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How much does America spend for Mother’s Day?

Number Sense Social Studies Holidays 3-act tasks Probability and Statistics
Updated in April 2026 with new data; see the answer key.How much do we spend on Mother's Day? Use the Mother's Day event to engage your students (as a class) in approximating, reasoning, and investiga...

Leslie's Yummy Pumpkin Pie

Algebra Number Sense Food Holidays Ratio and Proportion Any time math
Every year more and more people come to our house on Thanksgiving morning for my (Leslie's)famous pumpkin pie and a hike in the nearby woods.  This year 23 people have already accepted. How man...

Will this be an El Niño winter?

Number Sense Science Social Studies Holidays Current events
 The Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) started to show changes to the Pacific Ocean surface temperatures in April and May of this year.  Those temperatures are still rising which is a marker for the ...

Huge Alaskan Vegetables

Algebra Number Sense Science Food Current events Wow factor Any time math
The annual Alaskan State Fair has just been completed. As usual, there were some amazingly big vegetables that won the agriculture prizes. Evidently, even though the growing season in Alaska is s...

Will the Barbie movie out-perform Avatar at the box office?

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics
The Barbie Movie is still doing well in the theaters.  It has only been 6 1/2 weeks since its debut.  Do you think that it can out-earn Avatar?  Students study the numbers, recognize ...

Monarch's are flying south again

Algebra Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
In mid-August and early September, the Monarch butterflies begin their annual migration south to more moderate climates to hibernate and overwinter. It is an incredibly long migration and fa...

What do you know about the Hawaiian islands?

Algebra Number Sense Science Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics Any time math
We’ve been watching news about the extreme wild fires, draught and winds that have devastated parts of the Hawaiian Islands. Let your students explore Hawaii and better understand its d...

Will sending you back to school this year cost a fortune?

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Holidays Current events
This activity is scheduled to be updated in August 2026. Stay tuned! With high inflation rates, supply shortages, and rethinking what is essential spending, back to school spending might be diffe...

Women's World Cup - How many matches are left?

Number Sense Geometry Sports Current events
The first round of Group play has finished and now the remaining teams start the second round of play. The teams have already played a lot of matches. How many? And, how many matches are left? ...

It's opening weekend for Barbie

Number Sense Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics Funny
This movie is supposed to be nostalgic, clever, funny, and wildly entertaining. We've written an activity that lets students express their excitement (or lack of) in seeing this new movie, st...
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