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Tech Neck
Number Sense Geometry Data and probability
How much strain does your neck feel when you look down at your phone?  In this activity, students explore the growing issue of tech neck by observing posture, taking meas...
7th 8th Scatter Plot line of best fit trigonometry trig measurement angles

Someone ate my cake!
Number Sense Math and Food Any time math
🍰In this updated activity, students analyze a photo of a partially eaten cake to figure out how much was taken, what fraction is left, and how much the culprit might owe based on the cake’s ...
3rd 4th 5th Fractions operations with fractions division money angle measure 4.NF.4 4.NF.2. fraction representation 3.NF.1 3.G.2 4.NF.3 4.MD.5 4.MD.6 5.NF.4 proportion proportional reasoning ratio

Patterns in the binomial expansion, Pascal
Algebra Number Sense Math and Art
Realizing that (X+Y)n can be expanded with the help of Pascal's Triangle offers some pretty and interesting math play.  We love to bring a little fun and beauty into our math classes and the en...
Data and Probability probability MP7 7th 8th HS 8.EE.C Pascal's Triangle binomial expansion modular arithmetic HSA.APR.C.5

Winter Solstice 2023
Number Sense Geometry Math and Science Ratio and Proportion
It is really dark out now.  Why is that? Students appreciate how their latitude effects the darkness of their late afternoon location as they study the earth's tilt and the logic of da...
Data and Probability latitude HSG-MG.1 6th 7th 8th HS 7.G.3 HSG.GMD.4 HSG.C central angle winter solstice dark out

Where should I drop my puck
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Ratio and Proportion 3-act tasks Data and probability
  Act 1 - Give students time to view the game board above or give them our one-page activity. The above picture is larger when you click on it. Ask students for their gut reaction about which sl...
6th 7th 8th HS 6.SP.B HSS HSA.APR Normal distribution Bernoulli 7.SP.C.7 Pascal’s Triangle

Lighting the 2022 Olympic Torch
Algebra Geometry Math and Science Sports Holidays and Annual Events
On October 18th, 2021 the Olympic Torch was lit in Greece.  It was lit without the help of a flame or a match.  It was lit by concentrating the rays of our Sun. From Olympi...
geometry circle focus model angles 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4.G.1 4.G.3 7.G.2 parabola Olympics

December 21, 2020 - Great conjunction
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Math and Science Current events
Right now, just after sunset, in the southwest sky, you can check out the planets of Jupiter and Saturn as they get closer and closer to each other. They are millions of miles apart but they app...
rate of change 4.MD 7.G MP3 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4th circles MP6 apparent diameter HSG.C central angle 8.F.B HSF.IF.B astronomy

Tiny vacuum with a huge reach
Algebra Number Sense Geometry 3-act tasks
From the vacuum description and advertisement in the PDF, how long do you think its cord must be? Thanks to Brian Shoemaker, Newton, MA teacher, for the idea and pictures.
MP.1 MP.3 MP.4 MP.2 6th 7th 8th HS 7.G.B 8.G.B HSM circle area HSG.MG HSG.C trigonometry angles

Pascal coloring and modular math
Number Sense Geometry Math and Social Studies Math and Art
In this activity students have the opportunity to color as they investigate Pascal's triangle and the many useful patterns that it shows. The triangle is explored for patterns, coloring...
art MP3 MP8 5.OA 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 3rd 4th 4.OA 3.OA Pascal's Triangle Modular math clock math pretty math

What's my angle?
Geometry Math and Science
I'm going to help save the planet by adding solar panels to my roof! Should I tilt the panels on my roof to more accurately aim towards the Sun? If so, at what angle should I use? S...
latitude MP2 Earth day 8th HS 7.G.B HSG.SRT Solar panel angles Solar geometry 8.EE.B HSG.CO HS.TF HS.C climate change trigonometry
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