Peeps
"How many Peeps do you think are sold for Easter in the U.S.?"In this updated activity, students start by making their own guesses for the number of Peeps sold each Easter. They then consider what inf...
Math and Food
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The Ultimate Key Lime Pie
On a cold and snowy day in Boston about ten years ago, two chefs created a huge Key Lime pie to remind the frozen people of the Northeast how tasty and warm the Keys of Florida are. In this upda...
Shrinkflation - Updated
📈💵In this updated activity, students will explore shrinkflation and its impact on the products we love. Building on our starter slides discussi...
Chocolate Milk Account
🔔 Free Trial Alert! In this activity, students will explore a school milk account where money is deposited and deducted as chocolate milk is purchased over time. But first, start off with the&nbs...
Sugary Record
How big is the world's largest cotton candy sculpture? 🍭
Ali Spagnola set out to break the Guinness World Record with a massive cotton candy sculpture. Kick ...
Starbucks Sales and Nutrition
Kick off the activity with starter slides that spark curiosity by asking students if they recognize the Starbucks logo and how many locations they think are in the U.S. Then, engage them in estimating...
Huge Alaskan Vegetables
The annual Alaskan State Fair has just been completed. As usual, there were some amazingly big vegetables that won the agriculture prizes.
Evidently, even though the growing season in Alaska is s...
Can Joey and Miki do it again?
Updated !
The MLE - Major League Eating is a World organization that oversees speed eating contests.
Entrants to the various competitions must be...
Father's Day and Juneteenth; 3 Activities
Algebra
Number Sense
Math and Social Studies
Math and Food
Holidays and Annual Events
Current events
Ratio and Proportion
Data and probability
For Father's Day (Links to different activities)
Thank you Mother and Father for all of those diapers (2015) - Students compare the cost of buying disposable vers...
Souvenirs and concessions
Brian has introduced systems of equations with easy, motivating problems that deal with the cost of stadium purchases for food and souvenirs. These systems of equations puzzles are so intuitive that...