Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.
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Student Resources
Original Student Tutorial
Learn about exponential growth in the context of interest earned as money is put in a savings account by examining equations, graphs, and tables in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Perspectives Video: Professional/Enthusiast
No need to sugar coat it: making candy involves math and muscles. Learn how light refraction and exponential growth help make candy colors just right!
Type: Perspectives Video: Professional/Enthusiast
Problem-Solving Tasks
This problem solving task asks students to predict and model US population based on a chart of US population data from 1982 to 1988.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
This simple conceptual problem does not require algebraic manipulation, but requires students to articulate the reasoning behind each statement.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The coffee cooling experiment is a popular example of an exponential model with immediate appeal. The model is realistic and provides a good context for students to practice work with exponential equations.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
In the task "Carbon 14 Dating" the amount of Carbon 14 in a preserved plant is studied as time passes after the plant has died. In practice, however, scientists wish to determine when the plant died, and as this task shows, that is not possible with a simple measurement of the amount of Carbon 14 remaining in the preserved plant.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
This task provides an interesting context to ask students to estimate values in an exponential function using a graph.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
This problem-solving task asks students to describe exponential growth through a real-world problem involving the illegal introduction of fish into a lake.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
Virtual Manipulative
In this online tool, students input a function to create a graph where the constants, coefficients, and exponents can be adjusted by slider bars. This tool allows students to explore graphs of functions and how adjusting the numbers in the function affect the graph. Using tabs at the top of the page you can also access supplemental materials, including background information about the topics covered, a description of how to use the application, and exploration questions for use with the java applet.
Type: Virtual Manipulative
Parent Resources
Perspectives Video: Professional/Enthusiast
No need to sugar coat it: making candy involves math and muscles. Learn how light refraction and exponential growth help make candy colors just right!
Type: Perspectives Video: Professional/Enthusiast
Problem-Solving Tasks
This problem solving task asks students to predict and model US population based on a chart of US population data from 1982 to 1988.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
This simple conceptual problem does not require algebraic manipulation, but requires students to articulate the reasoning behind each statement.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
The coffee cooling experiment is a popular example of an exponential model with immediate appeal. The model is realistic and provides a good context for students to practice work with exponential equations.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
In the task "Carbon 14 Dating" the amount of Carbon 14 in a preserved plant is studied as time passes after the plant has died. In practice, however, scientists wish to determine when the plant died, and as this task shows, that is not possible with a simple measurement of the amount of Carbon 14 remaining in the preserved plant.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
This task provides an interesting context to ask students to estimate values in an exponential function using a graph.
Type: Problem-Solving Task
This problem-solving task asks students to describe exponential growth through a real-world problem involving the illegal introduction of fish into a lake.
Type: Problem-Solving Task