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Exponential Functions Activity

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Grade Levels
9th - 11th, Homeschool
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25 pages
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This resource is great! It gave my students a way to practice the skills we've learned and to work together in teams. They also enjoyed the real life situations.
I have tried other projects to reinforce the practical uses of exponential equations, and I have NEVER had this much interest or understanding. The students worked intently, presented their posters, and left saying this was the most fun ever!.. Thank you so much.
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Description

What do zombies, cockroaches and bacteria have in common? They can be used in word problems to help students understand growth and decay in exponential functions. Want the digital version instead? Click here: Google Slides Version

Imagine your students using a real-life scenario to create a multi-rep poster that contains a table, an equation and a graph. The problems are interesting and fun! After the poster making is complete, have the students do a gallery walk and let them find the domain and range and decide if the situation is growth or decay. Very little prep for the teacher. Let the students do all the work! This activity gives the student choices, an avenue to be creative, a chance to learn cross-curricular content and of course an opportunity to learn about exponential functions! Here is what you get:

  • Page 4 #1 Bacteria Problem
  • Page 5 #2 Friends Problem
  • Page 6 #3 Zombie Problem
  • Page 7 #4 NCAA Basketball Problem
  • Page 8 #5 Tiger Stadium Problem
  • Page 9 #6 Friendship Bread Problem
  • Page 10 #7 Cockroach Problem
  • Pages 11-12 Alternate Display
  • Page 13 Blank Answer Page
  • Page 14 Gallery Walk Page
  • Pages 15-25 Answers and Samples

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Teaching Duration
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Observe using graphs and tables that a quantity increasing exponentially eventually exceeds a quantity increasing linearly, quadratically, or (more generally) as a polynomial function.
Interpret the parameters in a linear or exponential function in terms of a context.

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