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Valentine's Cardioid

Geometry Holidays and Annual Events Math and Art
WojciechSwiderski at the Polish language Wikipedia Happy Valentine's Day!     This PDF contains four ways students can draw cardioids for Valentine's Day. There is no solu...

Fast Growing Plant

Algebra Number Sense
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...

When is Tebow Time?

Algebra Sports Data and probability
Tim Tebow is the talk of the sporting world.  This Saturday he goes up against Tom Brady and the Patriots in the Playoffs.  I keep hearing about "Tebow Time" and I wonder at what point in ...

The Euro and the international debt crisis

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Lately the news is filled with talk of the Euro, US foreign debt, the fragility of European monetary systems, and the interdependence of all of these crisis. In this activity students become fami...

Launch of the next ISS crew

Number Sense Math and Science Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
If all goes well, the next crew of the International Space Station (the ISS) will launch on Sunday, Novemeber 13, 2011 from the  Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Keep your student ...

Parabolic Pee

Algebra Math and Science
Mr. Mark's new little baby can make some amazingly tall streams.   Give your class a little chuckle as you introduce them to parabolic motion with this very short analysis of Mr. Mark's baby's...

Happy Birthday Statue of Liberty

Number Sense Math and Social Studies
Friday is the Statue of Liberty's 125th birthday.  Student's can practice scaling with ratios, multiplication factors, or similar figures as they engage in the news of the day, learn a litt...

Occupy Wall Street protest is growing

Number Sense Math and Social Studies
   The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement has grown since it began on September 17th.  Students can look at charts that show percent mentions of the demonstrations and calculate the p...

QR codes

Algebra Number Sense
   Your students have probably seen these images around and might not know why they are becoming popular for smart phone scanning ... and possibly dangerous.  Students figure out the n...

Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011

Number Sense
   "Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."... Apple CEO Tim Cook in a memo to Apple employees. Student...
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