Should I oven bake it, deep fry it or barbecue and smoke it? When do I have to wake up to begin preparations? How long will the cooking take? How much will it cost? How ma...
Egad! There must be a million ways to craft one of these burger! How many ways do you think that there are?
Act I - Study the menu image on the right and consider what sort o...
Eliud Kipchoge breaks 2 hour marathon barrier.
On October 12th 2019, Eliud Kipchoge ran a marathon in Vienna in under 2 hours. He has now broken a barrier of what humans are c...
This is a great idea! Motivate kids to get rid of all of that candy for a good cause. Operation Gratitude and dentists are encouraging healthy eating, motivated giving, and offering a goo...
It's Halloween and this is your neighborhood. How long will it take you to trick or treat at every house in your neighborhood?
Possible conversation with students:
How long will it take yo...
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How do you judge whose prediction is closest?
In this Hallow...
Whoops! Maybe I need a larger sheet.
I'm going to make a costume pattern to sell. People can buy my plan and make awesome, long, full, scary, ghost costumes. This scheme...
We found this chalkboard menu at a coffee shop recently. The shop had prices for the 12-oz (small), 16-oz (medium) and 20-ounce (large) cappuccinos. And they will also make you 40-...
The world record for the largest cup of coffee was recently set (see picture above). In this activity students explore scale, similar figures, volume and measurement as they estimate the...
Brian's son buys chocolate milk every few days to go with his lunch. His school creates an invoice that they send to parents every month that show the status of his milk account. Brian p...