Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Simplifying Radicals – Day 1

For Teachers 8th - 10th
It doesn't get simpler than this. Scholars first learn to simplify radicals by determining the prime factors of the radicand. The lesson progresses to simplifying radicals involving algebraic expressions in the radicand.
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Curated OER

Evaluating Using The Order of Operations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholars are introduced to the usage of the Order of Operations. They explore the use of variables and how they are represented by any letter of the alphabet. They then engage in discussion for verbal assessment.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Color, Computers, and Math

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students visit a web page that gives a brief introduction to two color models and experiment with mixing different color intensities to create different colors. They visit links that give more detailed information on color.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Multiply and Divide Powers (Integer Exponents)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this exercise, students practice using exponent rules to evaluate expressions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly, or to review the concepts in a video.
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Negative Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial with step-by-step examples involving negative exponents and scientific notation. Offers a review of the exponent rules and cites them to justify steps taken in the examples.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Rules of Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Fifty-two problems present a variety of practice completing, evaluating and simplifying expressions and equations that have exponents in them. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exponents and Division

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will introduce the exponent and division rule, the zero exponent rule, and the negative exponent rule. Students will make a human fraction to discover the division rule for exponents. The lesson will also introduce various...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Negative Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students simplify exponential expressions that involve negative powers. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...
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Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Topics in Pre Calculus: The Formal Rules of Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains all the rules of algebra from commutative and associative rules through rules for exponents and logarithms. A great review of the important rules from Algebra I and Algebra II! Point...
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Review the concept of exponents and what it means to take a number "to a power." This is a good resource for a beginning unit on exponents. An online practice worksheet is available.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Exponents (Powers)

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of lessons, practice activities, and a teacher resource for reviewing exponents and the various rules associated with them.
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Other

Sierra College: Elementary Algebra Review Sheet and Common Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
This review sheet includes important rules, properties, formulas, and equations needed to solve many Algebra problems.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Positive, Negative, and Zero Exponents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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...
Activity
Math2

Math2.org: Exponential Identities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of exponential rules and logarithm rules for manipulating such terms and factors in equations or expressions.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Exponential Models

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students will be identifying, applying, and solving exponential models manually and with technology. Students examine guided notes, review guided...
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Pre Calculus Freaky Factoring

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This CoolMath resource provides a review of factoring polynomials and an introduction to factoring exponents that are fractions.