Hilton

Algebra 1

NCSCOS Objectives:

Goal 1: The learner will perform operations with numbers and expressions to solve problems. Obejctives: 1.01 Write equivalent forms of algebraic expressions to solve problems. a) Apply the laws of exponents. Technology Tools:

Used MacBooks to review the rules for how to simplify an expression that has many exponents. SAS Curriculum Pathways: When an expression has many exponents what are the rules for simplifying it?

There were three sections to this lesson:

Read - Students read over a brief summary of the laws of exponents.

Research - Students visited 3 different websites: Colllege Algebra Tutorial: Integer Exponents, Algebra Help , and Practice with Exponents.

At the first website, students skimmed the tutorial and used the information to complete Table 1 in Respond. Some examples were videos of certain problems being worked out. At the second website, students reviewed the Definitions and Properties of Exponents. At the last website, students spent time (about 15 - 20 minutes) working out problems of various difficulty.

Respond - (From SAS Curriculum Pathways) The following day we went over the homework questions together as a class.