Black Friday
Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year! In this activity, students get a sneak peek at early Black Friday deals to calculate savings (decimals & percent discounts) and dec...
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Giant Pumpkins (2025)
🎃October is the time of year when giant pumpkin contests take place all over the world, and the pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger!In this activity, students will explore the latest giant pu...
Scary Halloween Numbers
🎃Each year, we seem to $pend more on Halloween! Are we surprised? In this updated activity, students will look at the rising Halloween participation and record-breaking spending to make sen...
Typhoon Rasaga
What is a typhoon, and how are they measured? In this activity, students learn about the recent typhoon (Typhoon Rasaga), storm rankings, and severity while practicing unit conversions from knots to k...
College Costs Keep Going Up
College costs keep rising, and it can be hard for students to grasp just how much four years of school might add up to. This updated activity gives students real data and guides them to explore ...
Would you rather $10,000 a week vs $10 million at once?
In this updated activity, students explore the question: Would you rather get $10,000 every week or $10 million all at once?
To begin, stude...
C and F
This activity begins with exploring connections among a few photos to spark curiosity and critical thinking in the starters, before diving into the main activity where students will wo...
Vampire Bats
🦇In this updated activity, students explore how vampire bats drink half their body weight in blood in just 20 minutes. Using proportional reasoning and unit ...
The Power of Leverage
📈 In this activity, students will explore the power and risks of leverage by analyzing the price movements in trading. They'll calculate percentage gains and losses, compare leveraged vs. non-le...
Red Green Bitcoin
📉 In this activity, students will explore Bitcoin price movements using a chart. They'll analyze trends, calculate price changes, and make predictions based on real data. This activity int...