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Encouraging bats might be better than using bug repellant
Encouraging bats might be better than using bug repellant

Bats eat mosquitoes ... lots of mosquitoes. Students compare a bat's weight to how much he can consume in one night. They calculate how much they would need...

Math and Science Ratio and Proportion Grades 5–6
Fibonacci coloring
Fibonacci coloring

Let your students simply enjoy coloring our designs or artistically play with the whole creation of Φ designs. Simply coloring our Fibonacci patterns might allow students to ponder...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 3–HS
What are the odds that Justify can win the Triple Crown?
What are the odds that Justify can win the Triple Crown?

Justify has won the Triple Crown. He's the 13th horse to ever win all three races ... Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes. Amazing! Justify winner of...

Number Sense Sports Grades 6–HS
Will Damarious Randall have to pay big?
Will Damarious Randall have to pay big?

Warriors won the NBA Championships. Randall won't have to buy jerseys! The Cleveland Brown's safety player, Damarious Randall, posted this tweet. Its been very popular and retweeted a...

Number Sense Sports Grades 4–5
More eruptions on Hawai'i's Kilauea
More eruptions on Hawai'i's Kilauea

The Volcano Kilauea is continuing to spew molten lava and ash on the island of Hawai'i. This volcano is on the tip of the southern most Hawaiian Island....

Algebra Geometry Grades 3–7
Boeing 787 draws an airplane over the United States
Boeing 787 draws an airplane over the United States

Recently, pilots of a Boeing 787 testing a new set of Rolls Royce engines, fulfilled their FAA required long-distance endurance requirement in an unusual way. The Boeing pilots...

Number Sense Geometry Grades 5–HS
How fast can you run?
How fast can you run?

Have you heard of The Six Million Dollar Man? He was the character in a science fiction show about an astronaut that was rebuilt, bionically, after his space...

Algebra Number Sense Grades 4–7
How many wings did the Bills send the Bengals?
How many wings did the Bills send the Bengals?

Cincinnati Bengals serving their thank-you gift from the Buffalo Bills to the Autism High School at the Children's Home of Cincinnati On December 31st, 2017, the Cincinnati Bengals...

Algebra Math and Food Grades 4–6
Greasing light poles
Greasing light poles

The Philadelphia police were being proactive about keeping their enthusiastic Eagles fans from being reckless as they celebrated their 2018 Super Bowl win. So, the police departments frosted...

Algebra Geometry Grades 5–HS
The Olympic Torch trip in South Korea
The Olympic Torch trip in South Korea

On October 24, 2017, the Olympic flame was captured on Mount Olympus, Greece. That flame lit one of this year's Olympic Torches and the Torch relay was begun...

Math and Social Studies Sports Grades 4–HS
Is this promo a good deal?
Is this promo a good deal?

McDonald's was offering an "Arch Card" special deal. If you bought an Arch Card for $100 you were entitled to a free BigMac or EggMcMuffin every week for...

Number Sense Math and Food Grades 4–6
Spiraling triples
Spiraling triples

Let students explore the patterns of perfect squares and Pythagorean Triples as they analyze our piece of art and decide why the resulting construction looks like spiraling squares....

Number Sense Geometry Grades 6–HS