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Education Development Center

Extending Patterns with Exponents

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
Don't think negatively about exponents. Young mathematicians dissect a fictional conversation between pupils trying to evaluate an expression with a negative exponent. This allows them to understand the meaning of negative exponents.
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Education Development Center

Rational Exponents

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
It's rational to root for your class to learn about exponents. Scholars study rational exponents by reading a fictional dialogue between classmates. They analyze the conversation to understand the connection between rational exponents...
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Teach Engineering

Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How high will it bounce? Groups determine the height different balls bounce off of different surfaces. By performing the necessary calculations, they determine the initial and final momentum of the balls. The included worksheet provides...
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Curated OER

Newton's Law of Cooling

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Your Algebra learners analyze and solve an exponential equation in this popular, real-life model of the cooling of a liquid.  
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Education Development Center

Geography of the Number Line

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
It's more than just numbers on a line, its an organizational, mental math machine to help learners understand the value of numbers. The tool is handy when introducing positive and negative integers to see their values and...
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Teach Engineering

Swinging Pendulum

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Get into the swing of things. Pupils use a pendulum to demonstrate the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy and back. After measuring the speed of a pendulum and compare it to the calculated theoretical speed, they...
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National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Size and Scale – Learning about Measurement

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Can you visualize one billionth of a meter? It's not easy to understand the scale of a nanometer. Learners use a hands-on lesson to develop an understanding of the size of a nanometer in comparison to common objects. They walk away with...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Properties of Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise but complete explanation of the properties of exponents. Examples are given and clearly explained for each property.
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Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains many topics related to exponents, including the product rule, power rule, and quotient rule. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Definitions and Laws of Exponents

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These StudyCard stacks cover definitions of natural number exponents, zero, and negative integer exponents, as well as the First, Second, Third Laws of Exponents.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Power to a Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Use these examples to learn the power to a power exponent rule. The steps are easy to follow and will help students remember the laws of exponents.
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Help Algebra

Help algebra.com: Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Along with the definition of an exponent, this site also presents the properties of exponents. Several examples are used to demonstrate the properties. A summary of the laws of exponents is included for quick reference.
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Math.com

Math.com: The Basics of Algebra: Exponents

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Students learn about the laws of exponents through this algebra resource. A learning tutorial and practice problems to check for comprehension of the math concepts are included.
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Help Algebra

Help algebra.com: Positive Integer Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Product of a Power and Power to a Power laws of exponents are introduced. Examples are included to demonstrate how to simply expressions with these laws.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Positive, Negative, and Zero Exponents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
At this site from Oswego City School District, students are shown the basic laws which govern simplifying positive, negative, and zero exponents. Examples are provided during the explanations, and then practice problems (and their...
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Fractional Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The laws of exponents are applied to expressions containing fractional exponents. Several examples are provided to practice the concept.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Putting Exponent Rules #1 4 Together

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
This prealgebra lesson explains how to do exponent problems using more than one of the exponent rules.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Exponents Rule #2

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Learn how to use the second exponent rule.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Exponents Rule #3

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This algebra lesson explains the third rule of exponents.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Exponents Rule #4

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An algebra tutorial that explains the fourth rule of exponents.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Exponents Rule #5

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This tutorial explores the fifth rule of exponents.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Exponents Rule #6

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explore this algebra tutorial for the sixth rule of exponents.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Multiplying Powers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Several examples of equations are used to demonstrate the exponent rule of multiplying powers at this site.
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Review the concept of exponents and what it means to take a number "to a power." This is a good resource for a beginning unit on exponents. An online practice worksheet is available.

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