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Happy National D🍩nut Day!

Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events
 We have 2 activities to support this silly, but awesome holiday -- National Donut Day (June 5th) :  How much have donuts changed?   Students become fam...
estimation Volume reasoning 3-act task donuts

Giant beach towel
Geometry Math and Art Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Data and probability Wow factor
Beaches are starting to open again. Bring summertime smiles and hopes to your class with this activity.  Towel project by Misael Soto. Act One: Check out this beach towel!  Wh...
estimation area 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 7.G.B 6.G.A MP5 7.EE.B 3-act task summer beach

How many feet of lights should I buy for my tree?
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays and Annual Events 3-act tasks
Check out our Christmas Tree! We need to buy lights for the tree.  Without calculating, guess how many feet of lights we will need. What information would help you t...
estimation circumference MP1 MP2 MP3 6th 7th 8th HS HSG-MG.A.1 conic surface area 3-act task MP4

Do I have enough wrapping paper?
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays and Annual Events 3-act tasks
In this problem based activity students first guess and then try to calculate whether they will have enough paper to wrap this present without taping pieces of wrapping paper together. Con...
estimation 6.G.1 7.G.6 surface area 6.G.4 nets 6th 7th 8th HS 7.G.B 6.G.A MP5 HSG.MG.A.3 7.EE.B 3-act task 6.EE.A measuring wrapping paper need

Penny Wars anew
Geometry 3-act tasks
Act One: Check out all of the pennies! What questions come to mind? If you want the most money, which container should you pick? What information do you need to answer this...
measurement Volume cylinder 8.G.9 8th HS HSG.GMD.3 3-act task money

Fish tale, go figure!
Algebra Geometry 3-act tasks
I have two fish in my aquarium.  Betty is my white goldfish. She often stays really close to the front wall as she swims towards her food. Stripe, my clownfish, usually swims diagonally a...
Pythagorean Theorem 3-d shapes 8.G.7 8th HS HSG-SRT.C.8 3-act task 3-d Pythagorean Theorem 8.G.A.4 trigonometry

Drill bit fractions
Number Sense Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks
Act One:  Drill bits are measured by the diameter of the bit in inches. The drill bits below are ordered left to right in increasing size. The numerators in the fractions have been black...
4.NF.2. 7.RP 5.NF 6th 7th 5th 3rd 4th equivalent fractions 3.NF.3 4.NF.1 3-act task

Stacking Jack
3-act tasks Data and probability
Act One: Check out the video slide show.  What questions do you have? Suggested Question: How many different ways can I stack Jack?  That is, how many different color arrangements...
permutation combination arrangement 7.SP.8 7th 8th HS HSS-CP.B.9 3-act task

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...
proportion ratio MP1 6th 7th 8th HS 6.RP.A 7.RP.A 3-act task MP4 operations with fractions estimation

BIG Snickers bar
Algebra Geometry Math and Food 3-act tasks Wow factor
  Act 1 - Big question = How many times bigger than a regular Snickers bar is this? What info would you like to know? How are you going to judge how much bigger this ...
Volume 7.G.1 7.G.6 6th 7th 5th 4th 6.G.A 6.RP.A 7.RP.A 4.MD.A unit ratio 5.MD.C 3-act task Unit rate
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