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Nike's latest bet
Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Sports Current events Data and probability
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...
MP2 7.SP.1 HSS.IC 6th 7th 8th HS HSS.IC.A.1 7.SP.A 6.SP.1 polling random selection valid sampling Kaepernick Nike data analysis

Encouraging bats might be better than using bug repellant
Math and 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...
Data and Probability 6th 7th 6.RP.A 7.RP.A mosquito bats proportion metric conversion

What are the odds that Justify can win the Triple Crown?
Number Sense Sports Holidays and Annual Events Current events Data and probability
Justify has won the Triple Crown.  He's the 13th horse to ever win all three races ... Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes.  Amazing!   Justify w...
data analysis sports probability compound probability 7.SP.8 7.SP.7 7th 8th HS S-CP.2. horse racing

Jackie Robinson
Algebra Math and Social Studies Sports Data and probability
April 15th, 1947 was a date to remember.  Jackie Robinson became the first African-American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball since the game was segregated in the 1890s. Robinson...
baseball MLB average rate trend 6.EE.9 6.SP.3 7.EE.3 7.EE.4 8.F.4 HSF-LE.A.2 MP1 MP2 HSF-LE.A.3 history 6th 7th 8th HS MP4 data analysis

Super Bowl ads and scientific notation
Algebra Number Sense Holidays and Annual Events
The Super Bowl is over now and all of the ads have been seen. Let your students revisit and reflect on the interesting commercials with this scientific notation a...
Data and Probability scientific notation exponent 6.EE.2 8.EE.3 8.EE.4 7th 8th HS 5.NBT.1 5.NBT.2 8.EE.1 HSA.SSE.A.1 operations with exponents powers of ten SuperBowl

Cost of hosting Olympic games
Algebra Math and Social Studies Sports Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Hosting the Olympics sure does cost a lot. Why is that? How much money is $5 billion dollars? What is a cost overrun? Why would a country want to spend that much money to host and Olympic Game...
reading charts 7.RP 6th 7th 8th HS averages outliers HSF.IF.C overrun percentage 8.F.A data analysis

Is my son going to win again?
Algebra Number Sense
  Brian son's pretty young but is he still going to whoop his dad?  They were playing Monopoly Junior.  Can you decide who will win?  In this activity use addition and/or multiplicatio...
Data and Probability 5th 3rd 4th multiplication 3.NBT.2 3.OA.3 2nd addition 2.OA.2 2.NBT.5 3.OA.7 elementary

Immigration numbers
Algebra Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Here's an opportunity to work with calculating percents and the percent changes in the U.S. immigrant population. Students can reflect on what those changes demonstrate. Start your class with this ...
percents 6th 7th 8th HS trends HSF HSS-ID 6.RP.A 7.RP.A immigration population data analysis

Uh oh! Am I going to run out of data?
Algebra Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Let your students consider the graphic first individually and then in groups of your choosing before handing out the activity sheet. This might be an excellent beginning-of-the-year, get-to-kn...
percents rate 6th 7th 8th 5th 6.RP.A 7.RP.A data usage MP4 pace beginning-of-the-year

Should I get the Big One?
Algebra Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
  Let your students decide if the BIG one is a fair deal.    Which size will they get?  Which size offers the most value?  Make a guess, then do the math.
Data and Probability 7.RP.2 7.RP.3 7.EE.3 7th 8th percent change
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