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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...
6.SP.3 7.SP.4 6.SP.4 7.SP.2 7.SP.1 7. SP.3 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4th HSS.ID.A.2 HSS-ID.C.9 6.SP.1

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...
Data and Probability 7.NS.1 HSA-CED.A.3 6th 7th HS 6.NS.5 6.NS.6 6.NS.7 HSA.CED.A.1 6.EE.5 football inequality absolute value

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...
Data and Probability proportion mean 6.RP.2 6.RP.3 7.RP.2 6.SP.5 random sample 7.SP.2 7.SP.1 6th 7th modeling 3-act task

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...
Data and Probability slope rate 6.RP.3 7.G.1 HSF-IF.B.6 8.F 5.MD.1 6th 7th 8th 5th 8.F.B.4 Kilauea Pāhoa lava flow contour volcano

How large a TV should I get?
Algebra Number Sense Geometry
Whether you are in middle school or high school, someday you are going to be moving out and you might need to select the right size HDTV for your living space. I found this guide th...
7.G.1 MP1 6th 7th 5th 5MD.1 MP6 MP4 ratio measurement scale Scale drawings Pythagorean Theorem

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...
patterns rates 7.RP 8.SP 5.OA Excel 6th 7th 8th HS 5th profit HSS HSN food

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, ...
Data and Probability proportion ratio 6.RP.2 6.RP.3 rates 6.NS.3 6th 7th 5th unit pricing gasoline per ounce cola per ounce milk per ounce sale Unit rate

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...
Unit rate estimation environment 6.EE.9 6.RP.3 rates 5.NBT.7 6.EE.1 6.NS.3 8.EE.8 Earth day 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 5.NBT.3 HSF.IF.C.7.B HSA.REI.C.6 climate change slope linear relationships

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...
geometry 6.G 7.G comparisons nets mapping 3-d representations Earth day 6th 7th 8th HS HSG-GMD.B HSG-MG.A

Mom's matzo ball soup
Number Sense Food Holidays
 Passover is one of the three high holidays in the Jewish calendar and celebrates the Exodus of Jews from slavery in Egypt. Let your students review fractions in this investigation on tripling my...
Fractions Recipe 6th 5th 3rd 4th fraction operations Passover matzo balls
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