Stand Up for Negative Exponents

This low-tech lesson will have students stand up holding different exponent cards. This will help them write and justify an equivalent expression and see the pattern for expressions with the same base and descending exponents. What happens as you change from 2 to the fourth power to 2 to the third power; 2 to the second power; and so forth? This is an introductory lesson to two of the properties of exponents: $begin mathsize 10px style a to the power of 0 equals 1 end style$ and $begin mathsize 10px style a to the power of negative n end exponent equals 1 over a to the power of n end style$

Resource ID#: 49210 Type: Lesson Plan

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Subject(s): Mathematics

Grade Level(s): 8

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Scientific Calculator

Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 30 Minute(s)

Keywords: negative exponent, exponent, negative power, zero exponent, integer exponent, negative power, integer power, zero power

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Worksheet

Resource Collection: CPALMS Lesson Plan Development Initiative

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