A Measure of Happiness

This task will give your geometry learners practice solving problems using volume formulas of cylinders and prisms as well as make some fish very happy. The task is to submerge a home for the fish in a tank that is a rectangular prism....

Your assessment takers will be happy that there are only three questions on this closing activity. You will be pleased with the applied applications and how they reveal your learners' strengths and weaknesses. 

Your learners will enjoy this conglomerate of hands-on activities and projects that can be used in algebra one and two, geometry, and personal finance. Rich in math standards, these projects reach into learners' lives to motivate and...

How much bird feed do birds eat? How can you anticipate when a bird feeder needs to be refilled? Scholars learn how to manipulate units and rates to model the time it takes for a bird feeder to become empty.

Addressing the idea of intelligent design, as well as a number of creation myths, this presentation gives a measured and scientific perspective to the beginning of the world.  It includes a graphic on the Big Bang Theory, evolution, and...

Are economic and political leaders prioritizing what we need most? In the business world of facts, figures, and profits, Chip Conley makes a passionate call for inspired employees. Using Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Bhutan's...

Two podcasts introduce scholars to geometry basics (types of polygons, lines of symmetry, and congruence) and finding area of simple shapes. Be sure learners comprehend these concepts before moving on. What foods can they think of that...

Happy Meals® may have been popular because of the coveted prize that came with the fries. Mathematicians analyze a fictitious BurgerRama campaigning to sell cartoon-character dolls. They graph sales on a chart. In doing so, they examine...

Smiling is something we may do every day and can appear benign, yet this common expression has more health benefits and psychological/physical implications than we realize! Using historical quotes, scientific studies, and a vast range of...

What is positive psychology? Martin Seligman briefly reviews the history of psychology as a discipline, from its initial achievements measuring, discovering causes of, and inventing treatment for psychological disease, to a more modern...