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Is college affordable?
Widener Library, Harvard University It’s that time of year again. Students are applying and hopefully getting accepted to college. Students are also graduating and moving on from 12th, 8th or 5th grade to new schools in the fall. Whether you … Continue reading
Triple Crown
Joel Rosario riding Orb May 18th 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, Orb, win the Preakness and get a chance to run for … 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
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
Iditarod race
On Sunday, March 3rd, the incredible endurance Iditarod race began officially in Anchorage and then restarted in Willow, Alaska. There is so much mathematics in this race that our activity feels totally insufficient. But, perhaps the activity will raise interest … Continue reading
Cruising
There have been a lot of cruise ship mishaps and disasters this year. While these are in the news, let your students consider how these floating cities manage their resources and which of their needs are precarious as they calculate … Continue reading
Presidents’ Day 2013
Monday, February 18th, is Presidents Day. We honor presidents, veterans, purple heart recipients and sell cars. Is there more to Presidents Day? Students can learn a little of the history of the day while they check out how much various … Continue reading
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
Fat Tuesday – Mardi Gras
Tuesday will be the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of the season of Lent. Mardi Gras is the last hoorah and is celebrated throughout the world with feasting, partying, and general indulgence. In New Orleans revelers throw and … Continue reading
Cost of Super Bowl ads 2013
Let your students practice using scientific notation as they calculate the incredible cost of Super Bowl commercials. After working with these costs, students share their memories of the ads, express their opinions about them and decide who the marketing was … Continue reading
Big Burger 2013
Time to treat the kids to ratios, proportions, fractions and big burgers! In this activity students explore ratio of the different ingredients in the world’s largest burger. They then apply this ratio of ingredients to other giant burgers. This is … Continue reading
Losing team in the playoffs 2013
In the 2011-2012 NFL season Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos made the playoffs without a winning record and advanced in a thriller of a game by beating the Steelers. Even though the Broncos did not have a winning record … Continue reading
Shopping season begins!
Friday, November 23rd marks the beginning of the holiday shopping craze. Students will be able to add some understanding and analysis to those shopping trips after calculating savings in dollars and percents with this very timely investigation. shopping-season.pdf CCSS: 6.RP.3 … Continue reading
Enough mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving?
Using his famous mashed potato recipe, Brian has asked students to change decimals to fractions, to calculate ingredient measures for various-sized Thanksgiving gatherings, to explain their thinking in calculating these figures, and to judge how many servings could be created … Continue reading
Is this possible?
Brian Shoemaker, a Newton, MA mathematics teacher, saw this Dunkin Donuts Mazda traveling down the road. He wondered if that size coffee cup could really have coffee in it. Wouldn’t the car rock back on its rear bumper? How much … Continue reading
