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National Donut Day (2 activities)
Algebra Geometry Food Current events Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks
 Friday, June 5th, is National Donut Day.  We have 2 activities to support this silly holiday.  How much have doughnuts changed? Students become familiar with the word "torus"...
5th 6th 7th 8th HS estimation Volume 6.RP.3 7.G.1 reasoning MP1 MP2 MP3 Torus donuts donut

Joe's Tiny New York
Number Sense Art
Joe Macken is a truck driver from upstate New York. Back in 2004, when he was 41, he went into his basement with some balsa wood and started carving a tiny version of New York City, one building at a ...
4th 5th 6th area division scale estimation 5.NBT.B 6.NS.B MP1 MP2 7.RP.A.1 4.MD.A

Peeps
Number Sense Food Holidays Probability and Statistics
"How many Peeps do you think are sold for Easter in the U.S.?"In this updated activity, students start by making their own guesses for the number of Peeps sold each Easter. They then consider what inf...
5th 6th 7th 8th Easter mean estimation MP1 MP2 MP3 candy 7.SP.1 7.SP.2

The Last Great Race on Earth
Algebra Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual event in which mushers and teams of 12-16 dogs race across Alaska from Anchorage to Nome, in the cold and dark of March. It is also known as “The Las...
rate time rate distance 5.NBT 6.NS MP1 MP2 6th 7th 5th 5.NF.B 6.RP.A 7.RP.A Iditarod winter

2026
Holidays Any time math
 As the new year approaches (where did the time go!!?), our annual activity has students explore not-so-common number categories to investigate whether 2026 fits into any of these. What is a Hars...
Christmas Holidays patterns looking for patterns finding patterns 5th 5.NBT.A.1 6th 7th 8th 8th HS 6.NS 7.NS 8.NS MP1 MP2 binary Harshad using formulas formula

Giant Pumpkins (2025)
Number Sense Food Holidays Ratio and Proportion Wow factor
🎃October is the time of year when giant pumpkin contests take place all over the world, and the pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger!In this activity, students will explore the latest giant pu...
Halloween 7.RP.1 7.RP.3 MP1 MP7 6th 7th Unit rate circle circumference diameter weight ratio proportion Thanksgiving

Labor Day 2025
Social Studies Holidays
 In our usual Labor Day activity (updated for 2025), students will learn about the intended meaning of Labor Day and explore the patterns behind its historical dates. They will investigate and ju...
Data patterns calendar patterns yearly patterns remainder long division MP8 MP1 6th 7th 8th 8th HS

S'mores
Number Sense Food Holidays
August 10 is National S’mores Day! Engage your students with a fun real-world math activity involving s’mores! In this activity (updated), ...
5.NF.3 6.RP.A.3 5.NBT.4 5.NBT.B.7 6.NS.4 LCM 7.NS.3 MP1 MP4 Number Sense unit price

Stone Ice Storage
Number Sense Geometry Science
In this activity, students will estimate the volume of the Seokbinggo, a centuries-old stone structure, and compare it to the size of their home fridge. Through the activity, students will be gi...
5th 6th 7th estimation Volume unit conversion reasoning MP1 MP2 MP5 5.MD.3 5.MD.C 5.MD.A 6.RP.A.3 6.RP.A

Candy Count: Which Bag Holds the Most Candy
Number Sense Geometry Food Holidays
 🎃Leverage your students' Halloween enthusiasm with this activity, where they’ll calculate the volume of various trick-or-treat bags—ranging from rectangular prisms to spheres, cylinders, and con...
Halloween Volume prism sphere cone candy 6.GA 6.NS.B 6.RP.A.3 7.G.B.6 8.G.C.9 MP1 MP2 HSG.GMD.3 HS HSG.SRT
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