Sports Tournaments

Sports Tournaments

Sports Tournaments (MathPickle, 2014) Sports tournaments should be celebrated in the math classroom. PS. Despite assurances in this video that I will post the follow-up results… I’ve removed them out of shock! My predictions sadly went down in...
Life expectancy in different countries

Life expectancy in different countries

Life expectancy in different countries (MathPickle, 2011) Life and death statistics from around the world. It is a good data set to discuss and calculate “average.” If students do not yet know division, the video shows another way to calculate average. The...
Bracket – Number Trivia Game

Bracket – Number Trivia Game

Bracket (MathPickle, 2011) In the video I describe how to play Bracket with sticks, but you can also just download this pdf board. Each player would play with two markers. You will need to come up with your own questions. They should be hard enough that an average...
Historic Maps

Historic Maps

 Destruction of Napoleon’s Grande Armée (Joseph Minard, 1869) Minard’s graph showing the destruction of Napoleon’s Grande Armée in 1812-1813. You can find an English translation of this graph here. How many types of data are presented on the...
Russian Map Reading

Russian Map Reading

Maps are a wealth of data. The best maps are easy to read and give lots of information. Instead of starting with an English map – start with a map in a different language. See how much your students can understand about this Russian map of an Island. After you...