Valentine's Day Activities (Compilation)

 Have a heart (Canstruction)

Students use reasoning and approximation to analyze the number of cans of food contained in this one giant heart.  Consider starting out the activity by showing students the picture of the heart and doing a see - think - wonder questioning.  What do you see? What do you think? What does it make you wonder? Volume, analysis, collaboration, estimation ... MP1, MP2, MP3
 

 How did I graph this heart? 

Use mathematical equations to draw this Valentine's heart 8.EE, 8.F, HSA, HSG

 Holiday Candy Sales

Which holidays are associated with candy?  For which of those holidays is the most candy sold?  What percent of annual candy sales does each holiday contribute? 6.RP.3 , 7.RP.3  7.EE.3

 Sweetheart candies 

How many dollars worth of sweetheart candies used to be sold each Valentine's season? Students practice problem-solving, critical thinking, and number-sense reasoning? 6.RP, 7.RP, N-Q

 Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake

Students build a heart cake and use ratio information to find the quantities of cake and icing. Students calculate the base area or volume of cakes made from 2 cake pan sizes and observe how the volume of the cake changes with the increased pan size. This is an activity intended to demonstrate that the volume increase is not linear. 7.G.B, 7.RP.A, 7.EE.B, 8.G.C.9, HSG.GMD, HSG.MG, HSN.Q, HSA
 

 A Parametric Heart

Students use unit triangles and manually calculate the sine and cosine of π/2, π, 3π/2, and 2π as they graph this heart using parametric equations.  We also have them create it using technology. HSG.SRT, HSF.

  Which Sweet Heart candies are the best deal? 

Students decide which quantity of Sweet Heart candies is the best deal. Ratio tables, unit ratios, devising convincing arguments. 6.RP.2, 6.RP.3, 7.RP.2

 The greatest amount of chocolates

Students compare three chocolates that look almost the same size to see which one actually gives the most chocolate.3.MD.5, 3.MD.6, 6.G.1, 7.G.4, 7.G.6

 Valentine Cardioid 

Four ways to construct cardiods for Valentine's Day ... polar graphing, a point on a circle revolving around another circle, calculator graphing ... HSN.CN.B 

A gorgeous glittery heart 

Students use different methods to figure out the area of this heart and how many sequins are required to fill it and make a spectacular card.  3.MD.C, 4.NBT.B, 5.NBT.B, 6.G.A, 7.G.A

                                                             💌Happy Valentine's Day💘