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"...
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 ...
"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...
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...
The 2026 Lunar New Year falls on Tuesday, February 17. In this updated activity, students will explore the unique naming system of the Lunar New Year, which combines the Heavenly Stems and Earth...
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...
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...
🔍 In this updated activity, students will explore patterns and formulate mathematical relationships through the Canstruction exhibit ‘Downside Up.’ Begin with the starter slides for init...
🎃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...