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The new R-naught number

Algebra Number Sense Science Current events Probability and Statistics
There's a number used to quantify how fast a virus will spread, the R-naught number.  As the coronavirus spread though out the world, we saw how the threat of infection was measured and und...

Ranked Choice Voting in NYC

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
New York City is still tallying its election results for a new Mayor.  This year they tried Ranked Choice Voting.  What does that mean? How does that work?  What are the ramificat...

Tree for Springtime

Algebra Geometry Art
Here in the Northeast, flowers are blooming and trees are leafing out. We thought the creation of a tree that grows before your eyes might be akin to what is going on all around us. What d...

Inauguration Date

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Probability and Statistics
  The date of the Presidential Inauguration this year can be written in an interesting way. What do you notice?  What do you wonder?  Do you think that this happens often in a yea...

Pascal coloring and modular math

Number Sense Geometry Social Studies Art
In this activity students have the opportunity to color as they investigate Pascal's triangle and the many useful patterns that it shows. The triangle is explored for patterns, coloring...

So just print some more money!

Number Sense Social Studies Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
                     What's the big deal with our deficit? Do we actually borrow money to cover our debt? If we do, imagine the interest charges? Help your students...

How long would it take to build this underground house and pool?

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Social Studies 3-act tasks
The building of this underground house and pool was presented by Cayote Person and his partner, Mark Lavins, on their youtube channel, "Brave Wilderness." At BraveWilderness.com the busin...

Fantasy Football

Algebra Number Sense Sports Holidays
In the midst of another NFL season, we introduce students to Fantasy Football. Students first calculate football points given touchdowns, yardage gains and interceptions. They are t...

Impress your parents at dinner

Algebra Number Sense
This activity is the first in our series on mental math tricks.  Let your students develop their own individual way of mentally multiplying by 0.5, 5, 50, 500, and so on.  We have a litt...

Want to earn $150,000? - Mersenne prime search

Algebra Number Sense
What's a Mersenne prime?  How hard could it be to find the next one? Why are there only 50 known Mersenne primes?     What's with $150,000?

Measuring sea level

Algebra Number Sense Geometry Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
What does this gizmo do? We've given students a diagram of what the interior of this mechanism contains and asked them to try to decide what its purpose must be. Then we've...

It's latke time

Number Sense Food Holidays Ratio and Proportion
   In Leslie's family it is traditional to eat latkes (Yiddish for little potato pancakes) at this time of year.  They are fried in a lot of oil and salted generously. Her mom's latk...
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