Monthly Archives for February 2011
Unions and Collective bargaining
Protestors at the Wisconsin State House There is a confrontation going on in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker is trying to enact legislation that would limit bargaining rights for most public employees in that state … firefighters, teachers, police, child-care workers, … Continue reading
Anthony versus Williams
Within a day of each other two of the NBA’s biggest stars were traded to NYC area teams, Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks and Deron Williams to the Nets. In this investigation we compare the stats and careers of the … Continue reading
The All Star Game
The NBA All Star game was held over the weekend. Did you know that this was the third major professional sport all star game in the last month. The NFL Pro Bowl and the NHL All Star Game were also … Continue reading
Federal deficit and debt in the news
National Debt Clock, Avenue of the Americas, New York City Congress has begun debating what should be included and what should be removed from the 2012 budget that President Obama submitted last week. The words debt and deficit are constantly … Continue reading
Movie tickets prices over time
In this investigation, Brian looks at the changes in movie ticket prices over the last 30 years. Using his scatter plot (or his data) students analyze rates of change, make predictions about the future ticket costs, guesses about past costs … Continue reading
What’s a cardioid?
Attribution: WojciechSwiderski at the Polish language Wikipedia Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Just for fun, these are instructions for four different ways to draw cardioids for Valentine’s Day. cardioid.pdf
Sweetheart Candies
Here is your Valentine’s Day (Monday) lesson. What else could the kids want then Sweetheart candies, problem solving, critical thinking, and number sense reasoning. Enjoy! sweethearts-candy.pdf
Population pyramids of Egypt
Pyramids of Giza Egypt has been in the news lately as young people have demonstrated in Tahrir Square, demanded the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, and begun the reorganization of their country’s government. News agencies have show population pyramids to … Continue reading
How has the cost of a Super bowl ad changed?
Brian has created one more Super Bowl analysis to motivate your students. Students plot the cost of a 30-second Super Bowl ad over the past 41 Super Bowls. How has the cost of a Super Bowl ad changed over time? … Continue reading
Throwing up
Its snowing again and the height of the tunnel to my house is getting higher and higher. When I shovel an area, I have to throw the snow practically straight up from my path to get the snow well into … Continue reading
