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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"...

The Ultimate Key Lime Pie

Number Sense Geometry Food Any time math
 On a cold and snowy day in Boston about ten years ago, two chefs created a huge Key Lime pie to remind the frozen people of the Northeast how tasty and warm the Keys of Florida are. In this upda...

How much snow is that?

Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion
 ❄️In this updated activity, students will estimate, calculate, and analyze the weight of a snow pile sitting on top of a car. Using real-world data, they’ll apply math to determine if the car ca...

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...

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...

How much pee is in your pool (Updated)

Number Sense Geometry Science
 How much pee is in your pool? 🏊🏊After chlorination, it has been hard to measure the quantity of pollutants in pool water.  A Canadian chemist, Xing-Fang Li, has found a marker for...

Happy National D🍩nut Day!

Food Holidays
 We have 2 activities to support this silly, but awesome holiday -- National Donut Day (June 5th) :  How much have donuts changed?   Students become fam...

What is a quantum dot?

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Science Current events Ratio and Proportion Wow factor Any time math
 In this activity, students work through the nomenclature to understand the possibilities of nano science and quantum dots.  Questions that are answered; How many nanometers are in a millime...

How many baseballs are in this truck?

Algebra Geometry Sports Any time math
In 2017, Old Dominion Freight Line offered 2 free tickets to the next 3 World Series to the person who guesses closest to "How many baseballs are in this truck?". Alas, the contest ended on Au...

Chocolate heart-shaped raspberry cake

Geometry Food Holidays Art
For Valentine's Day, bake a cake! Students calculate base area or volume of cakes made from 2 cake pan sizes and observe how the volume of the cake changes with the increased pan size. &nbs...
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