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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Negative Exponents

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Watch the exponent expression do the negative exponent dance! An interactive lesson uses an animation to show how negative exponents become positive. Learners manipulate the expression and then respond to conceptual questions.
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Assessment
EngageNY

Mid-Module Assessment Task: Grade 6 Math Module 4

For Students 6th Standards
Halfway through the module — the perfect time for an assessment. The 18th installment of a 36-part series is a mid-module assessment. Scholars provide evidence of understanding through various mathematical and contextual problems.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Order of Operations

For Teachers 6th Standards
Future mathematicians learn how to evaluate numerical expressions by applying the order of operations. They evaluate similar-looking expressions to see how the location of parentheses and exponents affects the value. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponent Properties with Variable Expressions: Size of Solar Tornadoes

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Exponents may have your pupils' heads spinning after an engaging lesson as they connect properties to tornadoes! Learners compare a distance between cities to the distance across a solar tornado. They use exponent properties to find the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponent Properties with Variable Expressions: Integer Powers

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Exponent properties can be complicated for learners. A creative lesson seeks to simplify the concept and build a solid understanding. Young mathematicians have the opportunity to create numerous expressions and analyze the simplified...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponential Properties Involving Quotients

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Watch as exponential expressions expand and contract! An interactive tutorial leads young mathematicians to the discovery of the quotient property of exponents. Through exploration, they realize that an x in the numerator will cancel an...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponential Terms Raised to an Exponent: Exponential Sliders

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Discover the pattern of exponents through an interactive lesson. Young mathematicians manipulate sliders and watch the result as they change the base or exponents in an expression. The tutorial shows them the simplified expression and...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Scientific Notation: Matching Numbers to Notation

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Explore the conversion of numbers to scientific notation and back again. Learners begin with a matching activity to identify equivalent expressions. Then guiding questions test and extend their understanding.
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Lesson Plan
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Teach Engineering

Common and Natural Logarithms and Solving Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Log some practice with logarithms. A PowerPoint presentation provides a tutorial on the change of base formula involving natural logarithms and solving exponential equations with logarithms in the fourth installment of a seven-part...
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Lesson Plan
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Teach Engineering

Bone Density Math and Logarithm Introduction

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What do logarithms have to do with bone density? Scholars learn that the equation for bone density includes logarithms. The majority of the third lesson of seven is devoted to logarithms and their properties.
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Lesson Plan
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Public Keys, One Way Functions and Hard Problems

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Use paint to teach about cryptography. Scholars explore public key cryptography by attempting to mix a secret color using paint. After the activity, they investigate the Diffie-Hellman method using prime numbers, exponents, and modular...
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Lesson Plan
Science Matters

Richter Scale

For Teachers 6th Standards
The 12th lesson in a series of 20 opens with a demonstration of exponential functions using pasta. This concept is connected to the Richter Scale, which is also an exponential function. Scholars compare the exponential scale that...
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Assessment4:42
Mathed Up!

Using a Calculator

For Students 8th - 11th
Here's a video that presents several numerical expressions to be evaluated using a calculator.Viewers come to realize that sometimes it is not just a matter of punching in the numbers, but they also need to be concerned about how the...
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Assessment
Mathed Up!

Fractional and Negative Indices

For Students 7th - 10th
Explore how to deal with fractional and negative exponents. Scholars watch a video reviewing fractional, zero, and negative exponents. After the video, they test their skills by completing a instructional activity covering the concepts.
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Printables
Curriculum Corner

Order of Operations Task Cards (1)

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
See how well learners know how to solve expressions using the order of operations. Use this packet that includes 28 task cards that requires pupils to evaluate expressions with variables, solve expressions using the correct order of...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Exponential Notation

For Students 8th Standards
Exponentially increase your pupils' understanding of exponents with an activity that asks them to explore the meaning of exponential notation. Scholars learn how to use exponential notation and understand its necessity. They use negative...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Numbers in Exponential Form Raised to a Power

For Teachers 8th Standards
Develop an understanding of the properties of exponents through this series of activities. This third lesson of 15 explores the patterns associated with the power property. Scholars expand the powers before applying the property.
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Worksheet
Open Text Book Store

Arithmetic for College Students: Worksheets

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Loaded with concepts ranging from multiplying decimals to converting units to solving problems using the order of operations, a thorough practice packet is perfect for a fifth or sixth grade math classroom.
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Unit Plan
Bowland

Alien Invasion

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Win the war of the worlds! Scholars solve a variety of problems related to an alien invasion. They determine where spaceships have landed on a coordinate map, devise a plan to avoid the aliens, observe the aliens, and break a code to...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Exploiting the Connection to Trigonometry 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Class members use the powers of multiplication in the 19th installment of the 32-part unit has individuals to utilize what they know about the multiplication of complex numbers to calculate the integral powers of a complex number. Groups...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Exploiting the Connection to Trigonometry 2

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
The class checks to see if the formula for finding powers of a complex number works to find the roots too.  Pupils review the previous day's work and graph on the polar grid. The discussion leads the class to think about how to reverse...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Irrational Exponents—What are 2^√2 and 2^π?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Extend the concept of exponents to irrational numbers. In the fifth installment of a 35-part module, individuals use calculators and rational exponents to estimate the values of 2^(sqrt(2)) and 2^(pi). The final goal is to show that the...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Base 10 and Scientific Notation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Use a resource on which you can base your instructional activity on base 10 and scientific notation. The second installment of a 35-part module presents scholars with a review of scientific notation. After getting comfortable with...
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Assessment
EngageNY

Mid-Module Assessment Task - Algebra 2 (Module 3)

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
The 15th installment of a 35-part module is a mid-module assessment task. Covering concepts in the first half of the module, the task acts as a formative assessment, providing you with valuable information on how learners are doing.