September
Sunday
Monday
2011 Math Activity Calendar.
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. Visit your local
library this month to find out what programs, resources, and
materials they have waiting for you.
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1 Emma M. Nutt Day
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8 International
9 Teddy Bear Day
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16 Mayflower Day
17 Constitution Day
Emma was the first female
telephone operator. She
was paid $10 a month and
worked 54-hour weeks.
Calculate her hourly wage.
7 Friendship Day.
Saturday
3 Skyscraper Day
Burj Khalifa in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, is
the tallest skyscraper at
2,717 feet. Convert the
height to inches. Imagine
the view!
4 Newspaper Carrier
Day In 1833, 10-year-old
5 Cheese Pizza Day
Poll 20 people to find out
their favorite kind of pizza.
Create a bar graph to show
your results.
Cal Ripken Jr. played in his
2,131st consecutive
baseball game today in
1995. How many innings
would that be?
11 Grandparents Day
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13 International
Chocolate Day
14 One Long Ride!
19 Talk Like a Pirate
Day Arrrgh! Ye don’t know
20 Lemonade Day
21 Backpack Awareness 22 Elephant
Day Your backpack should Appreciation Day
23 The Planet Neptune 24 Punctuation Day
why we be talkin’ like this,
Matey? Well, me thinks we
don’t either, but ‘tis fun!
Aye aye, Cap’n!
On this day in 1630, the
first glass of lemonade was
poured in Paris, France. How
many years has it been since
then?
weigh less than 15% of
your weight. Calculate the
most you can carry. Now
weigh your backpack. Is it
too heavy?
Elephants spend about 16
hours a day eating almost
500 pounds of food. How
much do they eat in
one hour?
Neptune was discovered in
1846. Neptune is 17 times
the mass of planet Earth.
If Earth weighed 25
pounds, how much would
Neptune weigh?
26 Johnny
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28 Good Neighbor
29 World Heart Day
30 World Series First
Barney Flaherty became
the first paperboy. That
year the newspaper cost
1¢. How does that compare to today’s prices?
Work with your
grandparents to create
a timeline of their life.
Include big life events like
when their favorite
grandchild was born!
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6 Lots of Innings!
Make your favorite
chocolate-inspired dessert
for dinner tonight. Or better yet, double the recipe
to share your sweets with a
special friend.
Appleseed’s Birthday
With your family, conduct
a blind taste test with
different types of apples.
Make a tally chart showing
people’s favorite apple.
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A friend is someone you can
count on. And your friends
should be able to count on
you. This is a different way to
use the word, “count.”
In 1984, Joe Kittinger rode
in a helium-filled balloon
from Caribou, Maine, to
Savona, Italy. Using a map,
calculate how many miles
he flew.
Day Draw a map of your
neighborhood. Label each
person’s house. Don’t forget to include a map key
and compass rose.
Literacy Day Celebrate
by reading a book with an
adult tonight,
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Keep active and stay
healthy. Wear a pedometer
today and record how
many steps you took. Can
you increase the amount
tomorrow?
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Predict how many stuffed
animals you have in your
home. Now count each
one. How close were the
actual results to your
prediction?
It took 66 days to sail
from England to presentday Cape Cod. How long
does it take to travel that
distance today?
Televised In 1947, an
estimated 3.9 million
viewers watched the series,
probably on TV screens
only five or seven inches
diagonal. Compare that to
TV screen sizes today.
On this day in 1787 the
Constitution of the United
States was signed. How old
is this document?
Don’t underestimate the
importance of
punctuation, particularly
decimals in math! Would
you rather earn $22.00 or
$0.22 or $2,200.00 for
mowing the lawn?