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An introduction to exponential growth and its impacts.
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"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.":
“The most important video you’ll ever see” Note: The Rule of 70 described in Bartlett’s video is an approximation, which is most accurate for growth rates around 2% and does not work well for growth rates above 70%.
A Fuzzy Fairy Tale Worksheet:
This worksheet supplements the 'A Fuzzy Fairy Tale' videoand provides practice exponential growth problems for students.
A Fuzzy Fairy Tale Worksheet Key:
This worksheet key accompanies the A Fuzzy Fairy Tale Worksheet and provides answers to practice exponential growth problems for students.
A Fuzzy Fairy Tale Teacher Handout:
Introduction and overview detailing exponentional growth inlcuding guiding questions, key terms, key concepts, extensions and Florida Standards.
The Legend of the Chessboard:
A famous tale often used to teach the significance of exponential growth.
Exponential Growth Art Challenge:
Create an artwork to convey the concept of exponential growth. Share files with kilroyacademy@teamorca.org via email, Google Drive or Dropbox.