Ahisma Summer Institute
The Power of One - Math in a Different Angle
In this 2-day lesson focused on exponents, middle schoolers will cross the curriculum by engaging in science, history and language arts activities. Exponential growth will be explored using grains of rice on a chess board. Exponential...
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Rising Gas Prices – Compounding and Inflation
Financial literacy skills and exponential models are connected by the compound interest formula in this task centered on inflation calculations. Collaborative learners get experience collecting data from the given websites and exploring...
National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
Hospitality and Tourism 1: Safety and Sanitation
Math and science come alive in this career-related instructional activity on sanitation. Along the way, learners explore bacterial growth rates using exponential notation and graphs. A link to a very brief, but vivid video shows just how...
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biology - 9th Grade
The clear cartoon style slides in this presentation contain details that affect population growth. Natural disasters and other external factors are listed as density independent factors, and density dependent factors, such as competition...
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Nuclear Popcorn
Make your lesson on radioactive decay pop with this lab exercise. Using popcorn kernels spread over a tabletop, participants pick up all of those that point toward the back of the room, that is, those that represent decayed atoms. As the...
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How Does Your Population Grown?
Do you know how the population has grown of your community? Can you predict the population over the next half century? Can we find an algebraic model that matches our data? These along with many more questions can be researched by...
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NUMB3RS Activity: Chains and Pyramids
Watch an episode of the TV show, NUMB3RS and then explore the mathematics of chain letters and pyramid schemes, both of which involve geometric progressions and exponential growth. They discuss why both are dangerous and illegal.
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Algebra 1 Unit 8 Review
In this math learning exercise, students practice the techniques associated with algebra 1. This 5-page learning exercise has many different types of problems for the students to solve.
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Pre-calculus Unit 3 Test 2
Students will solve exponential function problems, graph exponential functions, find the value of logarithms, determine future value, and compound interest. In this Pre-calculus lesson, students will use the properties of logs to solve...
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Integrated Algebra/Math B Regents Questions: Exponential Equations
For this exponential equations worksheet, students solve 11 word problems in short answer and multiple choice format. Students write and solve exponential growth and decay problems given a word problem.
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Integrated Algebra Practice: Exponential Growth
In this exponential growth instructional activity, students solve 10 multiple choice and short answer problems. Students find the interest of an amount of money given the rate, time, and times compounded.
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Exponential Population Growth
In this exponential population growth worksheet, students read word problems and determine the exponential growth of a specified populations. They find the percent of growth and compute exponential regressions. Students graph...
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A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
Students explore the concept of exponential growth. In this exponential growth lesson, students manipulate power models with base 2. Students discuss what would happen if you doubled a penny over the course of 20 days. Students graph...
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NUMB3RS Activity: Exponential Growth
Mathematicians investigate exponential growth by exploring two different options for receiving allowance. Young scholars use technology to compare a linear function with a constant rate of growth to a function that grows exponentially...
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Some Similarities between the Spread of an Infectious Disease and Population Growth
If the infectious diseases and population growth worksheet, students simulate the spread of an infectious disease by exchanging fluids in a lab activity. Students watch the spread of the disease and graph the spread of the disease vs....
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Algebra 1: Unit 5 Review
In this problem solving activity, 6th graders determine if 4 functions are exponential growth or decay, sketch 4 graphs and compare 2 sets of functions. Students write the rule, linear or exponential, for 4 tables.
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Integrated Algebra Practice: Exponential Growth
In this exponential growth learning exercise, high schoolers solve 4 short answer and multiple choice problems. Students determine the population of a city after a given amount of time.
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Calculating Total Amount of Homework Done
In this exponential growth problem, students calculate the total number of hours of homework done in a thirty-six week period if she does one second of homework the first week and doubles that every week. Students need to take into...
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Twenty-Nine Various Exponential Function Problems
In this exponential growth and decay learning exercise, students identify equations as growth or decay, find balance in an account, find half-life, identify interest rate, identify the initial amount, and identify the growth factor.
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Thirty Exponential Application Problems
In this exponential worksheet, students solve thirty application problems. These problems cover compound interest, continuously compounded interest, and exponential growth models.
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Multiple-Choice Questions regarding Simplifying with Exponents
In this exponent learning exercise, students solve ten multiple-choice questions regarding simplifying with exponents. Solutions are provided.
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Subset Sum
Students explore the concept of exponential growth. In this exponential growth lesson, students solve a problem about ensuring fairness in a Tug-of-War. Students determine which students should be on a team to ensure that each team has...
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Exponential Growth and Exponential Functions
Learners explore the concept of exponential functions. In this exponential functions lesson, students model exponential growth about a high school population using an applet. Learners manipulate the applet to show the effect that a...
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Linear and Exponential Growth
Students explore the concept of linear and exponential growth. In this linear and exponential growth lesson, students collect data about China's population. Students model the data to determine if it is linear or exponential.