Veterans Day, 2023
On Veterans Day we honor the men and women that have served in the Armed Forces of the United States. There are now 16.2 million living veterans. We found these maps that show where veterans liv...
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Will this be an El Niño winter?
The Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) started to show changes to the Pacific Ocean surface temperatures in April and May of this year. Those temperatures are still rising which is a marker for the ...
Will the Barbie movie out-perform Avatar at the box office?
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?
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
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...
The 8th billion baby
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...
Triple Crown hopefuls at the Preakness
Credit: AP Photo/Garry Jones Saturday, May 20th 2023, will be the running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness is the second major race...
Just some March Madness math
Today, March 12th, is selection Sunday. Tomorrow we'll know how the college basketball teams are seeded and bracketology can begin.
Introduce your students to the meaning and excitement of March ...
Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022
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...
At least the days are getting longer
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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...