tags: Data and Probability

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Occupy Wall Street protest is growing

Number Sense Math and Social Studies
   The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has grown since it began on September 17th.  Students can look at charts that show percent mentions of the demonstrations and calculate the p...

QR codes

Algebra Number Sense
   Your students have probably seen these images around and might not know why they are becoming popular for smart phone scanning ... and possibly dangerous.  Students figure out the n...

Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011

Number Sense
   "Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."... Apple CEO Tim Cook in a memo to Apple employees. Student...

Bank of America Debit Card Fees

Number Sense Math and Social Studies
Millions of people and businesses use debit cards every day.  Banks didn't charge customers for their use. Banks actually gave rewards and incentives to customers for using them. So how di...

Everything Royal Wedding

Algebra Number Sense
  Friday, April 29, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. will be the much talked about wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton. Engage and inform your students in an investigation of percents...

Census is complete and Apportionment begins (2010)

Algebra Math and Social Studies
The 2010 U. S. Census is complete and state reapportionment is about to begin. The process of distributing the 435 Representatives appropriately to each state is a mathematically fascinating eve...

Welcome back to Cleveland Lebron

Algebra Sports
In 2010, Lebron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers to play basketball for the Miami Heat and to play with his friends, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. Lebron just made his return to the area he grew up ...

Rapunzel

Number Sense Ratio and Proportion
Disney's animated movie, Tangled, came out in 2010. We've shown students some of the Brothers Grimm's original fairy tale along with giving them a glimpse at the physics involved in the animation of R...

How many Representatives will your state get in 2011?

Algebra Math and Social Studies
The 2010 U. S. Census is almost complete. One of the most important reasons for the decennial census is to determine the number of Representatives that each state should be assigned for proper rep...

BP and the stock market updated

Algebra
Free Stock photos by Vecteezy The oil company, BP, has spent billions of dollars to stop and clean the oil spill, clean the coastline, and settle claims of industry loss and damage in...
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