A&W's Third Pound Burger
In 1980, A&W offered a bigger and tastier burger to compete with another famous burger brand, but the sales were not successful at all. What could have gone wrong?? This activity is based on...
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Would you rather $10,000 a week vs $10 million at once?
In this updated activity, students explore the question: Would you rather get $10,000 every week or $10 million all at once?
To begin, stude...
New Mega Millions (probability)
In this activity, students apply their understanding of probability and combinations to investigate a bold new claim by the Mega Millions lottery: “Your odds of winning are better than befor...
Ant Bridges
🐜 In this activity, students will explore how ants build bridges using their bodies, considering diffe...
The Scale of Things
🌎In this activity, students will explore the concept of size of different objects around us through estimation and scientific notation.
Begin with the starte...
Downside Up
🔍 In this updated activity, students will explore patterns and formulate mathematical relationships through the Canstruction exhibit ‘Downside Up.’ Begin with the starter slides for init...
Mother's Day
Algebra
Number Sense
Geometry
Math and Social Studies
Math and Food
Holidays and Annual Events
Math and Art
Current events
Ratio and Proportion
3-act tasks
Data and probability
Funny
Wow factor
How much do we spend on Mother's Day - Use the Mother's Day event to engage your students in approximating, reasoning, and investigating as students estimate how mu...
What is a quantum dot?
Algebra
Number Sense
Geometry
Math and Science
Current events
Ratio and Proportion
Wow factor
Any time math
In this activity, students work through the nomenclature to understand the possibilities of nano science and quantum dots. Questions that are answered; How many nanometers are in a millime...
Huge Alaskan Vegetables
The annual Alaskan State Fair has just been completed. As usual, there were some amazingly big vegetables that won the agriculture prizes.
Evidently, even though the growing season in Alaska is s...
Little Amal walks across the United States
Algebra
Number Sense
Math and Social Studies
Math and Art
Current events
Ratio and Proportion
Wow factor
Any time math
With our world in so much turmoil and refugees trying to survive hardships by traveling away from their homes, the story of Little Amal is powerful, timely, and touching.
Of course there is a lot...