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"My Math 1 students finished their test with a lot of time to spare, so I put up the Wii Bowling pictures I had taken (see this post) and had them take out a piece of paper. I asked them to write down what they noticed and wondered about what they saw in the pictures (similar to what @maxmathforum suggested in this post). My thought with starting with it today was to get an idea where they were at and try to come up with a game plan for Monday. Here are the responses I got (and not everyone responded):"

Surprising video of results of different toaster settings. By David Cox. Follow up from Dan Meyer.

Links to three videos of the Space Shuttle launch, with data on time, distance and mass. By David Cox.

David Cox's follow up to his original WCYDWT toast video. Includes multiple settings and an answer.

WCYDWT? This image is a great stimulus to build a similar triangle problem. Students could use the internet to find out various dimensions and demonstrate or calculate a missing variable such as: how high was the plane flying. See also http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iotw.html?iotwid=137 and forum for more details. Could load image into GeoGebra for more accurate modelling.

Dan Meyer's thorough exploration of the toaster question, including an analysis of how dark the toast is.

Adam Poetzel, secondary math ed prof at the University of Illinois, sent along Orbeez, which is pretty aptly described by this commercial: