Arizona Math Standard: 2.MD.A.3

How many times could you fill up a jet plane using the fuel that would fit in an olympic-sized pool?

How many 2 liter bottles could you fill up using the water in an olympic-sized pool?

How long would it take to mow a very large lawn with a push-mower?

What if I told you that an elephant weighed a back-breaking 176,000? Could you figure out the unit I’m using? But… how many corgis would that be?

What if I told you a movie was a whopping 0.017 long? Could you figure out the unit I’m using? This lesson packs in strange measurements of time as well as tiny decimals.

What if I told you that I’m 341,640 old? Could you figure out what unit I’m using? Hint: it’s not years!

A lesson about lines, line segments, and rays that avoids dull memorization. Instead, we ponder this delightful question: Which is longer, a ray or a line? Then, kids consider what these different geometric concepts would think about each other.

How has the volume of laptops changed over time? You know you want to check out how huge those first versions were!

Is gas actually that expensive? What if we filled a car up with… orange juice?

Let’s find how the diameter and circumference of famous circles are related.

So… just how many kids could we cram onto the playground?