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Monster cake

Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
Jodie Berman, a high school math teacher in Chicago, loves mathematics and loves to cook.  We've created an activity based on her Monster Cake (composed ...

How much chocolate is left?

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
In this short activity, students reason and calculate what is left of these chocolate bars.  The bars are the same size but are molded into different number of sections.  Which one has...

Extreme weather 2020

Number Sense Math and Science
Because of climate change, we've been having too many extreme weather events. There have been unusual droughts and heat in the West, an increased number of hurricanes, severe flooding, and high ...

USPS needs help!

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Current events Data and probability
The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news lately.  Does it seem like your mail takes longer to reach where you have sent it now?  Do you wonder why there are delays and whether things w...

Ramen noodle heist

Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
In 2018, a truck trailer was stolen from a parking lot in Georgia. The trailer was filled with Ramen noodle packages and its contents were valued at $98,000. What do you wonder about this heist?&...

Do you want to be an NBA virtual fan?

Number Sense Geometry Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion
For health concerns, professional sports now have no actual live fans. To help generate the excitement and semblance of fans, some teams use cardboard cutouts of people.  Some use Zoom screens ...

How big is this hornet really?

Number Sense Geometry Math and Science Current events
Egad !!!!   Giant Asian hornets have now migrated to Washington state and British Columbia.  Even though they are sometimes called "murder hornets" their stings aren't fatal.  The...

It might be a good year to see the Perseid meteor shower

Math and Science Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Catching a productive meteor shower can be a stunning experience.  On the evenings and mornings of August 11th, 12th and 13th there could be a very good show.  A last quarter moon ...

Largest s'more ever!

Number Sense Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion
Thursday, August 10, 2023 is National S'more Day. Thanks to Maggie Hefferman, Newton, MA educator, for the idea of this post. To help you celebrate this strange new hol...

What does the data show?

Algebra Data and probability
When you look at the new case numbers of the Coronavirus in the U.S. and compare that with various world and national events and our present scientific understandings, what do you wonder?  Wh...
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