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Huge diamond found in Canada

Number Sense Geometry Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
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

Algebra Number Sense Science Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
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...

Fine

Algebra Sports Ratio and Proportion
TJ Watt was fined for roughing the passer.  Check out the tweet from Darren Rovell and engage your students in a familiar context for a classic percent problem - solving for the "whole....

Fantasy Football

Algebra Number Sense Sports Holidays
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?

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Art
  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

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Sports Current events Probability and Statistics
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...

One harrowing adventure

Number Sense Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
  Can you imagine being stuck in the dark for such a long time?  How do all of the numbers play out? In this activity, students get a chance to talk about the experience of this ordea...

Now that LeBron James is becoming an L. A. Laker, will this company go broke?

Number Sense Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion
Fanatics is an online sportswear retailer that has promised to accept jersey returns if your chosen player makes a team switch. In this activity student try to calculate how much this "Jersey Ass...

Encouraging bats might be better than using bug repellant

Science Ratio and Proportion
Bats eat mosquitoes ... lots of mosquitoes. Students compare a bat's weight to how much he can consume in one night.  They calculate how much they would need to eat to consume a comparable prop...

Fibonacci coloring

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Art
Let your students simply enjoy coloring our designs or artistically play with the whole creation of Φ designs. Simply coloring our Fibonacci patterns might allow students to ponder th...
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