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Extending Patterns with Exponents
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.
Teach Engineering
Bouncing Balls
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...
Teach Engineering
Swinging Pendulum
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Definitions and Laws of Exponents
These StudyCard stacks cover definitions of natural number exponents, zero, and negative integer exponents, as well as the First, Second, Third Laws of Exponents.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Laws of Exponents
This activity involves using TI InterActive! as well as TI-Navigator. Students learn the laws of exponents and have to explain them on the lab.
Mr. Martini's Classroom
Mr. Martini's Classroom: Laws of Exponents and Radicals
Assess knowledge of exponents and radicals with this interactive multiple-choice quiz and practice activity. Click the question mark for examples.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Positive, Negative, and Zero Exponents
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...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Cyclic Nature of the Powers of "I"
Students learn two easy methods to simplify "i" with any exponent. The practice page has several problems that include explanations. The teacher resource page has two possible activities for helping students understand the concept.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Millionaire Radicals
In a format like TV's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," students answer math questions about radicals to earn points and help their group win the game. Teachers need to create their own question bank, which allows this game to be used for...