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What's wrong with this picture?
Number Sense Geometry Food
We've gotten used to believing what we read or see advertised.  But sometimes the clerk doesn't get the sales discount right or something seems a little off. Let students ponder this store me...
Fractions division estimation 5.NBT 7.G 5.NF 6th 7th multiplication 3.G 4.NF.B food circle area

Pick-a-brick wall at the Lego store
Number Sense Geometry 3-act tasks Probability and Statistics
There are walls at the Lego stores that are filled with individual Lego parts.  You can fill a bucket and pick out exactly what you need. Use this activity to get your students ...
area 5.NBT.5 6th 5th 3rd 4th 4.MD.3 4.NBT.5 3-act task array multipication Lego 3.OA.3 elementary

Big Papi
Algebra Food Sports 3-act tasks
  What do you wonder? How many donuts make up this Big Papi tribute? What would be useful to help you figure this out? The following pictures that will open in new ...
baseball MLB scale area 6.RP.3 6.G.1 estimate 6th 7th 5th 4th 4.MD.3 7.G.3 3-act task donut elementary

Rescue of the Chilean miners - The 33
Geometry Science
On August 5, 2010, the San Jose copper-gold mine near Copiapó, Chile collapsed stranding 33 miners in a large cavern more than 2,000 feet below ground. A new movie has just been released about the inc...
Volume cylinder 8.G.9 surface area 7th 8th HS HSG-MG.A.1 HSG.MG.A.2 geometry

Which TV is the Best Deal?
Number Sense Geometry
Check out the TVs.  All have essentially the same features, only the size of the screen varies.  Which TV do you think is the best deal? Explore area and unit pricing to determine which H...
Unit rate area TV 6.RP.3 5.NBT.7 6.G.1 5.NBT.5 6th 7th 5th 4th 4.MD.3 multiplication diagonal shopping similar figure

California wildfire
Number Sense Geometry Science
Wildfires are burning in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Yosemite National Park.  In this activity we ask students to examine various maps of this California region, calculate distances us...
Data and Probability measurement scale 7.G.1 ratios 7.RP.3 5.NF 6.G.1 6th 7th 8th 5th area

Twinkies
Number Sense Geometry Science Food Ratio and Proportion
Brian loves Twinkies and the news that Hostess is going out of business has upset him terribly.  He needs his Twinkies.  Twinkies last forever.  Right?  He's going ...
Data and Probability percents Unit rate area nutrition rates mark up 6.RP 7.RP 5.NF 6th 7th 5th 7.G.B food

Geometry of Flooding
Number Sense Geometry Science
In 2010, March was so rainy that flooding was the topic of every newscast and many, many conversations. To this day, the March 2010 floods were described as “once-in-a-generation” river leve...
measurement percent flood flooding geometry Volume 5.MD 6.RP 6.G 7.RP 7.G 6.EE surface area 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSG HSF weather
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