This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to interpret exponential and linear functions and in particular, to identify and help students who have the following difficulties:
Translating between descriptive, algebraic, tabular, and graphical
This task uses a new product, Joulies, which claims to help keep hot drinks hot longer. Students will study the change in temperature of an object as it cools and model its temperature as a function of time and use their knowledge of Algebra 2 in order to build a mathematical model of a cooling...