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What's with the plovers?

Algebra Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Cute little birds.  Piping plovers are nesting on beaches along the Atlantic coast. Consequently beaches are often roped-off or closed to protect their nests and chicks. Is this conservatio...

Growth of Facebook

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
 In this activity, students analyze and graph the numbers and decide if Facebook's growth in the first 20 years has been linear, exponential, meteoric, or something else.  Will the number of...

California water measurements - chains, links, and furlongs

Algebra Geometry Science Ratio and Proportion
 Help your students understand what they are reading or hearing about the California drought.  Terms like acre-feet, chains, and furlongs are often used to describe the volume of the reservo...

Which Sweet Hearts are the Best Deal?

Algebra Number Sense Food Holidays Ratio and Proportion
  I have been doing a little shopping for Sweet Heart Candies. I came across these three deals online.  Which should I select? In this activity, students determine which package of...

Deflategate

Algebra Number Sense Sports
  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...

How much does a Lego cost?

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Probability and Statistics
 This is a three act task, with an activity guide.  Show students the act one video.  What questions do they have?  How much could the Star Wars kit cost?  Follow the activity...

Kilauea's lava flow

Number Sense Geometry Science
[caption id="attachment_15749" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Halema‘uma‘u Lights the Morning Sky - Photo taken from the overlook by the Volcano House on January 30, 2014 - NPS photo[/caption] The v...

An ounce of cola

Number Sense Food
Which is more expensive; gasoline? milk? or cola?  Students calculate the per ounce cost of each of these liquids in a story about a man doing errands.  After finding the per ounce price, ...

Green, green river

Algebra Number Sense Holidays Ratio and Proportion
During the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, the local plumbers union dyes the Chicago River emerald green. Students learn what PPM (parts per million) means and  attempt to figure ...

Shamrock Shake

Number Sense Science Food Holidays
For Saint Patrick's Day add a little nutrition math to your celebration.  In this post we look at calories, carbohydrates, sugars, fats, and proteins to decide what would be left for our day's ...
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