How many times bigger?
Listen to students initial thoughts as they wrestle through what "bigger" means ... length? height? wheel-base? volume?
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Act One: What questions come to mind?
How many times gr...
Number Sense
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Ice Cream Day - July 16th; 2 activities
Algebra
Number Sense
Math and Social Studies
Math and Food
Holidays and Annual Events
Current events
Ratio and Proportion
All the ice cream that you can eat
All the ice cream that you can eat for only 10 cents! Wow, that's a great deal! How great a deal was tha...
Wildfires and particulate matter
Wildfires in Canada have been spreading dangerous smoke pollution throughout much of North America. What is a dangerous size of particles per cubic meter (PM)? How tiny is th...
Can Joey and Miki do it again?
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The MLE - Major League Eating is a World organization that oversees speed eating contests.
Entrants to the various competitions must be...
200 people
Number Sense
Geometry
Math and Science
Math and Social Studies
Ratio and Proportion
3-act tasks
Data and probability
Wow factor
Any time math
Show your students the video and have a discussion!
What do you notice?Why did someone create this GIF?What's the point?
For Adventurer members we have our solutions.
Doubling your money
My friend and I were arguing about how long it would take me to double my investment amounts. How will your students figure this out? Are there any tricks? Explore investing ...
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...
How many hot chocolate scoops do I need?
Even though it is now Spring, here in New England we are still chilled and hope that some hot chocolate will warm us up.
Clicking on the above image will take you to Brian's movie of makin...
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...
Memorial Day 2023
This Monday, Americans will celebrate Memorial Day. Who are we honoring? How did the holiday come about? Isn't Memorial Day usually on May 30th?
Students...