What does this gizmo do?
We've given students a diagram of what the interior of this mechanism contains and asked them to try to decide what its purpose must be.
Then we've...
In Leslie's family it is traditional to eat latkes (Yiddish for little potato pancakes) at this time of year. They are fried in a lot of oil and salted generously. Her mom's latk...
Who knew that creams for your face could be so expensive! I'm going to have to rethink what to buy for my mom. Which of these high priced cremes is most expensive?
In this activity st...
This can't be right! If my flight cost $200 and I stayed for 10 days it would be free. Right? You can kick off this activity by asking students to think about where ...
Thank you Mother and Father for all of those diapers
Which is a better deal, cloth or disposable diapers? How much did you cost your parents in diapers? In the future how much could...
This activity/post is a little different than our usual posts. We look at a particular math concept and consider how to use context, models and CCSS math practices to increase stud...