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Wind chill
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Ratio and Proportion
  The weather forecasters tell us what the wind chill temperature will feel like. How do they figure out that number? In this activity students use the National Weather System chart ...
Data and Probability patterns reading charts 6.EE.1 6.EE.2 7.EE.3 7.EE.4 8.EE.7 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSF.LE.A.1 HSF.LE.A.4 5.OA.3 HSA.REI.B.3 wind chill interpolation weather MP4

How much caffeine are you consuming?
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Food Ratio and Proportion Wow factor
   Did you know that there is an amount of caffeine that is too much for the growing brain of a teenager?  We did some research and have asked students to examine the sources of caffei...
6.RP 7.EE 8.EE HSA-REI 6th 7th 8th HS

The James Webb space telescope and the Hubble
Algebra
wp:paragraph There have been outstanding images coming to NASA from the James Webb Telescope. Take some time to compare the Webb to the Hubble telescope that has been sending images to Earth s...
6.RP 6.G 7.RP 7.G 8.EE 8.G 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSF.TF light spectrum relative distances

Should I buy a gasoline, hybrid, or electric car
Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Data and probability
Should you buy a hybrid or an electric car to save money and the planet? Students create equations for finding the break-even points of these vehicles by mileage and years of ownership.  The...
6.RP 7.RP 6.SP 7.SP 8.SP 6th 7th 8th HS HSA HSN 8.EE.C systems climate change HSS.B finding equations graphing equations to find solution

The odds of horse race betting
Algebra Number Sense Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Rich Strike surprised everyone at the Kentucky Derby horse race in early May by moving from 18th place at the half-way mark (out of 20 horses) to winning the race. Churchill Downs, the track in...
7.EE 6.SP 8.EE HSA-REI 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSS.MD 6.RPA 7.RPA horse race odds 7.SPC

When will they collide?
Algebra Number Sense Funny
Show the video to your class. Give students time to complain and talk about seeing this commercial.  Then take guesses from students about the actual time it would take to collide. &...
8.EE.7 8th HS HSA.REI.B.3 HSA.CED.A.1 equations time rate distance

April Fool's Day fun
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays and Annual Events Funny
This day is known for pranks and puzzles.   Try one of these 4 activities on April Fools Day. Ask students to analyze where I made my mistake.  PerplexingProblem.pdf CC...
slope reasoning 8.EE 8.SP 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4th 5.G 4.OA slant 9th April Fool's Day

What is my best gasoline option?
Algebra Number Sense Current events Ratio and Proportion
Jason Kibbe, 6-8 Gifted Support Teacher in Chambersburg, PA, sent us this timely investigation.   Should I pay the membership fee and get BJ's gasoline?  Should I just buy the ch...
6.EE 7.EE HSA-REI 6th 7th 8th HS HSA/CED creating equations evaluating equations solving equations 8.EE

Crazy Twos (Two to the…s)
Algebra Number Sense
Let your students practice manipulating exponents. Multiplication, division, roots, powers of powers.  This powerful activity asks them to do some impressive mathematics in their hea...
exponent laws mental math 8.EE 7th 8th HS HSA HSF powers of 2 operations with exponents like magic

The LUGE
Algebra Number Sense Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion
This is one of the fastest Olympic sports. Lugers, on tiny sleds, zoom down a solid ice track at fantastic speeds, hold their bodies in an aerodynamically optimized position while fighting extre...
rate 6.RP 6.EE 7.EE 8.EE 6th 7th 8th HS Olympics HSF luge
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