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How can Nike give away so much great stuff?

Algebra Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Worldwide Nike supports many teams and athletes.  They design, manufacture, and supply gear for almost every sport imaginable. How much are those give-aways worth?  Is the company going ...

President's Pay for Presidents' Day

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
You can't run for President now, but heck, 2036 is right around the corner. Being President of the United States will be quite an accomplishment and a ton of work.   But, how...

Bowling Deals

Algebra Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
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...

Immigration numbers

Algebra Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Here's an opportunity to work with calculating percents and the percent changes in the U.S. immigrant population. Students can reflect on what those changes demonstrate. Start your class with this ...

Will the new iPhone sales be huge?

Algebra Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Apple just announced their new, 10th anniversary, iPhones, the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X.  These phones will soon be in stores, the iPhone 8 comes out on September 22, 2017. The iPhone X is ava...

Total solar eclipse - apparent sizes

Algebra Geometry Science Current events Ratio and Proportion
  Where will the eclipse be seen?  What if you are not in the path of totality?  Total solar eclipse?  What is apparent size?  How can the moon seem to cover the sun comp...

Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctica

Science Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
       The crack in Antarctica's Larson C ice shelf has been growing for years (2017).  Has the speed of the rift's growth stayed about the same? increased? dec...

Measuring sea level

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
What does this gizmo do? We've given students a diagram of what the interior of this mechanism contains and asked them to try to decide what its purpose must be. Then we've...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to give away 99% of their shares of Facebook

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
  That sounds like an awful lot of their Facebook shares.  They want to help create a better world for their daughter, Max. I wonder if they will have enough left over to live on? The...

How Much is a Tweet Worth?

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Sports Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
These days it seems everyone is on social media. Are you? Famous athletes and entertainers are on social media and they can make a lot of money.  In this activity students study how ...
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