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Double Down ActivityDouble Down Activity
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Noyce Foundation
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K - 12th
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Math
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Double Down

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Double the dog ears, double the fun. Five problems provide increasing challenges with non-linear growth. Topics include dog ears, family trees and population data, and geometric patterns.

 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

non-linear functions, exponential growth, doubling, variables, tree diagrams, algebraic thinking, population growth

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Team up with other math teachers to create a department-wide problem-of-the-month challenge

Classroom Considerations

  • For older learners, make the connection to exponential functions
  • Be sure to look at the tasks to see if pupils have required prerequisites

Pros

  • Provides diagrams for relevant tasks
  • Includes reproducible worksheets

Cons

  • No solutions provided for tasks

Common Core

K.OA.A.1 K.OA.A.2 K.OA.A.3 1.OA.A.2 1.NBT.A.1 2.OA.A.1 3.OA.A.4 4.OA.A.3 4.OA.C.5 6.NS.A.1 6.EE.A.1 6.G.A.1 7.G.B.6 HSF-BF.A.1.a HSF-LE.A.1.a HSF-LE.A.2 MP1 MP2 MP4 MP7 MP8

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