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Guacamole for Cinco de Mayo
Food Holidays Current events Ratio and Proportion
Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) is an annual celebration of the 1862 Mexican victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla. It has now evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture. Cinco de May...

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...

How hard is it to find a 4 leaf clover? (3 Saint Patrick's Day activities)
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Science Holidays Wow factor
Shamrocks in Ireland are actually 3-leafed white clover, trifolium repens. If you are lucky, you can sometimes find a four-leafed clover. How rare is finding a 4-leafed clover?  How hard do you...

Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake
Geometry Food Holidays Art
For Valentine's Day, bake a cake! Students calculate base area or volume of cakes made from 2 cake pan sizes and observe how the volume of the cake changes with the increased pan size. &nbs...

Sweetheart candies
Number Sense Food Holidays Ratio and Proportion
   NECCO went bankrupt in 2018 and Sweetheart candies weren't the same after that.  They are back now and made better (?) in Ohio instead of Boston. How many dollars worth...

Earth's perihelion with the Sun
Algebra Science Holidays Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
On January 4th, 2023, Earth will be as close as it gets to the Sun during its orbit. Shouldn't that make this the warmest time of the year? In this activity students become familiar with the terms&nbs...

How many feet of lights should I buy for my tree?
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays 3-act tasks
Check out our Christmas Tree! We need to buy lights for the tree.  Without calculating, guess how many feet of lights we will need. What information would help you t...

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...

Whole lot of cookies
Algebra Number Sense Food Holidays Ratio and Proportion Wow factor
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Lots of Cranberries
Geometry Food Holidays Ratio and Proportion
 The harvest must be nearing completion now and growers are selling their product to make cranberry juice, jelly, sauce, and of course, fresh berries in time for Thanksgiving. In this activit...
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