Doomsday Project: Exponential Functions
Math by McCullough
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Math by McCullough
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My students had so much fun with this assignment. It had a great variety of exponential functions, plus an added art element.
Description
In light of recent dramatic events happening around the world, this project will provide a learning opportunity for students to recognize how exponential functions can be used to model real world and fantasy scenarios. This product contains a 2-page student handout, a grading rubric, as well as an answer key (for teacher use only). The scenarios require students to model the following: 1) the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus, 2) mass power loss, 3) spread of harmful chemicals in the air, 4) water contamination, 5) zombie attacks, 6) spread of wildfire, and 7) economic downfall.
Total Pages
7 pages
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
N/A
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSS8.EE.A.4
Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems where both decimal and scientific notation are used. Use scientific notation and choose units of appropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities (e.g., use millimeters per year for seafloor spreading). Interpret scientific notation that has been generated by technology.
CCSSHSF-IF.B.4
For a function that models a relationship between two quantities, interpret key features of graphs and tables in terms of the quantities, and sketch graphs showing key features given a verbal description of the relationship.
CCSSHSF-IF.B.5
Relate the domain of a function to its graph and, where applicable, to the quantitative relationship it describes. For example, if the function 𝘩(𝘯) gives the number of person-hours it takes to assemble 𝘯 engines in a factory, then the positive integers would be an appropriate domain for the function.
CCSSHSF-IF.C.7e
Graph exponential and logarithmic functions, showing intercepts and end behavior, and trigonometric functions, showing period, midline, and amplitude.
CCSSHSF-BF.A.1
Write a function that describes a relationship between two quantities.
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