Stacking Jack
Act One: Check out the video slide show. What questions do you have? Suggested Question: How many different ways can I stack Jack? That is, how many different color arrangements...
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How long would it take to build this underground house and pool?
The building of this underground house and pool was presented by Cayote Person and his partner, Mark Lavins, on their youtube channel, "Brave Wilderness." At BraveWilderness.com the busin...
Weird wing prices
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Danny's Wok in Philadelphia has a huge price list for ordering their famous chicken wings.
Why did they write the prices this w...
Will Damarious Randall have to pay big?
Warriors won the NBA Championships. Randall won't have to buy jerseys!
The Cleveland Brown's safety player, Damarious Randall, posted this tweet. Its been ...
Hands of Support
Lorenzo Quinn, an Italian sculptor, created and temporarily installed this piece of art entitled "Support" in Venice. Quinn used his own children's hands to design this piece. His in...
BIG Snickers bar
Act 1 - Big question = How many times bigger than a regular Snickers bar is this?
What info would you like to know?
How are you going to judge how much bigger this ...
How much does the biggest Lego set ever cost?
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Note: This is a remake of our 2014 "How Much Does a Lego Cost" activity
How much could the...
How many cars are there?
Brian came home from work to find that his son had his toy cars organized in a tight parking lot on our front porch. ? Below is a video version of our power point for the activity, whic...
Have a heart
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Canstruction® is an event hosted in more than 150 countries throughout the world to demonstrate "innovation, hunger ...
Pick-a-brick wall at the Lego store
There are walls at the Lego stores that are filled with individual Lego parts. You can fill a bucket and pick out exactly what you need.
Use this activity to get your students ...