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We have several great timely activities to use in this last week of school before vacation; Money making holiday movies Let your students analyze actual holiday movie data. They will round, estimate, compare, calculate percent increase, consider the most appropriate … Continue reading →
18. December 2012 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
Categories: Algebra, Data and Probability, Geometry, Holidays and Annual Events, Math and Food, Math and Science, Movies and Entertainment, Number Sense |
Tags: bar graph, Christmas, Data, graph, percent |
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Happy Holidays! This Soda Santa is made up entirely of 12-pack cans of Coca-Cola products. What questions do you have? The activity: Soda_Santa.pdf For members we have an editable Word doc and solutions. Soda_Santa.doc Soda_Santa_solution.pdf CCSS: 4.NBT.5 , 5.NBT.5 , 7.SP.5 , 7.SP.7a As … Continue reading →
15. December 2012 by oldmanmarks
Categories: Algebra, Data and Probability, Holidays and Annual Events, Number Sense |
Tags: Christmas, estimation, problem solving, whole numbers |
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Watch the video of my Xmas tree with your math class. We didn’t get enough lights for the tree. How many feet of lights do you think we need in total so that the tree is properly decorated? How do … Continue reading →
13. December 2012 by oldmanmarks
Categories: Geometry, Holidays and Annual Events |
Tags: Christmas, circle, cone, estimation, holiday, proportion, scale, slope |
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Watch the video of my Xmas tree with your math class. We didn’t get enough lights for the tree. How many feet of lights do you think we need in total so that the tree is properly decorated? How do … Continue reading →
04. January 2012 by oldmanmarks
Categories: Geometry, Holidays and Annual Events |
Tags: Christmas, circle, cone, estimation, holiday, proportion, scale, slope |
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Let your students analyze actual holiday movie data. They will round, estimate, compare, calculate percent increase, consider the most appropriate graphical representation and graph the data … along with sharing what they have seen and enjoyed. xmas_movies-2011.pdf Solutions, hints, and … Continue reading →
14. December 2011 by Leslie
Categories: Data and Probability, Holidays and Annual Events, Movies and Entertainment, Number Sense |
Tags: bar graph, Christmas, Data, graph, percent |
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Do we cripple students by feeding them the necessary measurements and expecting them to just plug the data into a formula? Engage your class in real life problem solving and development of mathematical ideas. In this activity, Brian asks students … Continue reading →
11. December 2011 by Oldmanmarks and Leslie
Categories: Geometry, Holidays and Annual Events, Number Sense |
Tags: area, Christmas, estimation |
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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 →
21. April 2011 by Leslie
Categories: Data and Probability, Holidays and Annual Events, Math and Food, Number Sense |
Tags: Business, Christmas, circle graph, Easter, estimation, Halloween, percent, pie chart, Valentine's Day |
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Kids analyze actual holiday movie data. They round, estimate, compare, use percents, consider the most appropriate graphical representation and graph data. xmas_movies.pdf
08. December 2010 by Leslie
Categories: Holidays and Annual Events, Movies and Entertainment, Number Sense |
Tags: Business, Christmas, graph, holiday |
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