Math and Easter.

 We don't often think of connecting Easter with math but they fit together quite well and open up opportunities to use these activities in your distance teaching.

When I talk about connecting math with Easter, I am not talking about those worksheets with problems and the answer tells you the color to put in the egg.  I am talking about math using real life information.

Yummy math has a nice activity where the student reads the description and then decides if the candy is solid or hallow.  They have to calculate the price per pound, price per inch, and it has them compare themselves to the piece of candy.  The second half of the activity has students make some educated guesses in regard to it's cost, and it's height.  As the final part, there is a picture of a huge Easter egg with a man standing next to it and the student is asked to make an educated guess as to it's height.

Another activity has students make three guess on the number of Peeps sold at Easter.  They are asked to make a guess they know is too low, then one that they think is too big, and one they think might be in the right neighborhood.  They have to decide what information they need to make a better guess.  The teacher then provides additional information to help them.  The class then lists all the guesses and finds the mean.  At the end, the teacher gives students the information, and students are asked to compare the mean with the actual estimate.

The third activity focuses on learning to read the back of a food coloring pack to determine the number of drops needed to create the proper dye for making Easter eggs.  The activity begins by having students make five observations about the chart before they answer questions that require some critical thinking.  The final activity asks more of a what if question that takes some thought.

Give your Pre-algebra and Algebra students additional practice with coordinate graphing by having them do Easter based cartesian coordinate art.  This one that uses all four quadrants to produce a picture of a rabbit and a chick.  If you don't like it try this one which is just a rabbit.

On the other hand, let your students practice reading infographics and interpreting them.  This site has 10 different infographics on Easter but only four deal with numerical information that could be used to create a graph.  Finally, this infographic has some great information on the amount of candy sold and what it equates to in terms of dump trucks, etc.

It is still possible in this world of social distancing to find activities we can do with our classes.  Let me know what you think, I'd love to hear.  Have a great day.