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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exponential Growth and Exponential Functions

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of exponential functions. In this exponential functions instructional activity, students model exponential growth about a high school population using an applet. Learners manipulate the applet to show the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thirty Exponential Application Problems

For Teachers 11th - 12th
In this exponential worksheet, students solve thirty application problems.  These problems cover compound interest, continuously compounded interest, and exponential growth models.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Penny Toss - Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 10th
In this penny toss worksheet, students collect statistical data by tossing pennies and then create a scatter plot of the data. They use formulas for exponential growth and decay and then plot the function. This two-page document...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra activity, students solve word problems. They identify the graph as exponential growth or decay. There are 7 questions with an answer key.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Discussion Sheet 6: Exponential Growth

For Students Higher Ed
In this exponential growth worksheet, students integrate problems and determine exponential growth. This one-page worksheet contains twelve problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Twenty-Nine Various Exponential Function Problems

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this exponential growth and decay learning exercise, students identify equations as growth or decay, find balance in an account, find half-life, identify interest rate, identify the initial amount, and identify the growth factor. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Discussion Sheet 7: Exponential Growth

For Students Higher Ed
In this exponential growth worksheet, students determine the population of a country. They set up an integral which represents the mass of an abject and determined the total accumulation of snow in a region. This one-page worksheet...
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Lesson Plan
Howard County Schools

Exponential Decay Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
How can you model exponential decay? Explore different situations involving exponential decay functions and decreasing linear functions by performing activities with MandM candy, popcorn kernels, and number cubes.
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Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Identifying Exponential Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Class members have the opportunity to quickly change the variables of an exponential graphs through the use of sliders on Desmos. Four graphs are given and young mathematicians, through the use of the graphing app, can discover which...
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Worksheet
Shmoop

Functions Worksheet 5

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
To the point and deeper thinking are both types of questions included in the worksheet. Begin the practice of solving quadratics and then finish with five questions asking quadratic and exponential application problems. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

NUMB3RS Activity: Chains and Pyramids

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Watch an episode of the TV show, NUMB3RS and then explore the mathematics of chain letters and pyramid schemes, both of which involve geometric progressions and exponential growth. They discuss why both are dangerous and illegal.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Exponential Modeling

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Investigate exponential growth and decay. A set of six activities has pupils collecting and researching data in a variety of situations involving exponential relationships. They model these situations with exponential functions and solve...
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PPT
BW Walch

Solving Exponential Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Introducing exponential equations means learners need to take all the rules and tricks they learned for exponents and actually apply them. This presentation comes to the rescue by touching on changing bases in exponential equations after...
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AP Test Prep16:31
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC - Exponential Models with Differential Equations

For Students 10th - 12th
Exponential models come with a shortcut. Pupils watch an example of how to determine if a differential equation is an exponential model. Learners realize the solution is in the same formula, allowing for a quick way to determine the...
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Linear and Exponential Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Provide a continuous progression to linear and exponential functions. Pupils continue to work with the discrete functions known as sequences to the broader linear and exponential functions. The second unit in a series of nine provides...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 11th
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders solve verbal problems that involve exponential growth or decay.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of seven multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are provided. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In the Billions and Exponential Modeling

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Modeling population growth gives learners an opportunity to experiment with real data. Comparing the growth rates in this real-life task strengthens learners' understanding that exponential functions change by equal factors over equal...
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Activity
PBL Pathways

What Should Have Happened on Gilligan's Island?

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale ..." Gilligan's Island is a classic that spans generations and offers a problem-solving opportunity for scholars. Take a project-based learning approach to examine the population of the island....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Linear or Exponential?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners analyze various real-life contexts to decide if each is a linear or exponential model. This could be used as an assessment of learners' skills of discerning between a linear and an exponential model.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponential Functions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this exponential functions worksheet, students solve and complete 20 various types of problems. First, they graph the function and state the domain and range. Then, students tell whether the graph represents exponential growth or...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Money and Spreading the Flu!

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Paper folding, flu spreading in a school, bacteria growth, and continuously compounded interest all provide excellent models to study exponential functions. This is a comprehensive resource that looks at many different aspects of these...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exponential Functions

For Teachers 11th
Analyze functions by their shape and equation and identify decay and growth based on the equation given. Learners graph their exponential functions and differentiate it using the logarithmic versus the exponential function.
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Activity
101 Questions

Lunch

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Traditional lamian, a noodle originating from China, is hand shaped by twisting, stretching, and folding the dough into strands. Scholars observe the technique before determining the length of the final noodle. They use exponential...
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Worksheet
Mt. San Antonio Collage

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers grow their skills exponentially after completing this thorough worksheet. Going from simple to difficult, it hits all the major skills regarding exponential and logarithmic functions including simplifying, solving,...