This week in math, we will finish the properties of exponents unit. I extended it into this week to allow time for a few more days of practice. The unit assessment has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, October 16. Students will need to know and be able to apply the following properties of exponents:
Product of Powers
Quotient of Powers
Power of Powers
Zero Exponents
Negative Exponents
This unit is loaded on Plato under "Exponent Properties" if additional support / practice is needed.
Students have also been assigned a performance task as a culminating activity for this unit. Students will complete a bubble map to show how the properties listed above could be used to write equivalent exponential expressions. Advanced math students also have to complete a tree map to summarize the properties. All thinking maps are due on Wednesday, October 17.
On Wednesday, students will take the District Benchmark Assessment (DBA) for the 1st nine weeks.
Our next unit, scientific notation will be introduced on Thursday. This unit will focus on students understanding the form and function of scientific notation. Students should be able to answer the following questions after the unit introduction.
What is scientific notation
When is it used (in what fields, to represent what)?
How do you express large numbers in scientific notation?
How do you express small numbers in scientific notation?
How do you convert between standard form and scientific notation?
The scientific notation unit will be accessible in Plato on Thursday.