Category Archives for Number Sense
Triple Crown
I’ll Have Another May 19th will be the running of the Preakness thoroughbred horse race. The Preakness is the second race of the Triple Crown. Hopefully we’ll see the horse, I’ll Have Another, win the Preakness and get a chance to … Continue reading
Longest overtime NHL games in history
Did you know that Stanley Cup Playoff matches can last a really long time? There are not a lot of goals scored in a hockey match and a playoff game can not be finished as a tie. This has resulted … Continue reading
Diapers – thank your parents
Time to celebrate Mother’s Day? Father’s Day? Time to help students realize all that mom and dad went through in buying and changing diapers. Students will compare the cost of buying disposable versus cloth diapers. They estimate how much they … Continue reading
Mother’s Day 2012
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and this means big business for the greeting card and floral industries. Let your students practice averages, percents, and large numbers while they analyze the statistics on Mother’s Day spending. You could even … Continue reading
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
Monster cake
Jodie Berman, a future math teacher, loves mathematics and loves to cook. We’ve created an activity based on her Monster Cake from her blog Binomial Baker. Students find the surface area covered by M&Ms to approximate how many M&Ms … Continue reading
Pythagorean Theorem
Use this activity to help your students discover the Pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean theorem work is often skill and drill work with contrived right triangle problems. In this activity students work with a visual representation of the Pythagorean theorem in order … Continue reading
Storm cleanup
This activity could be used as an introduction to trig ratios. Students figure out the approximate length of the huge branch that I have to fell for safety and firewood. After approximating the branch’s length, they calculate how many logs … Continue reading
Video game download
ACT ONE: Describe situation and show video and pic below. I decided to download a couple demo video games from the Wii online store. Both of the games are free demo versions that I download directly to my Wii console. … Continue reading
Patriots’ Day 2012
April 19th is the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord that began the Revolutionary War 237 years ago in 1775. Both Paul Revere and the British regulars started moving towards Concord between 10pm and 11pm on the 18th. … Continue reading
Holiday candy sales 2012
Another Candy holiday is upon us. Brian asks students to translate a pie chart of information on candy sale expenditures to actual dollars spent for 4 major candy holidays … Halloween, Easter, Christmas and Hanuka, and Valentine’s Day. Serve a … Continue reading
Passover Macaroons 2012
Passover begins this year on Friday evening, April 6th, with a Passover seder dinner. Passover is one of the three high holidays in the Jewish religion and celebrates the Exodus of Jews from slavery in Egypt. Let your students review … Continue reading
Big Bucks
Peyton Manning and Albert Pujols signed big contracts during the winter of 2011-2012, paying each of them millions. Lets take a look at some of the world’s biggest sports contracts from the NBA, the NFL, MLB and European Football (what … Continue reading
Budget 2012
Show our debt clock to your class and ask your students some questions. What do you see happening on this clock? When will the U. S. hit the next trillion dollars deficit milestone? How fast is the deficit increasing every … Continue reading
DVR Dilemma
I absolutely love my DVR. I can record my shows and movies and watch them whenever I want. I know that when I record HD programs my DVR fills up fast. To account for that I often record shows in … Continue reading
