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PBS

Pbs: Comparing Exponential, Quadratic, and Linear Functions

For Students 6th - 8th
Analyze the numerical and graphical representations of functions. This interactive exercise focuses comparing linear, quadratic, and exponential functions and their graphical representations after completing a table to calculate ordered...
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Get a Half Life!: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars use M&M's and a graphing calculator to collect and graph data. This activity helps them to understand exponential functions and the concept of half-life.
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a comprehensive tutorial on Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope Egg Math: Embryo Calculus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interesting and interactive site offers information and activities on exponential functions, tangents and slopes, and "The number e."
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Graphing Polynomials

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers finding the minimum(s), maximum(s), end behavior, domain, and range of a polynomial graph. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice,...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Exponential Review

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the University of Illinois shows several basic graphs, gives properties of exponential functions, and has practice problems at the end of the site.
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Anne Arundel Community College

Anne Arundel Community College: Math 131: Applications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The tutorial examines exponential function applications. Students learn about the mathematics concept through examples with detailed solutions.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le, a Rei Population and Food Supply

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students analyze the sizes of a country's population and of its food supply to determine when and if food shortages will occur. To solve it, they must construct and compare linear and exponential functions and find where...
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan: Lsn 8: Interpreting Relationships in Scatterplots/graphs/tables/equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on Interpreting and analyzing linear, quadratic, and exponential models and graphs. Students will use best fit lines to interpret contexts, distinguish whether contexts are linear or exponential functions, use the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Graphs of Polynomials Using Zeros

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students use ''X'' and ''Y'' intercepts to graph polynomials of 3rd degree or higher. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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Activity
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Common Graphs Practice Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this section we will do a very quick review of many of the most common functions and their graphs that typically show up in a Calculus class.
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This clear tutorial provides the definition of a logarithmic function as well as instruction on how to perform important tasks with them. Find step-by-step solutions to example problems and practice exercises for you to complete and check.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Exponential Models

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students will be identifying, applying, and solving exponential models manually and with technology. Students examine guided notes, review guided...
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University of Vienna (Austria)

Maths Online: Recognize Functions 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An excellent place to test your ability to recognize the graphs of sine and cosine and their various associated forms. A Java applet is also included to plot your own function.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina Wilmington: Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines logarithmic functions, offers interactive graphs of exponential equations, and explains natural logarithms.
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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Logarithm Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed math tutorial introduces logarithm functions giving the basic properties and graphs. Also, discusses how to evaluate some basic logarithms including the use of the change of base formula, the common logarithm, log(x), and the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: M&m's and Exponential Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use M&M's to model a decay equation - exponential equations.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Families of Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity provides students an opportunity to discover the similarities involved in shifting the parent functions for absolute value, quadratic, cubic, radical, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Students will also be given the...
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Richland Community College

Richmond Community College: Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site which is provided for by the Richmond Community College gives information examining logarithmic functions and their graphs.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Graphs of Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Graph logarithmic functions and find the appropriate graph given the function.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Exponential Graph

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Minnesota offers an animated calculus site showing how the graph changes as the base changes.
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Dow Jones Industrial Average

For Students 9th - 10th
Students experience how exponential functions are related to the stock market through exponential growth and decay graphs.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Bf Exponentials and Logarithms Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to help students see that the definition of the logarithm as an exponent results in an inverse relationship between the exponential and logarithm functions with the same base. This prepares them to think about...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 3.11 Modeling With Exponential Decay and Log Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson continues exploring the process for modeling real world scenarios by writing and solving exponential and logarithmic functions. It also covers how to create and interpret graphs of such functions.