Activities about MP2
The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, right after Halloween. Hot chocolate is a traditional, comforting drink for the...
Every Halloween, Chipotle runs a promotion called Boorito. In 2025, Chipotle Rewards members who showed up in costume on October 31 could get a burrito, bowl, or other...
Friday, June 5th, is National Donut Day . We have 2 activities to support this silly holiday. How much have doughnuts changed? Students become familiar with the word...
Joe Macken is a truck driver from upstate New York. Back in 2004, when he was 41, he went into his basement with some balsa wood and started...
"How many Peeps do you think are sold for Easter in the U.S.?" In this updated activity, students start by making their own guesses for the number of...
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual event in which mushers and teams of 12-16 dogs race across Alaska from Anchorage to Nome, in the cold...
The 2026 Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday, February 17. In this updated activity, students will explore the unique naming system of the Lunar New Year, which combines...
As the new year approaches (where did the time go!!?), our annual activity has students explore not-so-common number categories to investigate whether 2026 fits into any of these....
In this activity, students will estimate the volume of the Seokbinggo, a centuries-old stone structure, and compare it to the size of their home fridge. Through the activity,...
In this updated activity, students will explore patterns and formulate mathematical relationships through the Canstruction ® exhibit ‘Downside Up.’ Begin with the starter slides for initial estimation attempts...
Are your favorite snacks secretly shrinking? Students compare the size and price of three popular snacks in 2022 versus 2026, calculating each item's unit price and percent change...
Leverage your students' Halloween enthusiasm with this activity, where they’ll calculate the volume of various trick-or-treat bags—ranging from rectangular prisms to spheres, cylinders, and cones to discover which...