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Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating in Practice I Lesson PlanIllustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating in Practice I Lesson Plan
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Illustrative Mathematics
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9th - 10th
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Math
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Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating in Practice I

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In this task, young scholars learn about exponential decay by examining the amount of Carbon-14 left in a preserved plant with the passage of time after the plant has died. This provides a simple introduction to Carbon-14 dating but the actual process is much more complex. Aligns with F-IF.C.8.b and F-LE.B.5.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

exponential decay, exponential functions

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cc by-nc-sa 4.0, carbon 14 dating in practice i, carbon-14, creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0, f-if.c.8.b, f-le.b.5, illustrative mathematics, illustrative mathematics: f-le carbon 14 dating in practice i, oh.math.hsf.le.5, interpret the parameters in an exponential function in terms of a context, carbon-14 dating

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

HSF-LE.B.5

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Assessment

Carbon 14 Dating in Practice I

Illustrative Mathematics
How old is the plant? Here is a task that presents the exponential decay function for carbon 14 in a plant. Pupils use the function to estimate the amount of carbon 14 in the plant when it died and analyze the function to find what...
9th - 12th Math
CCSS: Designed
Activity

Carbon 14 Dating in Practice I

Curated OER
Analyzing and evaluating exponential functions will help your archaeologists find the amount of Carbon 14 remaining in a plant in this real-life task centered on carbon dating. Learners will also be introduced to the concept of...
9th - 12th Math
CCSS: Designed
Activity

Carbon 14 Dating in Practice II

Curated OER
  Your archaeologists combine proportional reasoning with exponential functions in a real-life task centered on Carbon 14 dating.          
9th - 12th Math
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Accuracy of Carbon 14 Dating II

Illustrative Mathematics
The scientific issue of carbon-14 dating and exponential decay gets a statistics-based treatment in this problem. The class starts with a basic investigation of carbon content, but then branches out to questions of accuracy and...
9th - 12th Math
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Carbon 14 Dating

Curated OER
Evaluating and analyzing exponential functions will help your archaeologists find the amount of Carbon 14 remaining in a plant in this real-life task centered on carbon dating. Learners will also be introduced to the concept of half-life.
9th - 12th Math
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating in Practice Ii

Illustrative Mathematics
This problem introduces Carbon 14 dating which is used by scientists to date certain organic material. This version is based on the ratio of Carbon 14 to Carbon 12, which decreases at a constant exponential rate after an organism dies....
9th - 10th Math
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating, Variation 2

Illustrative Mathematics
In this task on exponential decay, students calculate what the amount of Carbon 14 left in a preserved plant will be as time passes and when one microgram will be all that is left. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.
9th - 10th Math
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Carbon 14 Dating

Illustrative Mathematics
The task requires the student to use logarithms to solve an exponential equation in the realistic context of carbon dating. Aligns with F-LE.A.4.
9th - 10th Math
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Exponential Growth Versus Linear Growth I

Illustrative Mathematics
For this task, students analyze two methods of payment to discover how an exponentially increasing quantity eventually surpasses a linearly increasing quantity. Aligns with F-LE.A.3.
9th - 10th Math
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Illustrative Mathematics: F le.a & N Rn Extending the Definitions of Exponents 2

Illustrative Mathematics
A biology student is studying bacterial growth. She was surprised to find that the population of the bacteria doubled every hour. Aligns with the F-LE.A and N-RN.A.1 standards.
9th - 10th Math
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