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Thank you, mother and father, for all of those diapers (Updated)

Algebra Number Sense Holidays
Which is a better deal, cloth or disposable diapers?  How much did you cost your parents in diapers?  In the future, how much could your kid's diapers cost?  Help students realize all t...

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (2025)

Number Sense Holidays Current events
 ðŸŽˆGet excited for Thanksgiving with this updated Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade activity! Students explore this year's parade map to find the number of parade blocks, use the map’s scale to deter...

Summer Solstice, the longest day

Algebra Science Holidays Probability and Statistics
  Sunrise on the summer solstice at StonehengeJune 21st, at 10:57 am EDT, the Earth's North Pole will be tilted as far towards the Sun as it will ever be in the year.  This marks the lo...

Father's Day and Juneteenth; 3 Activities

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Food Holidays Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
 For Father's Day (Links to different activities)   Thank you, mother and father, for all of those diapers  - Students compare the cost of buying disposable versus cloth diape...

March Equinox - big deal? ... and 5 more Spring activities

Algebra Science Holidays Current events Probability and Statistics
   What's with the March Equinox? Does it really affect our lives? Is it just some astronomical occurrence? Students calculate the daylight hours at the March Equi...

Do I have enough wrapping paper?

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays 3-act tasks
 In this problem based activity students first guess and then try to calculate whether they will have enough paper to wrap this present without taping pieces of wrapping paper together.Consi...

Mardi Gras, 2023

Algebra Number Sense Holidays Ratio and Proportion
Updated for 2023! Tuesday, February 21, 2023, will be the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of the season of Lent.  Mardi Gras is a last hoorah and is celebrated throughout the world ...

Will one roll be enough?

Number Sense Geometry Holidays Ratio and Proportion
 Students can use the man or the basket as a reference as they try to approximate the size of these gifts and how much wrapping paper will actually be needed. Approximation, surface area, reasoni...

At least the days are getting longer

Algebra Number Sense Science Holidays Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
What's your guess?  How fast are the number of daylight hours changing each day?  Are the changes dramatic or subtle? Students make guesses; compute how l...

Fantasy Football

Algebra Number Sense Sports Holidays
In the midst of another NFL season, we introduce students to Fantasy Football. Students first calculate football points given touchdowns, yardage gains and interceptions. They are t...
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