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Holiday Candy Sales
Holiday Candy Sales

In this activity, students will analyze U.S. holiday candy sales percentage data (updated) to calculate the approximate amount spent on candy for each holiday. Students are encouraged to...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 5–7
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (2025)
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (2025)

🎈Get excited for Thanksgiving with this updated Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade activity! Students explore this year's parade map to find the number of parade blocks, use the map’s...

Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events Grades 4–7
Black Friday
Black Friday

Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year! In this activity, students get a sneak peek at early Black Friday deals to calculate savings (decimals &...

Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion Grades 5–7
Giant Pumpkins
Giant Pumpkins

🎃October is the time of year when giant pumpkin contests take place all over the world, and the pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger! In this activity,...

Number Sense Food Grades 6–7
The greatest amount of chocolate
The greatest amount of chocolate

In this updated activity, students compare three chocolates that look almost the same size to see which one actually gives the most chocolate. Depending on their grade level,...

Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Grades 3–7
Labor Day
Labor Day

In our usual Labor Day activity (updated for 2026), students will learn about the intended meaning of Labor Day and explore the patterns behind its historical dates. They...

Social Studies Holidays Grades 6–8
S'mores
S'mores

August 10 is National S’mores Day! Engage your students with a fun real-world math activity involving s’mores! In this activity (updated), students explore how many s'mores can be...

Number Sense Math and Food
Vampire Bats
Vampire Bats

🦇In this updated activity, students explore how vampire bats drink half their body weight in blood in just 20 minutes. Using proportional reasoning and unit conversions (volume, distance,...

Number Sense Math and Science Grades 5–7
A lot of Cars
A lot of Cars

🚙 In this updated activity , students will explore the environmental impact of transportation choices. They will use division to calculate how different transportation choices reduce the number...

Number Sense Social Studies Grade 3
A Parametric Heart
A Parametric Heart

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ In this updated activity, students will explore parametric equations to graph a heart shape using sine and cosine functions. Begin...

Geometry Holidays and Annual Events High School
Holiday Movies
Holiday Movies

In this updated activity, students will explore box office data for top-grossing Christmas movies to analyze and compare earnings. They'll practice skills like rounding, estimating, calculating differences, and...

Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events Grades 4–7
Mathematical Gift Wrapping
Mathematical Gift Wrapping

🎁🎁In this updated activity, students will use math to explore two methods of wrapping gifts, including the mathematical method demonstrated by Sara Santos. They'll calculate the dimensions of...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 7–8