Teacher’S Conference Record Sheet

LEARNING CONTRACT

For: Advanced math students 8 th gr Growing, Growing, Growing: Exponential Relationships

Student’s Name: ______

X Page/Concept X Page/Concept X Page/Concept 5-7 Exponents intro 20 Growth patterns [X] Connected Math 2 21 2.1 Do all Special Needs 11 - 17 1,4,10,21-32 24-30 1,4,7,9-12, Handbook: 23,24,30 157-162 Ex 1, 31 17 47, 49, 50 Variable 35-37 3.2, 3.3 163-166 Unit Test relationships 44 35, 36 48-55 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Due by ______53-56 1,4-6,8,10,11 57-63 13,58,5.2,5.3 64-72 Due by ______6,8,13,31,43,45,48,51, 52,54,55,58,61,62,63 73-78 complete reflection and half life as a small group.

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Extension Options (teacher approval required): Please complete the above before selecting an extension:

*Compound interest webquest http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=23103 ______*Don’t’ Let it Fool You graphing webquest http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=66222 ______Create a book which involves exponents and growth ______

Your Idea (students propose related or unrelated projects and areas of study) From Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner, copyright © 2001. Free Spirit Publishing Inc., Minneapolis, MN; www.freespirit.com. This page may be photocopied for individual or classroom work only. For other uses, call 800-735-7323. Since Free Spirit Publishing allows educators to adapt this form to their needs, it may have been modified from its original format and content. ______*Computer and internet required. Subject to teacher approval: http://webmath.com/ Shows how to solve certain problems. www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com/ Good for individual students’ online games http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ see properties of exponents under Middle School math http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml Compound interest under arithmetic http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ Order of operations quiz/timed game http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/math_index.htm Rate of change, large numbers and notation

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/index.html Hands-on activities. Try ZoomBuildor enter “math”

http://www.funbrain.com/numbers.html Try archeologist surveyor and measure it. Adjustable level games.

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Student’s Signature:______

Grade 8 Connected Mathematics Big Ideas

Growing, Growing, Growing • Recognize situations in which one variable is an exponential function of another variable • Recognize connections between exponential equations and growth patterns in tables and graphs of those equations • Construct equations to express exponential patterns that appear in data tables, graphs, and problem conditions • Understand and apply rules for operating on numerical expressions with exponents • Solve problems about exponential growth and decay from a variety of different subject areas, including science and business • Compare exponential and linear relationships

From Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom by Susan Winebrenner, copyright © 2001. Free Spirit Publishing Inc., Minneapolis, MN; www.freespirit.com. This page may be photocopied for individual or classroom work only. For other uses, call 800-735-7323. Since Free Spirit Publishing allows educators to adapt this form to their needs, it may have been modified from its original format and content.