Monthly Archives for February 2012
Linsanity
Jeremy Lin is the New York Knicks most startling player. His story is exciting in that he graduated from Harvard in 2010 and was not immediately drafted into the NBA. At first he was playing in the NBA Development League … Continue reading
All Star Game 2012
The NBA All Star game is being held on February 26th. 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 … Continue reading
Leap Day
Let your students do a little math to check the accuracy and system of leap year calendar adjustments in honor of February 29th. Leap-day.pdf For members we have Word docs and solutions. Leap-day.doc Leap-day-solutions.pdf CCSS: 6.NS, 7.NS, … Continue reading
New search view
We’ve added a new way to find great activities for your classes. The link to this page, Bird’s Eye of Activities, is located on the left sidebar right below Home and About Us.
Oscars 2012
Students develop their own ideas about compounded percent change while they have the opportunity to speak about the upcoming Academy Awards show. Worldwide box office income is compared for the top ten grossing movies of all time. Inflation rates are … Continue reading
Throwing up again
Anchorage, Alaska has received more than 100 inches of snow this winter. The height of the tunnel to people’s homes is getting higher and higher. When they shovel an area, they have to throw the snow practically straight up from … Continue reading
Presidents Day
Monday, February 20th, is Presidents Day. We honor presidents, veterans, purple heart recipients and sell cars. Is there more to Presidents Day? Students can learn a little of the history of the day while they check out how much various … Continue reading
Four Valentine activities
For Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, we have four different activities that you can use in your classroom. Sweetheart Candies - Explore unit measure with sweet little hearts. Valentine Cardioid - Do some art in your math class. Chocolates - Discover the surface area of … Continue reading
Chocolates
Valentine’s Day is here again and that means candies and chocolate. In this activity students approximate the volume (through finding surface area) of three different pieces of chocolate. The chocolates are shaped like a heart, a bat (for Halloween) and … Continue reading
Valentine’s Cardioid
WojciechSwiderski at the Polish language Wikipedia Happy Valentine’s Day! cardioid.pdf This PDF contains four ways students can draw cardioids for Valentine’s Day.
Sweetheart Candies
Here is your Valentine’s Day (Tuesday, February 14th) lesson. What more could kids want then Sweetheart candies, problem solving, critical thinking, and number sense reasoning. Enjoy! sweetheart-candy2012.pdf For members we have solutions and Word documents. sweetheart-candy2012.doc sweetheart-candy2012-solutions.doc sweetheart-candy2012-solutions.pdf CCSS: … Continue reading
Negative Exponents? Ugh
This activity/post is a little different than are usual posts. We look at a particular math concept and consider how to use context, models and CCSS math practices to increase student understanding. This activity focuses on negative exponents. Even if you … Continue reading
Four Super Bowl activities, eight NFL activities in total for your students!
Use the hype to motivate your students on Friday, Monday or Tuesday with one of our four activities on the Super Bowl. There is plenty of math for everybody… Super Bowl Numerals – Roman numeral fun. This is your chance … Continue reading
Facebook in the buzz again
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Facebook filed forms to become a publicly traded commodity. It could be one of the most valuable IT stocks in the world. As a private company, Facebook could only have 500 shareholders. When Facebook goes public, … Continue reading
Cost of Super bowl ads
Let your students practice using scientific notation as they calculate the incredible cost of Super Bowl commercials. After working with these costs, students share their memories of the ads, express their opinions about them and decide who the marketing was … Continue reading
