Category Archives for Math and Art

Season 12, American Idol

Let your student study American Idol viewing figures over the last eleven seasons. Students compare historical season premier and season finale audience size in several different ways to determine which event has had higher viewership. They consider outliers and judge … Continue reading

07. April 2013 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
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Pi day and more pi activities

Thursday is pi day (3.14) and we have tons of math activities and tasks to engage your students. Check out our pi day post which includes several pi explorations. You might also consider some of these timeless yummymath tasks that let students … Continue reading

12. March 2013 by Leslie
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Valentine’s Data

Look down at the bottom of this post to link to our other Valentine’s Day activities. This is part of the graphic from http://visual.ly/valentines-day-facts What fraction of these roses are shaded red.  The red ones symbolize  flowers that come from  Columbia … Continue reading

10. February 2013 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
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Perfect 10

The high score of a gymnastic routine used to be 10 but the rules have changed.  Watch the video below to see Nadia Comanici perform the first ever perfect Olympic routine in the 1976 Olympics. But the scoring has changed dramatically. … Continue reading

20. July 2012 by Leslie
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Legos

Act One: The world record for the tallest structure made of Legos was recently set in Seoul, South Korea.  Check out the pictures and video below: How much do you estimate that it costs for only the materials, to build this tower? … Continue reading

28. May 2012 by oldmanmarks
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Season 11 American Idol

Let your student study American Idol viewing figures over the last ten seasons. Students compare historical season premier and season finale audience size in several different ways to determine which event has had higher viewership. They consider outliers and judge … Continue reading

02. May 2012 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
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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

12. February 2012 by Leslie
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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.

09. February 2012 by Leslie
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Crop circles

In the travel section of our newspaper this week, Wiltshire, England was a recommended destination to see Stonehendge and crop circles …………..  crop circles? Many of the crop circles in England appear mysteriously overnight.  They are often huge but appear … Continue reading

21. December 2011 by Leslie
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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

13. February 2011 by Leslie
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Benoît Mandelbrot

        In October, 2010, Benoît Mandelbrot died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To honor his life and work in fractals and natural recurrence, we’ve created an investigation that teaches students a little about Mandelbrot’s life, a little about the … Continue reading

22. October 2010 by Leslie
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