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The James Webb space telescope and the Hubble
Algebra
wp:paragraph There have been outstanding images coming to NASA from the James Webb Telescope. Take some time to compare the Webb to the Hubble telescope that has been sending images to Earth s...
6.RP 6.G 7.RP 7.G 8.EE 8.G 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSF.TF light spectrum relative distances

When will they collide?
Algebra Number Sense Funny
Show the video to your class. Give students time to complain and talk about seeing this commercial.  Then take guesses from students about the actual time it would take to collide. &...
8.EE.7 8th HS HSA.REI.B.3 HSA.CED.A.1 equations time rate distance

Shooting for Three
Algebra Geometry Sports Data and probability
The NBA court has a 3-point line that separates how many points a player will earn for his team by making a basket from outside of that line. Teams have been shooting more and more th...
7.G.1 7.SP.8 7.SP.5 HSS-MD.A.2 HSS-MD.B.5 HSS-MD.B.7 NBA 8.G 7th 8th HS distance basketball

Leslie's socially-distanced party

Algebra Geometry Math and Science
I risked infecting my friends or becoming infected myself by throwing a very small socially-distanced party.  I served baked appetizers, disinfectant wipes, and latex gloves.  I cooked whi...
trigonometry 5.MD 6.G 7.G 8.G 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSG HSF.TF separation social distance

Can this possibly be True?
Number Sense Math and Science
Could this possibly be true? What is reasonable? How do you check? Do you believe everything that you hear or read? Do you fact-check? While considering the veracity of this statement s...
7.NS.A integer operations 6.NS.A elevation negative subtraction Facts distance

New Horizons spacecraft just flew by a really distant asteroid
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Current events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band, Queen, is also an astrophysicist and one of the science team collaborators of the New Horizons space program. The video below is the song that he wrot...
7.EE MP2 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 5.MD.A 6.RP.A proportional reasoning measurement conversion astronomy distance

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2019
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays and Annual Events
 As we get ready for next week's holiday, students can study a map of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, describe, measure and hypothesize why this route was chosen and then calculate...
measurement Volume 7.G.1 rates Thanksgiving New York parade whole numbers scale drawing 7.NS.3 6.NS.3 HSG-MG.1 4.MD.2 5.MD.1 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4th 4.NBT.4 4.MD.1 5.NBT.6 5.MD.5b metric conversion sphere volume holiday time time rate distance

One harrowing adventure
Number Sense Current events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
  Can you imagine being stuck in the dark for such a long time?  How do all of the numbers play out? In this activity, students get a chance to talk about the experience of this ordea...
MP2 MP3 6th 7th 8th HS 5th geography 7.RP.A 5.G.A MP4 swimming and walking rates relative direction Thailand map and graphic reading elevation time rate distance

How fast can you run?
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Have you heard of The Six Million Dollar Man?  He was the character in a science fiction show about an astronaut that was rebuilt, bionically, after his space ship crashed.  He could run a...
6th 7th 8th 5th 5.MD.A HSA 6.RP.A conversions dimensional analysis unit factors time rate distance

Total solar eclipse - apparent sizes
Algebra Geometry Math and Science Current events Ratio and Proportion
  Where will the eclipse be seen?  What if you are not in the path of totality?  Total solar eclipse?  What is apparent size?  How can the moon seem to cover the sun complete...
6.RP.3 7.RP.2 7.G.1 trigonometry 7.G MP2 MP3 HS HSG HSG-SRT.C.8 HSF 7.RP.A HSG.SRT.D.11 total eclipse annular eclipse angular diameter apparent diameter HSG.SRT.C.6 geometry Solar geometry distance
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