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Huge diamond found in Canada
Number Sense Geometry Math and Science Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
552-carat diamond found in Diavik Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada Can you tell just how big this gem is?  Do you know how big a carat is? What would this look like on a ring on you...
6.RP.2 6.RP.3 7.RP.3 unit price 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSG.MGA diamond mining size comparisons percent loss

New Horizons spacecraft just flew by a really distant asteroid
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Current events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band, Queen, is also an astrophysicist and one of the science team collaborators of the New Horizons space program. The video below is the song that he wrot...
7.EE MP2 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 5.MD.A 6.RP.A proportional reasoning measurement conversion astronomy distance

Moneymaking holiday movies
Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events Data and probability
Which movie do you think is the highest grossing holiday movie of all time (click on the movie to see its trailer)? How the Grinch Stole Christmas,  Elf,  The Santa Clause &nbs...
range bar graph Christmas Data holiday graph 6.SP.4 6th 5th 4th 4.OA.3 4.NBT.3 6.SP.5d appropriate graphs percent increase

Weird wing prices
Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Data and probability
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 did they write the prices this w...
reasoning HSA-SSE HSA-CED 7th 8th 9th 6.RP.A HSS 8.SP.A looking for patterns 5.OA.B finding patterns MP4 pattern

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2019
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays and Annual Events
 As we get ready for next week's holiday, students can study a map of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, describe, measure and hypothesize why this route was chosen and then calculate...
measurement Volume 7.G.1 rates Thanksgiving New York parade whole numbers scale drawing 7.NS.3 6.NS.3 HSG-MG.1 4.MD.2 5.MD.1 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4th 4.NBT.4 4.MD.1 5.NBT.6 5.MD.5b metric conversion sphere volume holiday time time rate distance

Fine
Algebra Sports Ratio and Proportion
TJ Watt was fined for roughing the passer.  Check out the tweet from Darren Rovell and engage your students in a familiar context for a classic percent problem - solving for the "whole....
percent Ratio Table NFL 6.RP.3 MP1 6th 7th 8th HS 7.RP.A MP4 solving for the whole football fine football ratio

Consumer spending 2018
Number Sense Math and Social Studies Data and probability
Graph from Wolfram Alpha Consumers in the U.S. spend a lot of money. In this activity we look at historical data to see if there are any patterns in our spending.  How does our holida...
patterns Data line graph holiday spending 6.SP.5 8.F.5 6th 7th 8th HS HSS.IC.6 HSS.ID.3 seasonal spending presents shopping Holidays prediction

Extra point or 2-point conversion - Updated
Algebra Number Sense Sports Data and probability
In 2015 the NFL changed the extra point kick distance to 33 yards and now teams have a tough decision to make, go for one or two points?  The one point extra point is no longer a given with...
NFL football probability 7.SP.6. 7.SP.7 HSS-MD.B.5 HSS-MD.B.6 HSS-MD.B.7 7th 8th HS expected value conflict data analysis

Fantasy Football
Algebra Number Sense Sports Holidays and Annual Events
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 challenge...
6.EE.1 6.EE.2 7.NS.1 7.NS.2 7.EE.3 7.EE.4 HSA-CED.A.2 MP8 6th 7th 8th HS HSA.SSE.A.1 recognizing patterns using formulas HSA.CED.A.4 HSA.REI.B.3 football

Sol LeWitt's pyramid - How might you count those blocks?
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Math and Art
  Sol LeWitt, Four Sided Pyramid, 1999, Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden, Washington DC Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) was a an American artist involved in Conceptual art and Minimalism. &n...
counting 6th 7th 8th HS 5th Sol LeWitt 5.OA.B 7.EE.B HSF.BF HSM MP5
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