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The size of chocolates
Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events
In this activity students assume that all of our pieces of chocolate are about the same thickness and proceed to approximate their volumes by comparing only their surface areas.  Consider sh...
estimation food Volume mean radius estimation chocolate candy 3.MD.5 3.MD.6 6.G.1 7.G.4 7.G.6 6th 7th 5th 3rd 4th

How many gumballs are there?
Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Data and probability
Gumball Machine Problem from Brian Marks on Vimeo This problem is a little puzzle to get your students thinking, estimating, and calculating. We've given you a pdf file w...
estimation Volume 8.G.9 HSG-MG.1 6th 7th 8th HS HSG.GMD.3 HSG.MG.2

Willy Makeit or Betty Wont
Number Sense Geometry Ratio and Proportion Funny Wow factor
I have to go to the bathroom pretty badly. I have to admit that I have been holding it in for a while.  Finally!  I see a bathroom sign!  Wait ... it is in kilometers?  How...
estimation 6.RP.3 5.MD.1 6th 5th 4th 4.MD.1 metric conversion units

Just ONE hot dog
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Food Sports Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
A newly released nutritional and environmentally sustainable study shows that eating just one hot dog can take 36 minutes off your total healthy lifespan. How many would you have to eat to lo...
Unit rate estimation 4.MD 5.MD 6.RP 7.RP 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4th HSN reasonableness rate conversions

Holiday soda displays
Algebra Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events
The holidays are coming! We found these timely soda displays made up entirely of 12-pack of Coca-Cola products. What questions do you have?  Start out the activity by giving kids 30 ...
Data and Probability problem solving Christmas estimation area whole numbers 7.SP.5 7.SP.7 3.MD.5 3.MD.6 5.NBT.5 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 3rd 4th 4.NBT.5 Holidays Hanukah 3.MD.7

Monster cake
Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
Jodie Berman, a high school math teacher in Chicago, loves mathematics and loves to cook.  We've created an activity based on her Monster Cake (composed ...
Fractions measurement percent estimation Volume 6.RP 7.RP 5.NF 7.G.6 surface area 6.G.4 6th 7th 5th 4th circle area food

Ramen noodle heist
Number Sense Geometry Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
In 2018, a truck trailer was stolen from a parking lot in Georgia. The trailer was filled with Ramen noodle packages and its contents were valued at $98,000. What do you wonder about this heist?&...
estimation Volume 5.NBT 6.NS 4.MD MP2 6th 7th 5th 4th 7.G.B 4.OA 6.G.A MP5 5.MD.C

How long will it take you to trick-or-treat?
Number Sense Geometry Holidays and Annual Events
It's Halloween and this is your neighborhood. How long will it take you to trick or treat at every house in your neighborhood? Possible conversation with students: How long will it tak...
problem solving Halloween estimation MP.1 MP.3 MP.7 MP.2 4.MD.2 6th 7th 8th 5th 3rd 4th 4.NBT.4 8.G.8 4.MD.3 4.NBT.5 3.NBT.2 3.NBT

Opening Weekend - Avengers: Endgame
Algebra Current events Data and probability
Can you tell from its opening weekend how much the new movie, Avengers: Endgame, might earn in theaters?  This activity can be used anytime and is especially timely when there i...
Scatter Plot patterns data analysis estimation movies linear 8.SP.2 8.SP.3 HSS-ID.B.6 8.SP.1 8th HS S-ID bivariate data slope

How long would it take to build this underground house and pool?
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Math and Social Studies 3-act tasks
The building of this underground house and pool was presented by Cayote Person and his partner, Mark Lavins, on their youtube channel, "Brave Wilderness." At BraveWilderness.com the busin...
estimation Volume rate 6.RP 6.G 7.RP 7.G 7.EE MP8 8.G 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 5.G HSG MP5 3-act
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