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The Moroccan Earthquake and the Richter scale

Algebra Number Sense Science Current events Ratio and Proportion Any time math
Friday evening, September 8th, a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Morocco southwest of Marrakech. What does a 6.8 magnitude earthquake mean?  How powerful was that...

Will the Barbie movie out-perform Avatar at the box office?

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics
The Barbie Movie is still doing well in the theaters.  It has only been 6 1/2 weeks since its debut.  Do you think that it can out-earn Avatar?  Students study the numbers, recognize ...

What do you know about the Hawaiian islands?

Algebra Number Sense Science Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics Any time math
We’ve been watching news about the extreme wild fires, draught and winds that have devastated parts of the Hawaiian Islands. Let your students explore Hawaii and better understand its d...

It's opening weekend for Barbie

Number Sense Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics Funny
This movie is supposed to be nostalgic, clever, funny, and wildly entertaining. We've written an activity that lets students express their excitement (or lack of) in seeing this new movie, st...

Father's Day and Juneteenth; 3 Activities

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 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...

The 8th billion baby

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  How fast is the world's population growing? Will the world's population size increase indefinitely?  Are all countries' populations increasing at the same rate? What are some of the f...

What is an atmospheric river(AR)?

Algebra Science Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics Wow factor
North America from space. Elements furnished by NASA - https://www.noaa.gov/stories/what-are-atmospheric-rivers How are they ranked? Students become familiar with this weather phenomena and ...

I need help raking my leaves

Algebra Number Sense Current events Ratio and Proportion
Brian has spent too much time thinking about his leaves. He's worried about raking them alone and thinking about how long the job would take if people helped. In this activity students see the inverse...

Happy Friday the 13th!

Algebra Number Sense Current events Funny
Don't worry, 13 is a Happy number! Students learn a new function and test whether a number is Happy or Sad.

Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022

Number Sense Sports Holidays Current events Probability and Statistics
The Winter Olympics begins this week in Beijing. Wikipedia had this schedule of events. We think that there is a lot of information missing and apparent in this graphic. What can you tell, wha...
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