Big Papi
What do you wonder?
How many donuts make up this Big Papi tribute? What would be useful to help you figure this out?
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How high can a gymnastic score be?
Gymnasts have just successfully competed in St Louis, Missouri for positions on the USA Olympic team. As you watch their performances don't you wonder how their scores are determined&nb...
Leicester City Foxes - from underdogs to Champions
Recently, to the surprise and elation of England and the world, the Leicester City Foxes became the winners of the British football association's Premier League. What was the big deal? L...
David Price, big bucks per ...
David Price, a 30-year old pitcher from Toronto's Blue Jays, was hired with a 7 year contract to be the Red Sox's new ace pitcher for $217 million dollars. That is the largest amount eve...
What's your favorite sport?
What is your favorite sport? Wait, do I mean your favorite sport to play or your favorite sport to watch? Does it matter? Are your favorite to-watch sport and your favorite to-play sport the sam...
How Much is a Tweet Worth?
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 ...
Deflategate
The deflated ball controversy makes an interesting segue into negative number line understanding. A particular digital psi football gauge reads 0 when the ball is at a proper NFL in...
Scoring Olympic ski jumping
The scoring rubric for each of the Olympic events is intended to eliminate the possibility of scoring bias from the judges. Let your students learn more about the scoring of one event and deci...
Linsanity
Jeremy Lin is the New York Knicks most startling player. His story is exciting in that he graduated from Harvard in 2010 and was not immediately drafted into the NBA. At first he was...