Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Exponent and exponent laws

Area
Math
Duration
4 hours in class
Dimension of the advised group of students
pairs; whole class
Specific objectives
The main goal is to learn exponents and exponent laws, solving exercises.
Needed Materials
Workbook, pen, markers
Software
Web browser
Description
These lessons are aimed to learn exponents and exponent laws, starting to solve exercises.
Procedure on how to put in practice
Lesson 1:
Work in pairs to read and discuss the ancient history of chess, discovery the importance of exponents taking notes and trying to summarize.
Lesson 2:
Work in pairs to study the main rules concerning exponents, after a short lesson proposed by the teacher.
Lesson 3:
After watching a video lesson, students start to practice solving exercises. The teacher asks for a short home-made video made by each student, to explain and highlight rules concerning exponents.
Lesson 4:
The whole class watch some video, discussing pros and cons.
External documents
1 - PR2.A - Teaching Sources_exponent and exponent laws.pdf (Download)