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Curated OER

The Battle for Ultimate Power

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gain an understanding of how the powers of 10 and scientific notation can be used to represent the scale of things in the universe. They relate the number of stars in the universe to the number of grains of sand on Earth's beaches.
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Curated OER

Logarithmic Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the characteristics of logarithmic functions and their relationship to exponential functions. Using the subscriber website Explorelearning.com, pupils observe changes in the input variable and its effect on the graph of...
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Curated OER

Rice Math

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders calculate the amount of rice there will be if the amount is doubled everyday. In this multiplying lesson, 6th graders are given an amount of rice that is grown each day. Students then calculate how much rice there will be...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Laws of Exponents, Radicals

For Students 11th
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders solve problems involving the laws of exponents, including fractional exponents, solve radical equations, and graph radical functions.  The ten page worksheet contains fifty-seven...
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Curated OER

Rules of Exponents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners solve problems involving exponents. Through a teacher led discussion, students explore the rules of exponents and create cards with "x's" on them. Given a division problem, learners lay out "x's" to represent the numerator and...
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Wordpress

Introduction to Exponential Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
This lesson begins with a review of linear functions and segues nicely over its fifteen examples and problems into a deep study of exponential functions. Linear and exponential growth are compared in an investment task. Data tables are...
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Key Curriculum Press

Applications of Exponential Functions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Exponential functions are the name of the game. Young mathematicians can work through each of the eight worksheets by evaluating functions, applying logarithms, completing logarithmic functions, and building inverse functions. This...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Converting Numbers from Base 10 to Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal

For Students 9th - 12th
How many different ways can you write the same number? Learners experiment with writing numbers using different bases. They progress from base 10 to base two, eight, and six.
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Polar Trec

Bioaccumulation of Toxins

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
In 2015, Peter Cook found that sea lions with high levels of exposure to toxins suffered permanent brain damage if they survived at all. Scholars learn about the accumulation of toxins at various levels of the food chain. Using...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Finding the nth Term Given the Common Ratio and the First Term: Dominoes

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Topple misunderstandings of geometric sequences. Using a context of creating ever-increasing sizes of dominoes, pupils develop a geometric sequence. The scenario provides the size of the first domino and the common ratio between...
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EngageNY

The Most Important Property of Logarithms

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Won't the other properties be sad to learn that they're not the most important? The 11th installment of a 35-part module is essentially a continuation of the previous lesson, using logarithm tables to develop properties. Scholars...
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Neufeld Learning Systems

Concept: Exponents in Formulas

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students use their calculators to find the volume or surface area of a pictured 3-dimensional figure.
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Curated OER

Transportation Math

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the concept of exponents.  In this exponents lesson, students evaluate various bases to powers.  The bases to a given power are in the context of miles driven, stops on a route, and minutes spent in...
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Curated OER

The Meaning of Exponents

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students calculate problems dealing with exponents as it relates to money and savings, bacterial growth and paper folding. There are 3 different sections with questions.
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Curated OER

Order of Calculating

For Students 4th - 5th
In this order of operations worksheet, students analyze 4 problems and indicate if the answers are right or wrong. Students then solve 10 order of operations problems. No exponents or parentheses are used. Students may be confused when...
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Curated OER

Volume Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Name that shape! Your math class identifies cubes and other three-dimensional products. They practice calculating the volume of cubes and identify cubes around them in the classroom. Worksheets and directions are provided.
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Balanced Assessment

Smaller, Larger, In-Between

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Build a solid understanding of rational number relationships by asking class members to use various skills to order decimals, fractions, and numeric power expressions. Using the resource, they find that the fractions do not have an...
Interactive
Curated OER

Order of Operations

For Students 5th - 10th
In this order of operations worksheet, students complete problems where they use order of operations using parenthesis and exponents in problems. Students complete 10 problems total.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Arithmetic Tricks

For Students 4th - 8th
In this arithmetic tricks worksheet, students learn tricks and complete problems involving exponents and multiplication x 11. Students complete 11 problems total.
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Curated OER

Writing in Scientific Notation

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover number sense by completing a math worksheet. In this scientific notation lesson plan, students identify the purpose for writing in scientific notation and practice writing large numbers in scientific notation. Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Powers

For Students 8th - 10th
In this powers instructional activity, students multiply and divide expressions containing variables and exponents. They convert numbers from scientific notation to standard notation. This two-page instructional activity contains 5...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Order of Operations

For Students 9th
In this order of operations worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete 20 different problems that include using the order of operations. First, they use the order of operations to help them simplify each expression. Then, students...
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Shoreline Community College

Properties of Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Use a straightforward approach to understanding logarithmic properties and their role in solving exponential and logarithmic equations to your math class. The lesson begins with an overview of a logarithmic function and its...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Square Roots

For Teachers 7th
Square away any doubts about using a new resource. Pupils learn about squares and square roots in the mini-lesson plan. They complete a worksheet identifying roots of perfect squares up to 400.