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2 Hiking Activities

Algebra Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion
How much food do you need to carry to hike the Appalacian Trail? The AT is a hiking trail that begins in Georgia and ends on Mount Katadin, Maine. Fall is a beautiful time to be outdoors or on ...

Can you show that the Pythagorean Theorem works?

Algebra Number Sense Geometry
Use this activity to help your students work through the meaning of the Pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean theorem experiences are often skill and drill work with contrived right triangle problem...

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...

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 ...

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...

How much water should you be drinking?

Algebra Math and Science Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
As we are outdoors more and temperatures are rising, it might be a good time to look at hydration. A healthy requirement for fluids can't really be the same for everyone.  Surely the amount ...

How fast will my new puppy mature?

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion
Dudley, born 11/10/2019 Dudley has just come to live with us. He is just a puppy and he is full of energy.  He's settling in well even though this is only day 3 of him living with us. T...

Really stuffed!

Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Wow, these cookies look really stuffed! How much more "stuffed" are they compared to Triple Double Oreos, Double Stuf Oreos or even Original Oreos. Does this look yummy to you or gr...

String design, ellipses, and orbital mechanics

Number Sense Geometry Math and Science Math and Art
Here's a different and somewhat artistic way to encourage understanding of a conic section.  Participants physically build an ellipse by choosing two foci and sketching the fi...
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