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Video Game Consoles
Video Game Consoles

The video game world is constantly changing and improving. With the fairly new products like the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X, we wondered what are the...

Movies and Entertainment Probability and Statistics Grades 4–6
All you can eat for 10 cents
All you can eat for 10 cents

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...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–7
National Donut Day (2 activities)
National Donut Day (2 activities)

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...

Algebra Geometry Grades 4–HS
Rapunzel
Rapunzel

A live-action remake of Disney's Tangled is now in the works! In this updated activity, students use ratios and proportional reasoning to estimate the weight of Rapunzel's magical...

Movies and Entertainment Ratio and Proportion Grades 4–6
Pixar vs DreamWorks
Pixar vs DreamWorks

Animated films are a billion-dollar industry. The two biggest producers of animated films are DreamWorks and Pixar. The two have been going head-to-head for more than ten years...

Movies and Entertainment Data and probability Grades 5–7
Peeps
Peeps

"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...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 4–7
Pi Day Activities
Pi Day Activities

5 Activities for π day! What is π? The logic of finding the perimeters of inscribed and circumscribed polygons as the number of sides to the polygons increases....

Geometry Holidays and Annual Events Grades 3–7
The Ultimate Key Lime Pie
The Ultimate Key Lime Pie

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...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 3–7
Holiday Candy Sales
Holiday Candy Sales

In this activity, students will analyze U.S. holiday candy sales percentage data (updated) to calculate the approximate amount spent on candy for each holiday. Students are encouraged to...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 4–6
Giant Pumpkins (2025)
Giant Pumpkins (2025)

🎃October is the time of year when giant pumpkin contests take place all over the world, and the pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger! In this activity,...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 5–6
The greatest amount of chocolate
The greatest amount of chocolate

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,...

Math and Food Holidays and Annual Events Grades 2–6
Typhoon Rasaga
Typhoon Rasaga

What is a typhoon, and how are they measured? In this activity, students learn about the recent typhoon (Typhoon Rasaga), storm rankings, and severity while practicing unit conversions...

Number Sense Math and Science