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Back to School Costs
Number Sense Social Studies Probability and Statistics
 Back-to-school spending is huge, and students might not appreciate what it costs to send them back to, essentially, their job of learning.  In this activity, students decide what equipment and suppli...
Data and Probability estimation 6th 7th 8th HS HSA HSF MP5 7.EE.B research 6.SP.5 6.SP.3 4.OA.3 money

Patterns in the binomial expansion, Pascal
Algebra Number Sense Art
 Realizing that (X+Y)n can be expanded with the help of Pascal's Triangle offers some pretty and interesting math play.  We love to bring a little fun and beauty into our math classes and th...
Data and Probability probability MP7 7th 8th HS 8.EE.C Pascal's Triangle binomial expansion modular arithmetic HSA.APR.C.5

Triple Crown hopefuls at the Preakness
Sports Holidays Current events Probability and Statistics
 Credit: AP Photo/Garry Jones Saturday, May 20th 2023, will be the running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness is the second major race...
Data and Probability ratio 6th 7th 8th HS 7.SP.C 6.SP.B.5 8.SP.C. HSS.MD.A Preakness empirical probability horse racing Kentucky Derby

How hard it is to pick the perfect bracket? (Updated)
Algebra Number Sense Sports Probability and Statistics
Updated (2026)! Games have begun and there have been several upsets but March Madness won't be over until the finals on April 3rd and 4th. March Madness bracket predictions can still be reworked....
Data and Probability exponential growth scientific notation exponent probability 7.SP.8 HSF-LE.A.2 8.EE.3 8.EE.4 large numbers march madness 6.RP.3d 6th 7th 8th HS HSS-CP.B.9

March Madness - Does seeding really matter?
Number Sense Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
   March Madness, the big 68 team college basketball tournament, will now take over our TV viewing during the weekends of March. School and office friends are filling out brackets....
Data and Probability percent bar graph estimation sports 6.RP.3 7.RP.3 7.RP march madness 6th 7th

Powerball, Mega Millions, and probability
Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics Wow factor
Updated! See the new post by searching "Mega Millions" Adventurer members can access the older version by clicking the "Solutions & supporting material"
Data and Probability compound probability S-CP 7.SP 7th 8th HS powerball lottery Mega Millions

Big bucks 2023
Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Updated! When soccer great, Lionel Messi played for Barcelona, he had one of the highest paid contracts of any athlete in the world.  He had a $674 million dollar 4-year contract. Canelo Álv...
Data and Probability proportion ratio Unit rate slope sports average 6.RP.2 6.RP.3 7.RP.2 7.RP 8.EE.5 6.SP 6th 7th 8th sports contracts soccer football

Winter Solstice 2023
Number Sense Geometry Science Ratio and Proportion
It is really dark out now.  Why is that? Students appreciate how their latitude effects the darkness of their late afternoon location as they study the earth's tilt and the logic of daylight hour...
Data and Probability latitude HSG-MG.1 6th 7th 8th HS 7.G.3 HSG.GMD.4 HSG.C central angle winter solstice dark out winter

Wind chill
Algebra Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion
  The weather forecasters tell us what the wind chill temperature will feel like. How do they figure out that number? In this activity students use the National Weather System chart to ...
Data and Probability patterns reading charts 6.EE.1 6.EE.2 7.EE.3 7.EE.4 8.EE.7 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSF.LE.A.1 HSF.LE.A.4 5.OA.3 HSA.REI.B.3 wind chill interpolation weather MP4 winter

Inflation and the cost of gasoline
Algebra Number Sense Science Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
 In 1980, one gallon of gasoline costs $1.22.  Today's prices are a lot higher.  Is that because the price has gone up or because in 1980 you could buy a lot more than you can buy today...
Data and Probability graph 5.G.1 5.G.2 5.NBT.7 6.NS.3 MP3 MP.4 graphing 6th 7th 5th MP5 Current value pricing inflation rate Excel charts decimal multipication gas money Finance

Mallie's latest Big Burger
Algebra Number Sense Food Ratio and Proportion
It's time to treat your students to ratios, proportions, fractions and BIG BURGERS! In this activity students explore the ratio of the various ingredients in the world's largest burger (pic...
Data and Probability proportion ratio 6.RP.2 6.RP.3 5.NF.6 6.RP.1 5.NBT.7 6.NS.1 ratio tables 6th 7th 5th burger

How old are you?
Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Wow factor
We usually give our ages in years, but that isn't very precise is it?  In this activity students find their age in days, hours and minutes.  First students take two minutes to estimate the...
Data and Probability proportion ratio measurement time conversion 6.RP.3 MP1 MP7 4.MD.2 5.MD.1 6th 5th 4th 4.MD.1 HSN.Q.A.1
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