Daylight savings time
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Is Daylight savings time helpful? How does it make you feel?
"Spring forward, fall back"
Early Sunday morning, March 12th at 2 am, we change our clo...
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Two 12s or one 18?
A little more pizza fun before Pi day!
Which should we order and why? Two 12-inch pizzas or one 18-inch pizza? Which will give you more pizza? More crust? Which is the better deal? ...
Iditarod 2023 – The Last Great Race on Earth
The Iditarod Dogsled Race will begin this year on Saturday, March 4th in Anchorage, Alaska. It is often called The Last Great Race on Earth because it is so long and grueling. Students ...
Population Pyramids - What can you surmise?
The distribution of a population's age and gender data can tell you a lot about a society's history, current situation, and future. What do you see happening here...
Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake
For Valentine's Day, bake a cake!
Students calculate base area or volume of cakes made from 2 cake pan sizes and observe how the volume of the cake changes with the increased pan size. &nbs...
Typical Super Bowl scores
Updated for 2023!
In this activity students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode), losing scores, winning scores, and range of scores. They ...
Ground Hog day
On GroundHog Day (February 2nd), Punxsutawney Phil will again, with great ceremony, come out of his burrow and look for his shadow. Let your students check out the relative frequency of hi...
Powerball, Mega Millions, and probability
Updated!
Powerball and Mega Million jackpots are growing all the time. Having a chance of winning 1.6 BILLION dollars might be a good context that engages your students.
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Throwing Up 2023
This year, Buffalo, New York, has had more than 100 inches of snow this winter. We imagine that the height of the tunnel to people's homes is getting pretty high. It's hard to shovel new snow when y...
Median age of country populations
Interesting map! Why median? What are the implications?
https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/countries-by-median-age.php
Demography is the study of populations. Scientist...