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NHL Playoff games can sure last a long time!

Algebra Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Revised! We're watching another Stanley Cup playoff now. Will there be any really long games during the playoffs? In 2013, a Stanley Cup playoff match between the Bruins and Blackhawks wen...

Population Clock

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
How in the world does this clock conclude that there is a net gain in the United States of one person every 14 seconds? Have a little care about younger children when using this activity. T...

How many cars are there?

Number Sense Geometry 3-act tasks
Brian came home from work to find that his son had his toy cars organized in a tight parking lot on our front porch. ? Below is a video version of our power point for the activity, whic...

Civil rights marches, how do you count a crowd?

Number Sense Geometry Social Studies Holidays
  On October 16, 1995, perhaps a million black men gathered for the Million Man March on Washington.  This was 32 years after Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his histo...

Pick-a-brick wall at the Lego store

Number Sense Geometry 3-act tasks Probability and Statistics
There are walls at the Lego stores that are filled with individual Lego parts.  You can fill a bucket and pick out exactly what you need. Use this activity to get your students ...

10 Million nematodes

Algebra Number Sense Science
Nematodes Grubs are killing my grass.  I don't want to put poison into the ground.  What can I do? There are tiny roundworms called beneficial nematodes. They can kill destructive so...

Which is the best deal?

Algebra Number Sense Food Ratio and Proportion
How do you calculate and justify which deal is a better savings?  By dollars saved?  By percent saved? By some other measure? Looking at 4 different deals, students will need to...

How Many Donuts is That?

Number Sense Geometry Food Holidays 3-act tasks Probability and Statistics 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?  ...

Which TV is the Best Deal?

Number Sense Geometry
Check out the TVs.  All have essentially the same features, only the size of the screen varies.  Which TV do you think is the best deal? Explore area and unit pricing to determine which H...

Raising the bar

Algebra Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion
Recovery of the treasure from the 1941 sinking of the S.S. Gairsoppa was recently completed and a huge amount of silver was brought up from the ocean floor.  Let your students get a fe...
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