Thursday, January 10, 2008

What is Left to Explore? Do Exponential Relationships Have More Surprises in Store for Us?

Students expressed curiosity about whether the relationships we study have practical applications and are realistic. We looked at and investigated a handful of sites to bring these scenarios to life.

The following links illustrate two of the actual problems we explored in our text and are worth exploring:

http://rs.resalliance.org/2007/02/22/water-hyacinth-re-invades-lake-victoria/

http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0227-nasa.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbits_in_Australia


Tonight's lesson involves a greater degree of exploration and is highly recommended

Home Nugget #6
Assigned on Thursday January 10, 2008
Due on Friday January 11, 2008

In Growing,

Page 37 A - D
Page 38 #1, 2
Page 39 # 3 - 7

FCAs
2 points: all problems genuinely attempted in their entirety
2 points: abundant evidence that quality time and effort were spent thinking about, responding to and presenting solutions

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