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Get a Half Life!

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Eighth graders use M&M's to experiment with data. They use a graphing calculator to determine the best equation for their data; linear, quadratic or exponential. They analyze the data to find the half-life of their M&M's.

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exponential decay, half lives, line of best fit, correlation

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exponential decay, graphing calculator, line of best fit, math
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8th
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Math
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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