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All you can eat for 10 cents
Algebra Number Sense Food
The history of the Dairy Queen franchise began with this ad in Illinois in 1938: All the ice cream that you can eat for only 10 cents! We know that 10 cents was worth more in the past, but was it...
8th 8th HS 9th 6th 7th 5th 6.RP.A 7.RP.A3 HSF.IF.C HSF.LE.A estimation summer inflation inflation rate money exponential growth exponential percentage change Business

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

The Game of GO
Number Sense Social Studies
In March 2016, Lee Se-dol, one of the world's best Go players, and Google's artificial intelligence program "AlphaGo" had their first match. (Watch the incredible Documentary) Exactly 10 years la...
8th 8th HS combinations Data and Probability HSS-CP number of ways game estimation

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 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...
4th 5th 6th 7th 4.MD ratio estimation Volume pi circle multiple proportion 6.RP 7.RP 7.G 8.G 8th

Holiday Shipping
Holidays Probability and Statistics Any time math
 Now that the holiday shopping season has begun, it's time to get the packages to your homes. Two big companies take care of a lot of that shipping. How do they manage that? Did you ever wonder h...
estimation Christmas Holidays shipping percents 6.RP.3 5.NBT.7 7.EE.3 7.EE 6th 7th 5th MP4 average ratio

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (2025)
Number Sense Holidays Current events
 ðŸŽˆGet excited for Thanksgiving with this updated Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade activity! Students explore this year's parade map to find the number of parade blocks, use the map’s scale to deter...
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The greatest amount of chocolate
Food Holidays
 In this updated activity, students compare three chocolates that look almost the same size to see which one actually gives the most chocolate. Depending on their grade level, they’ll use differe...
3rd 4th 5th 6th area circle area approximation 3.MD.C 4.MD.A 6.G.1 mean radius estimation Halloween 7th 7.G.B Valentine's Day valentine

Would you rather $10,000 a week vs $10 million at once?
Number Sense Wow factor
In this updated activity, students explore the question: Would you rather get $10,000 every week or $10 million all at once? To begin, stude...
5th 6th 7th 8th 9th tax rates tax percent percentage calculations money estimation 5.NBT.A.1 5.NBT.A.2 7.RP.A.3 6.RP.A.3 Investment
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