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Weather temperatures have been extreme in the World lately. Australia is experiencing an unprecedented heat wave and the U.S. is experiencing a Polar Vortex.
Let your students examine ...
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Bowling Deals
Is there a general way to figure how much its going to cost you (and your friends) to go bowling? Should you pay per game? Or bowl per hour? Don't forget that you'll need to rent sho...
Checking in on LeBron
Now the that season is underway let’s check in on how Cleveland and the Lakers are doing since LeBron changed teams. LeBron is arguably the best player in the NBA and a tremendous addition to a team...
Huge diamond found in Canada
552-carat diamond found in Diavik Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada
Can you tell just how big this gem is? Do you know how big a carat is? What would this look like on a ring on you...
New Horizons spacecraft just flew by a really distant asteroid
Brian May, the lead guitarist of the rock band, Queen, is also an astrophysicist and one of the science team collaborators of the New Horizons space program. The video below is the song that he wrot...
Weird wing prices
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Danny's Wok in Philadelphia has a huge price list for ordering their famous chicken wings.
Why did they write t...
Extra point or 2-point conversion - Updated
In 2015 the NFL changed the extra point kick distance to 33 yards and now teams have a tough decision to make, go for one or two points? The one point extra point is no longer a given with...
Fantasy Football
In the midst of another NFL season, we introduce students to Fantasy Football. Students first calculate football points given touchdowns, yardage gains and interceptions. They are t...
Sol LeWitt's pyramid - How might you count those blocks?
Sol LeWitt, Four Sided Pyramid, 1999, Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) was a an American artist involved in Conceptual art and Minimalism. &n...
Nike's latest bet
Nike has just chosen a surprising person to represent the 30th anniversary of their slogan, "Just Do It". Colin Kaepernick, past quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, has been a subjec...