Activities about S-ID

The Most Expensive 30 Seconds

This year, the 30-second Super Bowl ads will cost about 8 million dollars! Do you wonder how much one ad will cost next year? In 5 years? In...

Algebra Sports Grades 8–HS

How steep is this treadmill?

Every year, even older students still get mixed up about horizontal and vertical slopes. Students do understand “rise over run,” but when it comes to horizontal and vertical...

Algebra Funny Grades 7–HS

College Costs Keep Going Up

College costs keep rising, and it can be hard for students to grasp just how much four years of school might add up to. This updated activity gives...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 7–8

Nobel Prizes

The Nobel Prizes have just been awarded. This is the medal that is given to the winners. What do you know about the Nobel Prize? Who do you...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS

More Population Pyramids

The population pyramid above shows the distribution of the World by ages and sex for each continent. How can that information help you put your vision of the...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS

Hurricanes again

Updated In this updated hurricane activity, we've ask students to examine the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale and consider what other elements besides this ranking may contribute to the...

Algebra Math and Science Grades 6–HS

Can Joey and Miki do it again?

The MLE - M ajor L eague E ating is a World organization that oversees speed eating contests. Entrants to the various competitions must be members of the...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS

Population Pyramids - What can you surmise?

The distribution of a population's age and gender data can tell you a lot about a society's history, current situation, and future. What do you see happening here?

Math and Social Studies Data and probability Grades 6–HS

Typical Super Bowl scores

Updated for 2023! In this activity students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode), losing scores, winning scores, and range of scores....

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS

Median age of country populations

Interesting map! Why median? What are the implications? https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/countries-by-median-age.php Demography is the study of populations. Scientists try to look at the big pictures of our world, its populations,...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 6–HS

How big could this mid-term election be?

Will the November 8 th 2022 election bring record number of voters to the polls? Students get a chance to understand what the usual percentage of voters is,...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 5–8

Do teams that spend a lot win a lot?

In this activity students compare team wins with team salaries in the four major North American sports ... the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL. Students use data from...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 6–HS