Bird’s eye of activities

Here are some of our favorite activities that can be used in your class anytime.  We are constantly updating and adding activities to this page, so check back often.

Pythagorean Theorem Investigation 8.G.6	Video games download How long does it take to download a game ... proportion, ratio 5.NF, 6.RP, 7.RP, 7.EE, 8.EE.5, S-IC	The Euro & debt crisis rate, currency conversion 6.RP, 7.RP
Negative exponents, ugh exponents, growth, powers 5.NBT, 6.EE, 8.EE, F-LE	DVR dilemma HD and SD recording rates CCSS: 6.RP, 6.EE, 7.RP, 7.EE, 8.EE.5, A-CED	On pace If Albert Pujols keeps up his pace, which records will he break ... linear pattern
Tornadoes 2012 data analysis, graphs	Watson save Real life Pythagorean investigation 8.G.7	American Idol - season eleven Mean, median comparisons of season premire and finale data 6.SP, 8.SP
Monopoly, are you game? correlations, line of best fit 5.G., 6.SP, 6.SP, 7.SP, 8.F, 8.SP, S-ID	Wrapping gifts surface area, scale 4.MD, 5.MD, 6.G, 7.G, G-MG	Do the best movies make the most money? scatter plot, outlier, cluster 7.SP, 8.SP, S-ID , S-IC
Big burger ratio & proportion 5.NF, 6.RP	Patriots Day Data analysis, rates 6.RP, 7.RP	Light bulbs are almost burnt out cost per hour 5.BT, 7.NS
HDTV surprise scale, ratio 6.RP, 7.RP	Steep fall hikes - Pythagorean theorem, slope 7.EE, 8.F, 8.G	Storm cleanupStudents use trig ratios to calculate the length of this branch + unit rates 7.RP, 8-RP, G-SRT, G-MG
Chocolates area 3.MD, 6.G, 7.G	Fantasy football formulas, equations, expressions 6.EE, 7.NS, 7.EE, A-CED	Opening weekend - Hunger Games Through data analysis and scatter plots, students try to predict the future. 6.SP, 7.SP, 8.EE, 8.SP, S-ID
Starbucks percent, proportion, data 6.RP, 6.SP, 7.RP, 7EE, 7.SP	NFL franchise values concept of Mean 6.SP, 7.SP	Cheesy goldfish ratio, proportion, equivalency, directly proportional 5.G, 6.RP, 6.SP, 6.NS, 7.RP, 8.EE, 8.F
Craps, skunk, and probability with dice 7.SP, S-MD	Chocolate Milk and mixture problems Mixture Algebra Problem 8.EE, A-CED	Harry Potter measures of center, patterns, exponential 6.SP, 6.NS 7.SP, 7.EE, 8.SP, F-LE
Giant pumpkins and pie ratios, fractions, central tendencies 6.NS, 6.RP, 6.SP, 7.RP, 7.SP	Team salaries vs team wins scatter plot comparing salary & wins 5.G, 6.SP, 8.SP, S-ID	Hot summer cold winter signed numbers, absolute value 6.NS, 7.NS, 7SP
Launch of the next ISS crew unit calculations - price per kg to launch, life support per man 4.MD, 5.MD, 6.RP	Crop circles create math art, compass 7.G	U.S. Open tennis tournament patterns, linear modeling, exponential growth & decay 8.F, 8.SP, F-LE, S-ID
Consumer spending interpret graphs 6.SP, 8.F, S.IC, S.ID	Glowing rectangles ratios, similar figures 6.RP, 7.RP, 7.G	Not enough mashed potatoes recipe, ratio table, fractions & decimals 5.NF, 6.RP, 7.RP
Rapunzel rates, ratios, %, metric conversion 5.MD, 6.RP, 7.RP	Facebook in the buzz again non-linear growth, data 6.RP, 7.RP, 8.F, F-LE, F-IF	Population pyramids of Egypt interpreting charts, percentage 6.RP, 7.SP, S-ID
Sweetheart candies unit measure 6.RP, 7.RP, N-Q	Happy birthday Statue of Liberty scale, similar figures 6.RP, 7.G	Diapers for mother's or father's day linear equations, systems of equations 6.EE, 7.EE, 8.F, 8.F 8.EE, F-IF, F-LE
Why does it stay in orbit? parabolic motion, measurement 7.G, 8.F, A-CED, A-REI, G-MG		Year of the dragon patterns, LCM 6.NS, 7.SP, S-CP
Losing team in the playoffs comparing ratios 4.NF, 6.RP, 7.RP	Souveniers and concessions systems of equations 8.EE, A-CED, A-REI	Parabolic pee parabolas, quadratic 8.F, A-CED, A-REI, G-MG
Ticket prices over time scatter plot, interpret graph, linear model 8.F, 8.SP, F-LE, S-ID	Video console games sales fractions, percents, graphs, scientific notation 3.NF, 4.NF, 6.RP, 8.EE	Presidential pay step graphs, functions & consumer price index 6.SP, 7.RP, 7.EE, 8.F, A-REI, F-IF
Who is going to school? school enrollment & education level & income 5.NBT, 6.RP, 7.RP, 7.NS	Typical Super Bowl scores measures of center 6.SP, 6.SP, 7.SP, S-ID	Oprah estimation, fractions, percents, patterns 5.NF, 5.OA, 6.RP, 6.NS, 7EE, 7.RP, 8.F
7 Billion people large numbers, exponential growth, percent, density 4.NBT, 6.RP, 7.RP, 7.NS, F-LE	Blueberry muffin recipe fraction multiplication and division 4.NF, 5.NF, 6.NS, 7.NS	Longest overtimes in NHL history proportional reasoning, time measurement 3.MD, 4.MD, 5.MD, 6.RP, 6.EE, 6.SP, 7.RP
Benoit Mandelbrot fractals, fractal generation on calculator	Perihelion Miles to Kilometers, AU, rate 6.RP, 6.NS, 7.RP, 7.NS, N-Q, A-CED	Hurricanes Hurricanes, data analysis, graph analysis
Holiday candy sales circle graph, ratio, percent 6.RP , 7.RP, 7.EE	Punxsutawney’s predictions relative frequency 7.SP	Throwing up parabolic graphing 8.F, A-CED, A-REI, G-MG
Earthquakes Earthquakes and Richter Scale	Highest Grossing Movies exponential growth 7.NS, A-CED, F-LE	When is Hanukkah mathematics of moon and sun calendar alignment 5.NBT, 5.OA, 6.SP, 8.SP, S-IC
Quadratic formula on your calculator Instructions for programming your TI calculator	Budget talks interpreting graphs, understanding debt and deficit real time national debt clock	Linsanity percents, proportions, ratios 6.RP, 7.RP, 7.SP, 8.SP
Getting awfully dark out central angle, latitude of Earth 7.G, G-C, G-GMD, G-MG	Done with the leaves, now for the snow inverse variation, hyperbola 5.G, 6.EE, 8.F, A.CED, F-IF	QR codes permutations S-CP
Big bucks unit rate 6.RP, 6.SP, 7.RP, 7.SP, 8.EE	Gumballs galore volume, estimation 8.G, G-MG, G-GMD	Shamrock shake Counting nutrition and percent daily totals CCSS: 6.SP, 6.RP, 7.SP
Steve Jobs timeline, measurement, scale 5.MD	Super bowl numerals Roman numerals 5.NBT, 6.NS, 7.NS	Pi day 3/14@1:59:26 Pi day activities 7.G.4, 7.G.6, 8.NS.1, G-C.2
Gathering the most candy volume 7.G, 8.G, G-GMD	Largest coffee cup ever proportion, ratios 7.G 8.G, G.MG, G.GMD