Math Projects

Do big countries always have the most medals? Which smaller countries rank surprisingly high in the Olympics?

In this cross-curricular investigation, students will look into an intriguing question: do donuts or salads have more sugar? They’ll grapple with misleading information, bias, and use their math skills to create a visual representation of sugar in popular foods.

Which country has a great balance between their summer and winter Olympic medals?

Would you save money if you lived in Las Vegas and commuted every day to San Francisco?

Caffeine is everywhere. But what are the ads really saying? Analyze the claims, then create your own public service announcement.

How have the ages of three countries’ populations changed from 1950 to 2020? And what problems might that create?

What do people know about the amount of caffeine in common beverages?

So… just how much caffeine can you have before you end up in the ER?

Design and furnish hotel rooms on a budget. Real math, real constraints, real decisions. Then pitch your hotel to investors.

What if you had an original iPod and sold it compared to if you had bought the equivalent amount of Apple stock and sold that?

So should we make another movie in this series?

Let’s create a parody ad attacking a surprisingly calorie-rich meal.