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The Bouncing Ball In The Bouncing Ball students will explore the idea of exponential decay, and even students who are not yet familiar with the general exponential function should be able to come up with it as they work through the steps of the problem This task includes:
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The Eagle and the Bear In The Eagle and the Bear students are asked to figure out how many fish the eagle has to catch to tie the bear in their fishing contest. The key concept is equivalency. This task includes:
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Two Rectangles In Two Rectangles students will use two different strategies to solve for the area of a rectangle. This task includes: |
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Zoo Train In Zoo Train students will create an addition equation to determine the number of passengers on a train. They will then use division to determine how many train cars are needed to carry all the passengers. This task includes: |
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