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What are the odds that Justify can win the Triple Crown?
Number Sense Sports Holidays and Annual Events Current events Data and probability
Justify has won the Triple Crown.  He's the 13th horse to ever win all three races ... Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes.  Amazing!   Justify w...
data analysis sports probability compound probability 7.SP.8 7.SP.7 7th 8th HS S-CP.2. horse racing

More eruptions on Hawai'i's Kilauea
Algebra Geometry Math and Science Current events Ratio and Proportion
The Volcano Kilauea is continuing to spew molten lava and ash on the island of Hawai'i. This volcano is on the tip of the southern most Hawaiian Island. Is that significant? In this activit...
6th 7th 8th 5th 4th geography 4.MD.A 6.EE.C 8.G.A 8.F.A geology tectonic motion rate calculations translation HSG.CO.A ratio unit rates

Boeing 787 draws an airplane over the United States
Number Sense Geometry Ratio and Proportion
Recently, pilots of a Boeing 787 testing a new set of Rolls Royce engines, fulfilled their FAA required long-distance endurance requirement in an unusual way. The Boeing pilots decided to have ...
ratios MP1 6th 7th 8th HS HSG HSN-Q 8.G.B MP5 7.G.A 7.EE.B Scale drawings

How fast can you run?
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Have you heard of The Six Million Dollar Man?  He was the character in a science fiction show about an astronaut that was rebuilt, bionically, after his space ship crashed.  He could run a...
6th 7th 8th 5th 5.MD.A HSA 6.RP.A conversions dimensional analysis unit factors time rate distance

Jackie Robinson
Algebra Math and Social Studies Sports Data and probability
April 15th, 1947 was a date to remember.  Jackie Robinson became the first African-American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball since the game was segregated in the 1890s. Robinson...
baseball MLB average rate trend 6.EE.9 6.SP.3 7.EE.3 7.EE.4 8.F.4 HSF-LE.A.2 MP1 MP2 HSF-LE.A.3 history 6th 7th 8th HS MP4 data analysis

What me? Irrational?
Number Sense
We've found that some students believe that the approximation that their calculators show for irrational numbers is exact.  Here's an activity that you can advertise as long multiplication ...
5.NBT.7 5.NBT 7.NS.3 6.NS.3 8.NS.1 8.EE 8.G 6th 7th 8th 5th irrational numbers square roots multiplication

Want to earn $150,000? - Mersenne prime search
Algebra Number Sense
What's a Mersenne prime?  How hard could it be to find the next one? Why are there only 50 known Mersenne primes?     What's with $150,000?
6.EE MP1 MP7 MP8 prime numbers 8.EE 5.OA 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4.OA MP5 exponent create equations

Curling
Geometry Math and Science Sports
Friction, score-keeping, trajectory and weirdness are the main concepts in this activity.  Curling is not a well-understood sport but the science and strategy are easily understoo...
MP3 6th 7th 8th HS 5th modeling scoring friction trajectory spin curling rotation sports

Big Air snowboarding
Number Sense Geometry Math and Science Sports Holidays and Annual Events
Starting February 18th a new Olympic sport will be televised ... Big Air Snowboarding.  Some of your students may be officianados of snowboarding. Using this activity could be an opportunity to l...
MP7 6th 7th 8th HS rotation HSG.CO MP4 8.G.A reflection Deciphering graphics HS.G sports snow

Super Bowl ads and scientific notation
Algebra Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events
The Super Bowl is over now and all of the ads have been seen. Let your students revisit and reflect on the interesting commercials with this scientific notation activity...
Data and Probability scientific notation exponent 6.EE.2 8.EE.3 8.EE.4 7th 8th HS 5.NBT.1 5.NBT.2 8.EE.1 HSA.SSE.A.1 operations with exponents powers of ten SuperBowl
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