Monthly Archives for June 2012
Summer solstice – the longest day
Sunrise on summer solstice at Stonehenge On June 20th, Wednesday evening, at 7:09 EST, the Earth’s North Pole will be tilted as far towards the Sun as it will ever be in the year. This marks the longest day of the … Continue reading
Souvenirs and Concessions
Brian has introduced systems of equations with easy, motivating problems that deal with the cost of stadium purchases for food or souvenirs. These systems of equations puzzles are so intuitive that very little support will be needed from the teacher. … Continue reading
Father’s Day is coming soon
Weve got some great Father’s Day material from our previous years. Father’s Day blueberry surprise - This is a short activity that asks students to change the amounts in a blueberry muffin recipe to multiples of and fractions of a … Continue reading
My Facebook IPO investment
What is an IPO? Are they always good investments? Students analyze charts and data, learn a little about investing, calculate percent loss (unfortunately), and make some Facebook stock projections. facebook-IPO.pdf For members we have an editable Word doc, solutions, and … Continue reading
Odds on winning the Triple Crown
I’ll Have Another How do you calculate compound probability? Skip the betting odds and deal only with the odds that one horse could win 3 amazing races. June 9th is the Belmont Stakes race … the last race in the … Continue reading
