Laws of exponents
Objective: SWBAT prove and apply properties of integer exponents.
Big Idea: Use logical reasoning to prove the properties of integer exponents. These rules are not made up - they make mathematical sense!
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Warm-Up
Before asking students to complete today's Warm-Up, I want to do something a little bit silly to help students accomplish the change in mindset that I want them to undertake as we begin to talk about exponents. I provide an overview of my plan for launching class in this video narrative.
Here is the ice-breaker that I show in the video narrative:
Source url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leH7IU4yOWE (accessed April 2, 2014)
Huddle
In this lesson, I like to review the silver problem (see 6 - 1 huddle image). Not only do I ask for the correct answers, I ask students to say what was most likely to be popular wrong answers. By doing this, I try to highlight key misconceptions so students deepen their understanding.
The silver and gold problems are from Holt Algebra I.
Homework
Homework 6 - 1 HW79 Laws of exponents is to be completed at home and should take students approximately 15 minutes.
