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Summer Solstice, the longest day

Algebra Science Holidays Probability and Statistics
  Sunrise on the summer solstice at StonehengeJune 21st, at 10:57 am EDT, the Earth's North Pole will be tilted as far towards the Sun as it will ever be in the year.  This marks the lo...

Patterns in the binomial expansion, Pascal

Algebra Number Sense Art
 Realizing that (X+Y)n can be expanded with the help of Pascal's Triangle offers some pretty and interesting math play.  We love to bring a little fun and beauty into our math classes and th...

Triple Crown hopefuls at the Preakness

Sports Holidays Current events Probability and Statistics
 Credit: AP Photo/Garry Jones Saturday, May 20th 2023, will be the running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness is the second major race...

How hard it is to pick the perfect bracket? (Updated)

Algebra Number Sense Sports Probability and Statistics
Updated (2026)! Games have begun and there have been several upsets but March Madness won't be over until the finals on April 3rd and 4th. March Madness bracket predictions can still be reworked....

March Madness - Does seeding really matter?

Number Sense Sports Current events Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
   March Madness, the big 68 team college basketball tournament, will now take over our TV viewing during the weekends of March. School and office friends are filling out brackets....

Typical Super Bowl scores

Algebra Number Sense Sports Probability and Statistics
Updated for 2023! In this activity students study historical Super Bowl data to reflect on average (mean, median, and mode), losing scores, winning scores, and range of scores. They ...

Powerball, Mega Millions, and probability

Algebra Number Sense Social Studies Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics Wow factor
Updated! See the new post by searching "Mega Millions" Adventurer members can access the older version by clicking the "Solutions & supporting material"

Big bucks 2023

Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion Probability and Statistics
Updated! When soccer great, Lionel Messi played for Barcelona, he had one of the highest paid contracts of any athlete in the world.  He had a $674 million dollar 4-year contract. Canelo Álv...

Winter Solstice 2023

Number Sense Geometry Science Ratio and Proportion
It is really dark out now.  Why is that? Students appreciate how their latitude effects the darkness of their late afternoon location as they study the earth's tilt and the logic of daylight hour...

Wind chill

Algebra Number Sense Science Ratio and Proportion
  The weather forecasters tell us what the wind chill temperature will feel like. How do they figure out that number? In this activity students use the National Weather System chart to ...

Inflation and the cost of gasoline

Algebra Number Sense Science Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
 In 1980, one gallon of gasoline costs $1.22.  Today's prices are a lot higher.  Is that because the price has gone up or because in 1980 you could buy a lot more than you can buy today...

Mallie's latest Big Burger

Algebra Number Sense Food Ratio and Proportion
It's time to treat your students to ratios, proportions, fractions and BIG BURGERS! In this activity students explore the ratio of the various ingredients in the world's largest burger (pic...
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