When is Tebow Time?
Tim Tebow is the talk of the sporting world. This Saturday he goes up against Tom Brady and the Patriots in the Playoffs. I keep hearing about "Tebow Time" and I wonder at what point in ...
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The Euro and the international debt crisis
Lately the news is filled with talk of the Euro, US foreign debt, the fragility of European monetary systems, and the interdependence of all of these crisis.
In this activity students become fami...
Parabolic Pee
Mr. Mark's new little baby can make some amazingly tall streams.
Give your class a little chuckle as you introduce them to parabolic motion with this very short analysis of Mr. Mark's baby's...
Why Does it Stay in Orbit?
On Monday, the space shuttle Endeavor launched for the last time. The six astronauts on board docked this morning at the International Space Station to join the 6 astronauts and cosmonauts who l...
Everything Royal Wedding
Friday, April 29, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. will be the much talked about wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton. Engage and inform your students in an investigation of percents...
Radiation amounts
This investigation will help you and your students to better understand the magnitude of normal, background radiation and the more serious radiation exposure that comes from nuclear accidents. ...
Census is complete and Apportionment begins (2010)
The 2010 U. S. Census is complete and state reapportionment is about to begin. The process of distributing the 435 Representatives appropriately to each state is a mathematically fascinating eve...
Welcome back to Cleveland Lebron
In 2010, Lebron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers to play basketball for the Miami Heat and to play with his friends, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. Lebron just made his return to the area he grew up ...
Benoît Mandelbrot
In October, 2010, Benoît Mandelbrot died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. To honor his life and work in fractals and natural recurrence, we've created an investigation that teaches students a little a...
How many Representatives will your state get in 2011?
The 2010 U. S. Census is almost complete. One of the most important reasons for the decennial census is to determine the number of Representatives that each state should be assigned for proper rep...