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Fidget spinners – fad or lasting trend?
Do you recognize what these are? Are you noticing students with these gadgets? Is this a forever toy or just the newest thing? Can you tell by looking at trend charts of Google searches how this...
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Cost of a gallon of gas
In 1950, one gallon of gasoline costs $0.27. Today the prices are going down but are they as low as they were in 1950? Or could $0.27 buy more in 1950? In this activity we begin to understand the...
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Free Flights?
Clicking on this image will show it larger on a new page. This can't be right! If my flight cost $200 and I stayed for 10 days it would be free. Right? You can kick off this activity by asking...
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How Much is a Tweet Worth?
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 this activity students study how the number of...
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Free Pizza for a Whole Stadium?
"Death Valley" stadium at Clemson University Act One: Clemson Football Head Coach, Dabo Swinney, offered an amazing "poll party" with pizza for everyone if Clemson makes the College Football Playoffs...
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How Many Pennies did Otha Save?
Otha Anders used picking up pennies as a way to remember to pray. In this 3-act activity we try to estimate how much he actually collected and stored in 5 gallon water jugs. Kick off the activity...
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Who can play in this play area?
We visited a Chic-fil-A recently. We had a great meal and my son loved playing in the play area. While at the play area I noticed two different signs that gave the age and height...
View ArticleLeicester City Foxes – from underdogs to Champions
Recently, to the surprise and elation of England and the world, the Leicester City Foxes became the winners of the British football association's Premier League. What was the big deal? Let's look at...
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Pokémon GO! I should have invested
Pikachu Pokémon GO is all the rage. News reports show people glued to their smart phones as they travel to nearby landmarks where virtual critters appear and need to be caught by throwing Pokémon...
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Civil rights marches, how do you count a crowd?
Clicking on the image will show it larger in a new window. On October 16, 1995, perhaps a million black men gathered for the Million Man March on Washington. This was 32 years after Martin Luther...
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Getting a new iPhone – which plan should I choose?
Clicking on image will show it larger in a new window. I want to get an iPhone8 and maybe change my service plan. Which of the above plans should I choose? Student pick one plan and consider the cost...
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Tiny vacuum with a huge reach
How many feet of cord must it have?Tiny vacuum that can reach a long way. From the vacuum description and advertisement on the left, how long do you think its cord must be? The activity:...
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The drag in swimming – 5 Olympics activities
USA swimmer, Katie Ledecky Compression swimwear To win in Olympic swimming, contestants have to be incredibly fit and have marvelous endurance and technique. Do they also need to consider the science...
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How many athletes brought home no medal?
There must be a lot of Olympians who haven't brought home medals. Probably most of the athletes that went to Tokyo didn't win a Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal. We couldn't find any numbers about...
View ArticleWrapping presents on the diagonal
Dr. Sara Santos is a popular mathematician and speaker on mathematics. She has worked out a method for wrapping boxes (rectangular prisms) as efficiently as possible. (Watch the video above) Her...
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