Worksheet
Curated OER

Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this physics worksheet, students complete 5 sets of unit conversion problems. They express exponential expressions to expanded form and vice versa.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The M & M Function

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
In this M & M activity, students perform probability experiments.  They collect and interpret data, identify the exponential function describing the data and create graphs from the collected information.  This one-page...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponents and Multiplication

For Students 10th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve exponential problems suing multiplication. There are 26 questions with an answer key.
Assessment
Curated OER

The Bank Account

For Students 10th - 11th Standards
Your algebra learners become bankers for a day as they explore compounding interest and the formula used to calculate the balance in a savings account. Questions guide the learners as they analyze the formula's parts and their connection...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Applications of Exponentials and Logarithms

For Students 10th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve exponential equations using logarithmic equations. They rewrite word problems using equations. There are 24 questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponential Problems

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve exponential problems by rewriting it in standard form. They rewrite number using scientific notations and solve word problems. There are 10 problems with and answer key.
Interactive
Curated OER

Exponential properties

For Students 10th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve problems using exponential properties. They use the product, multiplicative and additive property to solve their expressions. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Video on Exponential Growth

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students watch a video on exponential growth and discuss the different graphs. In this calculus lesson, students analyze graphs using examples from the fish population, human population and investments. They discuss compounding interest...
Unit Plan
Radford University

Are You Faster than Bacteria?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Just how fast does bacteria grow? Over the course of three lessons, pupils investigate exponential growth with the use of bacteria growth. During the lesson, bacteria from a cell phone is grown to make a connection to real life. Using...
Lesson Plan
Science Matters

Richter Scale

For Teachers 6th Standards
The 12th instructional activity in a series of 20 opens with a demonstration of exponential functions using pasta. This concept is connected to the Richter Scale, which is also an exponential function. Scholars compare the exponential...
Lesson Plan
California Mathematics Project

Viral Marketing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Math's gone viral—in the form of an exponential function! The activity uses an exponential function to model the growth of a marketing strategy. Learners create a table of values to observe the pattern in the numbers and then model the...
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Carbon 14 Dating in Practice I

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How old is the plant? Here is a task that presents the exponential decay function for carbon 14 in a plant. Pupils use the function to estimate the amount of carbon 14 in the plant when it died and analyze the function to find what...
Unit Plan
Radford University

Feeding the World

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using technology, pupils find an exponential function to model the population growth of the US. With more information, learners derive the population growth formula for the world. Ultimately, they determine the amount of protein needed...
Unit Plan
Radford University

Transformational Graphing in the Real World: Bacteria – Growth or Decay?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Grow—not decay—your knowledge of exponential functions. Young mathematicians graph exponential functions and explore how transformations affect the graphs. They decide whether the functions represent growth or decay in the context of...
Performance
Radford University

Population Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How fast does it grow? Scholars work on two tasks dealing with exponential growth, one on population growth and the second on investments. Learners research a country's population over the past century and make predictions of the current...
Activity
101 Questions

Lunch

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Traditional lamian, a noodle originating from China, is hand shaped by twisting, stretching, and folding the dough into strands. Scholars observe the technique before determining the length of the final noodle. They use exponential...
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Powers and Square Roots

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Square root and exponential powers are the focus of the assessment worksheets included in a math resource. Young mathematicians answer 10 questions, each with subset questions, involving solving a variety of exponential equations...
eBook
Rice University

Intermediate Algebra

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Algebra concepts are all wrapped up in one nice bow. The resource combines all the concepts typically found in Algebra I and Algebra II courses in one eBook. The topics covered begin with solving linear equations and move to linear...
eBook
Rice University

College Algebra

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Is there more to college algebra than this? Even though the eBook is designed for a college algebra course, there are several topics that align to Algebra II or Pre-calculus courses. Topics begin with linear equation and inequalities,...
Interactive
Learning Games Lab

Logarithm Calculator

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Support your young scientists' knowledge of logarithms with a quick video lesson. The instruction first presents the relationship between a base-10 logarithm and an exponential equation. It then demonstrates how to use a calculator to...
Activity
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Illustrative Mathematics

Identifying Graphs of Functions

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Match the graph with its function in an exercise that focuses on variations of the graph of y = e^x. Learners are given four graphs on the same set of axes and four functions, all involving e^x. The task is to match each...
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Quadratic Functions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Inquiry-based learning and investigations form the basis of a deep understanding of quadratic functions in a very thorough unit plan.  Learners develop recursive and closed methods for representing real-life situations,...
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Identifying Graphs of Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Take a matching problem and take challenging exponential graphs and combine to make one thought-provoking question. Learners look at four higher level exponential functions to match to the four graphs placed together. The equations and...
Lesson Plan
Mascil Project

Drug Concentration

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Different medications leave the body at different rates, and how people take them determines their effectiveness. Learners investigate this effectiveness by charting the concentration of a given medication in the body. Using exponential...

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