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At least the days are getting longer
Algebra Number Sense Science Holidays Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
What's your guess?  How fast are the number of daylight hours changing each day?  Are the changes dramatic or subtle? Students make guesses; compute how l...
patterns data analysis 4.MD 5.MD 6.RP 7.RP 6.EE 7.EE 6.SP 7.SP 8.F 8.SP 6th 7th 8th 5th

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

Does it pay to get educated?
Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
 This activity is currently being updated…stay tuned! (May 2026)   Why should students do well in school, graduate high school, or go on to college?  In this activity median e...
bar graph data analysis 6.RP.3 6.SP.5 6.SP.3 7.SP.4 6.NS.3 6.SP.4 MP1 MP3 comparisons 5.NBT.5 6th 7th 8th 5th Math and Social Studies Number Sense Ratio and Proportion 4.OA.2 4.OA.2

Who's going back to school?
Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Students look at the past and present populations of the U.S. and the past and present population of school attendees to calculate the percentage of the population that are enrolled in K-12 school...
ratio percent data analysis percent increase 6.RP 7.RP 6.EE 7.EE 6.SP 7.SP 6th 7th 8th

Tornadoes 2019
Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Tornadoes have devastated the Midwest, U.S. in the last few days. Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Mississippi have been brutally hit with these powerful event...
percent mean data analysis Data news 6.RP 7.RP 6.SP Enhanced Fujita Scale 6th 7th 8th HS HSS.ID.A.2 EF scale tornado weather RP

Opening Weekend - Avengers: Endgame
Algebra Current events Probability and Statistics
Can you tell from its opening weekend how much the new movie, Avengers: Endgame, might earn in theaters?  This activity can be used anytime and is especially timely when there i...
Scatter Plot patterns data analysis estimation movies linear 8.SP.2 8.SP.3 HSS-ID.B.6 8.SP.1 8th HS S-ID bivariate data slope

Are baseball games getting longer?
Algebra Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
  March 28th, 2018 was opening day for this year's Major League Baseball season. It's a good time for some Major League Baseball math! In this activity students think about how major league ...
Scatter Plot line of best fit slope 8.SP.2 8.SP.3 HSS-ID.B.6 8.SP.1 6th 7th 8th HS 5th HSS.ID.C.7 HSS-ID.C.8 trend line data analysis

Extra point or 2-point conversion - Updated
Algebra Number Sense Sports Probability and Statistics
In 2015 the NFL changed the extra point kick distance to 33 yards and now teams have a tough decision to make, go for one or two points?  The one point extra point is no longer a given with...
NFL football probability 7.SP.6. 7.SP.7 HSS-MD.B.5 HSS-MD.B.6 HSS-MD.B.7 7th 8th HS expected value conflict data analysis

Nike's latest bet
Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Sports Current events Probability and Statistics
Nike has just chosen a surprising person to represent the 30th anniversary of their slogan, "Just Do It".  Colin Kaepernick, past quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, has been a subjec...
MP2 7.SP.1 HSS.IC 6th 7th 8th HS HSS.IC.A.1 7.SP.A 6.SP.1 polling random selection valid sampling Kaepernick Nike data analysis

What are the odds that Justify can win the Triple Crown?
Number Sense Sports Holidays Current events Probability and Statistics
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 w...
data analysis sports probability compound probability 7.SP.8 7.SP.7 7th 8th HS S-CP.2. horse racing

How fast can you run?
Algebra Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
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 ship crashed.  He could run a...
6th 7th 8th 5th 5.MD.A HSA 6.RP.A conversions dimensional analysis unit factors time rate distance

Jackie Robinson
Algebra Social Studies Sports Probability and Statistics
April 15th, 1947 was a date to remember.  Jackie Robinson became the first African-American baseball player to play in Major League Baseball since the game was segregated in the 1890s. Robinson...
baseball MLB average rate trend 6.EE.9 6.SP.3 7.EE.3 7.EE.4 8.F.4 HSF-LE.A.2 MP1 MP2 HSF-LE.A.3 history 6th 7th 8th HS MP4 data analysis
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