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Value of a lifetime of Whoppers?

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Math and Food Current events Ratio and Proportion
Locked in a smelly bathroom for one hour and then promised a lifetime of Whopper meals🍔, an Oregon man sued BK when the manager's promise was withdrawn.  How much money should he ask for in hi...

New Horizons spacecraft just flew by a really distant asteroid

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Current events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band, Queen, is also an astrophysicist and one of the science team collaborators of the New Horizons space program. The video below is the song that he wrot...

Weird wing prices

Algebra Number Sense Math and Food Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Data and probability
Clicking on this image will show it larger in a new window. Danny's Wok in Philadelphia has a huge price list for ordering their famous chicken wings. Why did they write the prices this w...

Now that LeBron James is becoming an L. A. Laker, will this company go broke?

Number Sense Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion
Fanatics is an online sportswear retailer that has promised to accept jersey returns if your chosen player makes a team switch. In this activity student try to calculate how much this "Jersey Ass...

Encouraging bats might be better than using bug repellant

Math and Science Ratio and Proportion
Bats eat mosquitoes ... lots of mosquitoes. Students compare a bat's weight to how much he can consume in one night.  They calculate how much they would need to eat to consume a comparable prop...

How fast can you run?

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Have you heard of The Six Million Dollar Man?  He was the character in a science fiction show about an astronaut that was rebuilt, bionically, after his space ship crashed.  He could run a...

The Olympic Torch trip in South Korea

Math and Social Studies Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
On October 24, 2017, the Olympic flame was captured on Mount Olympus, Greece. That flame lit one of this year's Olympic Torches and the Torch relay was begun on its way to the opening Winter Olympic...

Hands of Support

Math and Art Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Data and probability
Lorenzo Quinn, an Italian sculptor, created and temporarily installed this piece of art entitled "Support" in Venice.  Quinn used his own children's hands to design this piece.  His in...

Immigration numbers

Algebra Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Here's an opportunity to work with calculating percents and the percent changes in the U.S. immigrant population. Students can reflect on what those changes demonstrate. Start your class with this ...

Uh oh! Am I going to run out of data?

Algebra Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Let your students consider the graphic first individually and then in groups of your choosing before handing out the activity sheet. This might be an excellent beginning-of-the-year, get-to-kn...
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