Here's the cure to boredom. Given a patient file, including medication dosage information, scholars determine the amount of medication left in the patient's bloodstream over time. They analyze the sequence of numbers and determine a regression curve that fits the data.

Concepts

medicine, sequences, logarithmic functions, dependent variables, independent variables, regression analysis

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a nurse or other health professional to give a presentation on medication dosages
  

Classroom Considerations

• Learners must be familiar with sequences and logarithmic functions
• An understanding of regression analysis is necessary
  

Pros

• Professional-looking worksheets
• Provides possible solutions on a separate page
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.3 WHST.9-10.1.a MP1 MP3 MP4 MP5 MP6 MP7 HSA-CED.A.2 HSF-IF.B.4 HSF-IF.C.7.a HSF-IF.C.7.e HSF-BF.A.1.a HSF-LE.A.1.a HSF-LE.A.1.c