Tag Archives for patterns
Memorial Day 2013
Your students will learn about the meaning and history of Memorial Day as they look for patterns in the date and analyze casualty totals. Brian’s investigation will also help your students become aware of the intent of the Memorial Day … Continue reading
Cicada swarmaggedon
Most of the life cycle of the Magicicada Septendecim is spent underground. Then at 17 year intervals, these cicadas emerge from the ground, climb deciduous trees, molt into adults, mate, lay eggs, and die. Why does the 17 year interval … Continue reading
Opening weekend
Hunger Games and the Avengers are recent popular movies that have made a ton of money during their opening weekend at the box office . Can you tell from its opening weekend how the movie will do in the long … Continue reading
Passover Macaroons
Passover begins this year on Monday evening, March 25th, 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
Year of the Snake
Chinese New Year begins on Sunday, February 10th. This will be the year of the Water Snake. The year name is a combination of 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches creating a sequence of year names that repeat every … Continue reading
Whole lot of cookies
Jennifer Fairbanks from Hopkinton, MA sent us this picture of the cookies that she baked in 4 hours using 13 eggs and 5 cups of sugar. Do you see some math here? Lot_of_Cookies.pdf For members we have an editable Word … Continue reading
Consumer spending 2012
We spend a lot money as consumers in the U.S. In this activity we look at historical data to see if their are any patterns in our spending. How does or holiday spending show up in these graphs? What accounts … Continue reading
Hanukah is too early this year
Saturday evening, December 8th, is the first night of Hanukkah this year. Students look at the Hebrew calendar and appreciate the incredible mathematics involved in creating a calendar that aligns both the moon’s rotation about the Earth and the Earth’s … Continue reading
Labor Day 2012
In this short activity, students learn the meaning and history of Labor Day as they look for patterns emerging from the Labor Day dates over more than 35 years. Students then use those observed patterns to predict future dates of … Continue reading
Peak of Hurricane season
The official Atlantic hurricane season started on June 1 and doesn’t end until November 30th. Encourage your students to join the conversation, knowledgeably, by using Brian’s latest creation. Students read about hurricane classfications and calculate the possible increases in destruction from various … Continue reading
U.S. Open 2012
The U.S. Open is underway now in New York City. It is possibly the biggest tennis tournament in the world. We’ve focused on the prize money in the tournament and along the way students will work with patterns, use number … Continue reading
Memorial Day 2012
Your students will learn about the meaning and history of Memorial Day as they look for patterns in the date and analyze casualty totals. Brian’s investigation will also help your students become aware of the intent of the Memorial Day … Continue reading
On Pace
Albert Pujols, an eleven year veteran ball player with the St. Louis Cardinals, just signed a ten-year, $240 million dollar contract with the Los Angeles Angles. Albert has been one of the best offensive players in baseball during his career. … 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
