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How much does America spend for Mother’s Day?
How much does America spend for Mother’s Day?

Updated in April 2026 with new data; see the answer key. How much do we spend on Mother's Day? Use the Mother's Day event to engage your students...

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Grades 3–6
Earth Day Actions for Our Planet (April 22)
Earth Day Actions for Our Planet (April 22)

We have 16 activities that you could use for Earth Day! April 22nd is Earth Day. Help your students become activists for our planet? We have 16 activities...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
A geodesic icosahedron, the Times Square New Year's eve ball
A geodesic icosahedron, the Times Square New Year's eve ball

Image by kjpargeter on Freepik It's a gorgeous ball, covered with Waterford Crystal triangles, shaped as a geodesic icosahedron. Every New Year's Eve it descends in Times Square...

Geometry Math and Science
What is a quantum dot?
What is a quantum dot?

In this activity, students work through the nomenclature to understand the possibilities of nano science and quantum dots. Questions that are answered; How many nanometers are in a...

Algebra Number Sense High School
Veterans Day, 2023
Veterans Day, 2023

This activity will be updated before October, 2026. Stay tuned! On Veterans Day we honor the men and women that have served in the Armed Forces of the...

Algebra Social Studies Grades 4–HS
DST ends November 5th, 2023 - strange happenings
DST ends November 5th, 2023 - strange happenings

In this activity students try to figure out how time settings will change as they move from place to place and in the serious weirdness of Arizona and...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–HS
Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prizes

The Nobel Prizes have just been awarded. This is the medal that is given to the winners. What do you know about the Nobel Prize? Who do you...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
More Population Pyramids
More Population Pyramids

The population pyramid above shows the distribution of the World by ages and sex for each continent. How can that information help you put your vision of the...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 5–HS
Indigenous Peoples or Columbus Day
Indigenous Peoples or Columbus Day

When Columbus landed in Guanahani (renamed San Salvador, Bahama Islands by Columbus), he began the European settlement of the New World. Guanahani was inhabited by the Taíno people...

Algebra Geometry Grades 4–HS
Will this be an El Niño winter?
Will this be an El Niño winter?

The Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) started to show changes to the Pacific Ocean surface temperatures in April and May of this year. Those temperatures are still rising which...

Number Sense Math and Science Grades 3–HS
Huge Alaskan Vegetables
Huge Alaskan Vegetables

The annual Alaskan State Fair has just been completed. As usual, there were some amazingly big vegetables that won the agriculture prizes. Evidently, even though the growing season...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 3–7
Lego Fireman +
Lego Fireman +

At the Toys R Us store, we saw an amazing LEGO creation. He was a life-sized LEGO fireman with a walkie-talkie, an oxygen tank and even an oxygen...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 5–HS