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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...

Clean Close Shave

Algebra
Take a look at the infographic.  What do you see? What do you think?  What do you wonder? [caption id="attachment_16099" align="aligncenter" width="420"] Image from West Coast Shaving. Click...

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...

Saffron and paella

Algebra Number Sense Science Food
In order to cook Paella (a delicious Spanish rice dish) I needed to buy Saffron spice.  It was hugely expensive.  So, I've decided to start a business of growing saffron and becoming immen...

The growth of Godzilla

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Probability and Statistics
Image from Kris Holt: http://www.policymic.com/articles/76357/the-scary-way-godzilla-has-evolved-through-the-years-in-one-chart The new Godzilla movie is out at theaters.  ...

Cost of light bulbs

Algebra Number Sense Science Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
 This activity has been updated (2026). See the new activity here:https://www.yummymath.com/post/light-bulb-cost-comparison/ There's a lot of misinformation out there about the cost to consu...

The Blue Marble

Geometry Science Holidays
  April 22nd is Earth Day. Use this activity to demonstrate the various mappings of our 3-d Earth to a 2-d piece of paper. Students compare maps with this famous photo and check to see which...

Scoring Olympic ski jumping

Number Sense Geometry Sports
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...
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