Activities about A-CED
We recently watched the approach of Hurricane Barry and worried about the fate of Louisiana. After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, what would another powerful hurricane do to...
Clicking on this image will show it larger in a new window. Danny's Wok in Philadelphia has a huge price list for ordering their famous chicken wings. Why...
In the midst of another NFL season, we introduce students to Fantasy Football. Students first calculate football points given touchdowns, yardage gains and interceptions. They are then challenged...
At the amusement park, our friend, Jason, was intrigued with this sign for drink deals. He and his family come often to the park and, during the summer...
It's time to get ready to plant my garden again. But here in Boston we have to start our seeds indoors to give them a head start before...
This can't be right! If my flight cost $200 and I stayed for 10 days it would be free. Right? You can kick off this activity by asking...
The deflated ball controversy makes an interesting segue into negative number line understanding. A particular digital psi football gauge reads 0 when the ball is at a proper...
The scoring rubric for each of the Olympic events is intended to eliminate the possibility of scoring bias from the judges. Let your students learn more about the...
Instead of asking students to just believe what you've said, why not ask them to verify your assertions? Students plot the points of the stream, perhaps map them...
Students ponder the relationship between place latitudes and average January temperatures while they try to discover a correlation. Is this a linear or near linear relationship? … averaging,...