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2 Hiking Activities
Algebra Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion
How much food do you need to carry to hike the Appalacian Trail? The AT is a hiking trail that begins in Georgia and ends on Mount Katadin, Maine. Fall is a beautiful time to be outdoors or on ...
Data and Probability Unit rate slope Pythagorean Theorem rate 6.RP.2 6.RP.3 7.RP.1 6.RP.1 miles per hour calories 8.G.7 7.EE.3 HSF-IF.B.6 8.EE.5 MP1 MP2 6th 7th 8th HS 8.EE.6 8.G.8 HSG-MG.A.1 MP6 food

Can you show that the Pythagorean Theorem works?
Algebra Number Sense Geometry
Use this activity to help your students work through the meaning of the Pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean theorem experiences are often skill and drill work with contrived right triangle problem...
measurement Pythagorean Theorem visual representation 6.G 7.G 6th 7th 8th HS 8.G.6 HSG

USPS needs help!
Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics
The U.S. Postal Service has been in the news lately.  Does it seem like your mail takes longer to reach where you have sent it now?  Do you wonder why there are delays and whether things w...
5.NBT 6.NS 4.MD 5.MD 6.RP 6.SP 5.OA 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 4.OA unit ratios trends 7.RP.A 4.NBT USPS

It might be a good year to see the Perseid meteor shower
Science Holidays Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Catching a productive meteor shower can be a stunning experience.  On the evenings and mornings of August 11th, 12th and 13th there could be a very good show.  A last quarter moon ...
Unit rate data analysis 5.MD 6.RP 7.RP 5.NF 7.SP 6th 7th 8th HS 5th apparent magnitude recognize trends perseids astronomy

What does the data show?
Algebra Probability and Statistics
When you look at the new case numbers of the Coronavirus in the U.S. and compare that with various world and national events and our present scientific understandings, what do you wonder?  Wh...
6.SP 7.SP MP1 MP2 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSM 8.SP.A MP4 8.F.B 5.OA.B.3 Coronavirus

How much water should you be drinking?
Algebra Science Food Ratio and Proportion
 As we are outdoors more and temperatures are rising, it might be a good time to look at hydration. A healthy requirement for fluids can't really be the same for everyone.  Surely the amount...
HSA-CED 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 6.NS.B 6.RP.A HSM HSF.BF 5.OA.B 8.F.A 4.OA.B summer

How fast will my new puppy mature?
Algebra Number Sense Ratio and Proportion
Dudley, born 11/10/2019 Dudley has just come to live with us. He is just a puppy and he is full of energy.  He's settling in well even though this is only day 3 of him living with us. T...
5.NF 6.EE 7.EE 5.OA HSF-IF 6th 7th 8th HS HSF.BF dogs natural logarithms DNA methyl markers new aging formula 8.FB

Really stuffed!
Algebra Number Sense Food Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Wow, these cookies look really stuffed! How much more "stuffed" are they compared to Triple Double Oreos, Double Stuf Oreos or even Original Oreos. Does this look yummy to you or gr...
systems of equations nutrition calories 6.EE 7.EE MP2 8.EE 5.OA HSA-CED HSA-REI 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 6.RP.A 7.RP.A MP4 relative measures carbohydrates fats weight food

String design, ellipses, and orbital mechanics
Number Sense Geometry Science Art
Here's a different and somewhat artistic way to encourage understanding of a conic section.  Participants physically build an ellipse by choosing two foci and sketching the fi...
Pythagorean Theorem 7th 8th HS Conic sections HSG.GPE orbits eccentricity perihelion aphelion ellipse

Coronavirus trends
Algebra Science Social Studies Current events Probability and Statistics
Johns Hopkins University of Medicine has a team that maintains current maps and data about the Coronavirus.  They record changes and show trends of the virus activity throughout the World. Enjo...
percents MP2 MP3 MP7 HSS.IC 7th 8th HS 6.SP.B 6.RP.A 7.RP.A 8.SP.A 7.SP.A MP4 HSMD population density Coronavirus

Leslie's socially-distanced party

Algebra Geometry Science
I risked infecting my friends or becoming infected myself by throwing a very small socially-distanced party.  I served baked appetizers, disinfectant wipes, and latex gloves.  I cooked whi...
trigonometry 5.MD 6.G 7.G 8.G 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSG HSF.TF separation social distance

May 27th launch from the U.S. again
Geometry Science Social Studies Current events
May 27 scrubbed because of weather. Successfully launched Saturday, May 30th, 3:22 pm EDT.  Dragon is on the way to the ISS now. Wednesday, May 27th will be a momentous day for space tr...
NASA 5.MD 7.G 6th 7th 8th HS 5th 6.G.A launch SpaceX
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