
Fast Growing Plant

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...

Algebra Number Sense Grade 8
Video Game Consoles
Video Game Consoles

The video game world is constantly changing and improving. With the fairly new products like the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, we wondered what are the...

Movies and Entertainment Probability and Statistics Grades 5–7
All you can eat for 10 cents
All you can eat for 10 cents

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...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–8
National Donut Day (2 activities)
National Donut Day (2 activities)

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...

Algebra Geometry Grades 5–HS
Joe's Tiny New York
Joe's Tiny New York

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...

Number Sense Math and Art Grades 4–6
Thank you for all of those diapers
Thank you for all of those diapers

Which is a better deal, cloth or disposable diapers? How much did you cost your parents in diapers? In the future, how much could your kid's diapers cost?...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–8
Hybrid, Electric or Gasoline
Hybrid, Electric or Gasoline

Gas prices are up, EVs are everywhere, and hybrid technology keeps improving! So which car is better? Which car would you/your family choose? Students compare the latest prices...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 7–8
Rapunzel
Rapunzel

A live-action remake of Disney's Tangled is now in the works! In this updated activity, students use ratios and proportional reasoning to estimate the weight of Rapunzel's magical...

Movies and Entertainment Ratio and Proportion Grades 5–7