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How Does Your Population Grown?

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Do you know how the population has grown of your community? Can you predict the population over the next half century? Can we find an algebraic model that matches our data? These along with many more questions can be researched by students through the use of internet resources. This instructional activity contains a good introductory and culminating activity on exponential growth, and some links to useful websites that may have to be modified for your location. 

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population growth, population, exponential growth, exponential functions, fibonacci numbers, fibonacci

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fibonacci numbers, population growth, exponential growth, regression model, math
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Grade
8th - 11th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategies
Modeling
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Technology
Calculator
Year
2002

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