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Inflation and the cost of gasoline
Algebra Number Sense Math and Science Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
In 1980, one gallon of gasoline costs $1.22.  Today's prices are a lot higher.  Is that because the price has gone up or because in 1980 you could buy a lot more than you can buy today for...
Data and Probability graph 5.G.1 5.G.2 5.NBT.7 6.NS.3 MP3 MP.4 graphing 6th 7th 5th MP5 Current value pricing inflation rate Excel charts decimal multipication gas

Giant Pumpkins 2022
Number Sense Math and Food Ratio and Proportion Data and probability Wow factor
5 pound pumpkin compared to giant pumpkin Let your students marvel at World Record winning giant pumpkins as they use proportions to calculate the quantities of pumpkin puree and th...
proportion ratio Halloween 7.RP.1 7.RP.3 MP1 MP7 6th 7th pumpkin pie recipe

The LUGE
Algebra Number Sense Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion
This is one of the fastest Olympic sports. Lugers, on tiny sleds, zoom down a solid ice track at fantastic speeds, hold their bodies in an aerodynamically optimized position while fighting extre...
rate 6.RP 6.EE 7.EE 8.EE 6th 7th 8th HS Olympics HSF luge

Beijing Olympic Schedule 2022
Number Sense Sports Holidays and Annual Events Current events Data and probability
The Winter Olympics begins this week in Beijing. Wikipedia had this schedule of events. We think that there is a lot of information missing and apparent in this graphic. What can you tell, wha...
3.MD 4.MD 5.MD 6.SP 7.SP 8.F 8.SP 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 3rd 4th Olympics HSF HSS-ID 6.MD 7.MD reading graphics

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

Holiday shipping
Algebra Holidays and Annual Events Ratio and Proportion Data and probability
Now that the 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? The mechanis...
percents holiday 6.RP.3 ratios 5.NBT.7 5.NBT 7.EE.3 7.EE 6th 7th 5th networks MP4 shipping UPS FedEx on time delivery

Which sale would you rather use?
Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion
In this short activity, students decide if these two sales are the same. If not, which is better? How would you explain this to someone?
percents 7.RP.3 6.RP discounts HSA-CED 6th 7th 8th HS HSF sales shopping

The drag in swimming - More Olympics activities
Algebra Math and Science Sports Current events
 To win in Olympic swimming, contestants have to be incredibly fit and have marvelous endurance and technique.  Do they also need to consider the science of their motions and the...
MP1 MP7 MP.4 7th 8th HS density 7.RP.A 7.EE.B Proportionality drag aero/hydro dynamics equivalent expressions HSA/CED.A4 Olympics

Olympic Skateboarding
Algebra Number Sense Sports Current events Data and probability
We are very excited to see skateboarding as an event in the Tokyo Olympics.  Skateboarding is athletic, artistic and difficult to master.  Why has it taken so long to become an Olympic ...
mean MP1 6th 7th 8th HS 5th Olympics 6.SP.B 6.SP.A skateboarding scoring olympics eliminating extremes

Spiraling squares - compass and straight edge
Algebra Number Sense Geometry Holidays and Annual Events Math and Art
Can you see the many spirals in this design? Students calculate the size of each increasing round of squares and consider what sort of spirals these must be. Working wit...
Pythagorean Theorem math art 7th 8th HS HSG 8.G.B irrational numbers HSG.CO spirals endofyear art
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