Math Moves
What is the value of 8 × 7?
56
What is a simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Who was the first African American president of the United States?
Barack Obama
What does the “P” in PBL stand for?
Project
What Disney movie (2021) gave us the viral hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”?
Encanto
If a triangle’s angles add to 180°, and two angles are 60° and 90°, what is the missing angle?
30°
Identify the figurative language: “The classroom was a zoo.”
Metaphor
What famous speech includes the words “One day, this nation will rise up”?
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech
True or False: Collaboration means working alone.
False
Which animated Disney movie (2016) featured the songs “How Far I’ll Go”?
Moana
Simplify: 4x + 7x – 3
11x – 3
Give a synonym for the word resilient
strong, tough, persistent
Name a popular Black artist or musician influencing culture today.
Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, J. Cole
Give one example of a skill you need to complete a group project successfully.
teamwork, communication, time management
In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Miles Morales meets Spider-People from many worlds. What’s the group they form called?
The Spider-Society
What is the area of a rectangle with length 12 and width 5?
60
In the sentence, “She quickly ran to the store,” what part of speech is the word quickly?
Adverb
Which Black athlete is known for activism as well as excellence in their sport?
LeBron James, Serena Williams, Colin Kaepernick
If your team disagrees during a project, name one strategy to solve the conflict respectfully.
compromise, active listening, dividing tasks, mediation
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), which character takes on the Black Panther mantle after T’Challa’s death?
Shuri
A basketball court is 94 ft long. If you run it back and forth 10 times, how many feet have you run?
940 feet
In the line “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul” (Emily Dickinson), what figurative language is used, and how do you know?
Metaphor — hope is directly compared to a bird without “like” or “as.”
Name a recent Black leader, activist, or influencer making an impact on social justice today
Amanda Gorman, Marley Dias, Tarana Burke, Ibram X. Kendi
What’s the difference between a “problem” and a “driving question” in PBL?
A problem is something to solve; a driving question guides the whole project
What streaming hit (2016–present), set in the 1980s, follows kids fighting monsters from the Upside Down?
Stranger Things