The size of chocolates
In this activity students assume that all of our pieces of chocolate are about the same thickness and proceed to approximate their volumes by comparing only their surface areas.
Consider sh...
Math and Food
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Collecting the most candy
Use your student’s Halloween enthusiasm to do a study on volumes. We’ve created an activity that asks students to calculate the volume of candy containers that are silly and intriguing. ...
Monster cake
Jodie Berman, a high school math teacher in Chicago, loves mathematics and loves to cook. We've created an activity based on her Monster Cake (composed ...
BIG Snickers bar
Act 1 - Big question = How many times bigger than a regular Snickers bar is this?
What info would you like to know?
How are you going to judge how much bigger this ...
Shrinking Toblerone
New York Times photo - Credit Darren Staples/Reuters
They changed it. That is so not fair ... or is it? You can check out a video news story on the delicious shrinking Toblero...
How Many Donuts is That?
Number Sense
Geometry
Math and Food
Holidays and Annual Events
3-act tasks
Data and probability
Wow factor
Act One: Take a look at the first picture (Krispy-Kreme-photos). What is the first question that comes to mind? How many donuts is that? What information would be useful?
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