BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Calculating Exponential Growth
Disease is a breakdown in structures or functions of an organism. Some diseases are the result of damage by infection by other organisms. In this activity learners read an essay, "It's All in the Numbers," about the rapid spread of HIV...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Exponential Growth
Students learn about exponential growth in real-world situations.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra I: Linear vs. Exponential Growth: From Data
Given a table with values of two quantities over time, determine whether the quantities grow linearly or exponentially. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Exponential Growth Versus Polynomial Growth
In this problem, students compare the growth of exponential functions versus polynomial functions and find that an exponential function takes larger values than a cubic polynomial function provided the input is sufficiently large. Aligns...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Graphing Exponential Equations
Learn about exponential functions by graphing various equations representing exponential growth and decay. Graph these functions by connecting ordered pairs on x-y axes.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Graphing Exponential Functions: Intro
An in-depth lesson which teaches you how to graph exponential equations. Examples are worked through step by step and explained in detail for different exponential equations.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra I: Exponential vs. Linear Models
Given a description of a real-world relationship, determine whether that relationship is linear or exponential. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Snail Invasion
In this task, students investigate the power of exponential growth in this real-world example of an invasive species that was introduced to Florida in 1966, a giant snail. Aligns with F-LE.A.2 and F-LE.A.4.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exponential Functions
These questions test knowledge of domain and range of exponential functions, properties of exponents, and population growth and compound interest modeled by exponential functions. Questions are true/false and multiple choice; solutions...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Human Population Growth Web Quest
This is a technology-based lesson plan that integrates science and math to investigate the dynamics of population growth.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Get a Half Life!: Teacher Notes
Learners use M&M's and a graphing calculator to collect and graph data. This activity helps them to understand exponential functions and the concept of half-life.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope Egg Math: Embryo Calculus
This interesting and interactive site offers information and activities on exponential functions, tangents and slopes, and "The number e."
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Bacteria Populations
This task provides a real-world context for interpreting and solving exponential equations. Students are asked to examine the equations representing the growth of three colonies of the bacterium that causes pneumonia, each colony being...