BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Calculating Exponential Growth
Disease is a breakdown in structures or functions of an organism. Some diseases are the result of damage by infection by other organisms. In this activity learners read an essay, "It's All in the Numbers," about the rapid spread of HIV...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Exponential Growth
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the concept of exponential growth, especially in comparison to linear growth. This is done in the context of weekly allowances, in which one group earns a...
University of South Florida
Fcat: Get a Half Life!: Teacher Notes
Learners use M&M's and a graphing calculator to collect and graph data. This activity helps them to understand exponential functions and the concept of half-life.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Ti Navigator: Compound Interest
This lesson introduces students' to Activity Center. In this lesson, students will explore the effect of compound interest on the amount of an investment over time. Students will work in small groups (or individually) to calculate...
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Principles of Population Growth
An excellent interactive review from Palomar College of population growth and how it can be described. Try out the interactive calculators of population size.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Compound Interest
Explains, with examples, what compound interest is and how to calculate it using a formula. Also shows how to work backwards to calculate the present value of an investment, how compound interest is calculated for different compounding...