Sunday evening, December 6th, is the first night of Hanukkah this year. I think it was much later in December last year. Why isn’t it always on the same date? Students look at the Hebrew calendar and appreciate the incredible mathematics involved in creating a calendar that aligns both the moon’s rotation about the Earth and the Earth’s rotation about the Sun.
For members we have solutions for this activity below.
hebrew-calendar2015.docx hebrew-calendar2015-solution.pdf
CCSS: 5.NBT, 5.OA, 6.SP, 8.SP, S-IC
from Yummy Math http://www.yummymath.com/2015/why-does-the-date-of-hanukkah-keep-changing/
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