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Tornadoes 2013
Moore, Oklahoma was just slammed by an EF-5 tornado. Involve your students in a better understanding of the damage caused by tornadoes by using this investigation. Students learn about the Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF scale), the usual locations and the … Continue reading
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
The Greatest March Madness Program
Based on this data, which do you think is the greatest March Madness program ever? Once students decide their “best program ever” challenge them use a different criteria than they originally used. That is, ask them to think of another … Continue reading
Foil Prank
Robert Kaplinsky kindly contributed this post. We think it would make a great April Fools day activity. Check out his site for more great lesson ideas. Watch this movie with your class: foil_prank The Challenge(s) How much does it cost to … Continue reading
Sweetheart Candy
Here is another Valentine’s Day (Thursday, February 14th) lesson. What more could kids want than Sweetheart candies, problem solving, critical thinking, and number sense reasoning. Enjoy! sweetheart-candy2012.pdf For members we have solutions and Word documents. sweetheart-candy2012.doc sweetheart-candy2012-solutions.doc sweetheart-candy2012-solutions.pdf CCSS: … Continue reading
Typical Super Bowl scores 2013
The Super Bowl is coming up! Are you planning to share a prediction for the score of the big game? Don’t leave it all to chance, use math to help you get a better idea of what to expect for … Continue reading
Monopoly 2012
In the board game, Monopoly, does a property’s distance from GO correlate to its rent when you land on it ? Using Brian’s spread sheet (list of properties, distance from GO, rent and rent with properties) students create scatter plots. … Continue reading
New world record pumpkin … and pie
Ron Wallace’s 2,009 pound pumpkin = 1st pumpkin over a ton in weight Let your students marvel at the new world record winning giant pumpkin as they use proportions to calculate the quantities of pumpkin puree and the number of … Continue reading
What time is it in Cambodia?
I need help! My daughter is traveling in Cambodia and we are supposed to Skype just before her dinner time in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. What time is that here in Boston? Let you students help me figure out time differences … Continue reading
Particle News
After almost 50 years of looking for the subatomic particle that could validate our standard model of physics, two teams working at the Large Hedron Collider (LHC) have both concluded the existance of the particle. Familiarize your students with the … 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
Tornadoes 2012
Involve your students in better understanding of the damage caused by tornadoes by using our investigation. Students will learn about the Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF scale), the usual locations and the time of year when tornadoes are most likely to … Continue reading
It sure is cold out … or is it?
Students ponder the relationship between place latitudes and average January temperatures while they try to discover a correlation. Is this a linear or near linear relationship? … averaging, missing data for averaging, line of best fit, Google Earth, world locations, … Continue reading
