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These days it seems everyone is on social media. Are you? Famous athletes and entertainers are on social media and they can make a lot of money. In...
Cute little birds. Piping plovers are nesting on beaches along the Atlantic coast. Consequently beaches are often roped-off or closed to protect their nests and chicks. Is this...
In this activity, students analyze and graph the numbers and decide if Facebook's growth in the first 20 years has been linear, exponential, meteoric, or something else. Will...
Help your students understand what they are reading or hearing about the California drought. Terms like acre-feet, chains, and furlongs are often used to describe the volume of...
A ct 1: Take a look at the promo at Moe's. What is the first question that comes to mind? How much does a 42-gallon jug of Chili...
I have been doing a little shopping for Sweet Heart Candies. I came across these three deals online. Which should I select? In this activity, students determine which...
The deflated ball controversy makes an interesting segue into negative number line understanding. A particular digital psi football gauge reads 0 when the ball is at a proper...
This is a three act task, with an activity guide. Show students the act one video. What questions do they have? How much could the Star Wars kit...
This activity has been updated (2026). See the new activity here: https://www.yummymath.com/post/light-bulb-cost-comparison/ There's a lot of misinformation out there about the cost to consumers of CFL and LED...
During the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, the local plumbers union dyes the Chicago River emerald green. Students learn what PPM (parts per million) means and attempt...
The scoring rubric for each of the Olympic events is intended to eliminate the possibility of scoring bias from the judges. Let your students learn more about the...
François Englert and Peter W. Higgs François Englert and Peter W. Higgs were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 for the theory of how particles acquire...