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Population Clock

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
How in the world does this clock conclude that there is a net gain in the United States of one person every 14 seconds? Have a little care about younger children when using this activity. T...

Water saving toilets

Geometry Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
     How much water is used? How much water could be saved? For Adventurer members we have an editable Word docx and solutions with added world-wide information.

BIG Snickers bar

Algebra Geometry Food 3-act tasks Wow factor
  Act 1 - Big question = How many times bigger than a regular Snickers bar is this? What info would you like to know? How are you going to judge how much bigger this ...

Giant iceberg

Number Sense Geometry Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
    Ferryland, Newfoundland. JODY MARTIN / REUTERS  This giant iceberg drifted past Ferryland, Newfoundland in 2017.  It's hard to tell how large it actually is, but...

Patriots' Day

Number Sense Social Studies Sports Holidays Ratio and Proportion
 We celebrate Patriots' Day to commemorate the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the battles of Lexington and Concord. Students learn more about the difficulties of the Revolutionary War and...

Shrinking Toblerone

Number Sense Geometry Food Current events Ratio and Proportion
  New York Times photo - Credit Darren Staples/Reuters  They changed it.  That is so not fair ... or is it? You can check out a video news story on the delicious shrinking Toblero...

10 Million nematodes

Algebra Number Sense Science
Nematodes Grubs are killing my grass.  I don't want to put poison into the ground.  What can I do? There are tiny roundworms called beneficial nematodes. They can kill destructive so...

Expensive face creams

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion
Who knew that creams for your face could be so expensive!  I'm going to have to rethink what to buy for my mom.  Which of these high priced cremes is most expensive? In this activity st...

How Many Pennies did Otha Save?

Number Sense Geometry 3-act tasks Probability and Statistics
Otha Anders used picking up pennies as a way to remember to pray.  In this 3-act activity we try to estimate how much he actually collected and stored in 5 gallon water jugs. This ...

How Many Donuts is That?

Number Sense Geometry Food Holidays 3-act tasks Probability and Statistics Wow factor
Act One:  Take a look at the first picture (Krispy-Kreme-photos). What is the first question that comes to mind? How many donuts is that?  What information would be useful?  ...
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