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Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Newton's Law of Cooling Lesson PlanIllustrative Mathematics: F Le Newton's Law of Cooling 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 Newton's Law of Cooling

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For this problem, students use an exponential equation to investigate the cooling of a cup of coffee and how long it would take for it to cool down to different temperatures. Aligns with F-LE.B.5 and F-LE.A.4.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

exponential equations, exponential functions

Additional Tags

exponential and logarithmic equations, cc by-nc-sa 4.0, creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0, f-le.a.4, f-le.b.5, illustrative mathematics, illustrative mathematics: f-le newton's law of cooling, newton's law of cooling, oh.math.hsf.le.4, oh.math.hsf.le.5, convert between logarithms and exponentials, interpret the parameters in an exponential function in terms of a context

Classroom Considerations

  • 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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