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Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones

Algebra Number Sense Science Probability and Statistics
  Graphic from http://lagoon-inside.com[ This week Hurricane Fiona caused major damage to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean, This is the season for increased cyc...

Shrinkflation

Algebra Number Sense Food Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Shrinkflation! What do you think this word means?   Inflation in the cost of living (2021) was estimated to be about a 7% rise. If "shrinkflation" is happening at the...

What's interesting about this number?

Algebra Number Sense Probability and Statistics
  Why did we put it on YummyMath today? What do you notice about this number? What do you wonder? Do you think that this happens often in a year?

Spicy hot chocolate for the Dia de los Muertos

Algebra Number Sense Food Holidays Current events Ratio and Proportion
  The Day of the Dead is always on the first and second of November.  Life and death are part of the natural cycle of life and the Dia de los Muertos honors that cycle.   Peppe...

Steepness and fall hiking

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Science Sports
Fall is a beautiful time of year for hiking. Many students will be walking in the woods and mountains to enjoy the colorful leaves and the cool weather outside.  Let them combine what they ...

Let's learn to gerrymander

Geometry Social Studies Current events Ratio and Proportion
In this activity student first try to redistrict our pretend state in order to preserve the overall state's balance in its new districting plan.  Then, students redistrict our pretend state in a ...

The new R-naught number

Algebra Number Sense Science Current events Probability and Statistics
There's a number used to quantify how fast a virus will spread, the R-naught number.  As the coronavirus spread though out the world, we saw how the threat of infection was measured and und...

Ranked Choice Voting in NYC

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
New York City is still tallying its election results for a new Mayor.  This year they tried Ranked Choice Voting.  What does that mean? How does that work?  What are the ramificat...

Payday loans - What are they?

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
When you need a loan, and you're desperate for help, is a Payday loan a good idea?  What is a PayDay loan?  How is it different from a bank loan or a credit card loan? Students learn ...

How should I spend my rewards?

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Food Current events Ratio and Proportion
There's a new way to earn rewards at many grocery stores.  For every dollar that you spend, you accumulate points.  Then there are special rewards where you earn an extra 500 points for ...
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