Tuesday, October 13, 2009

BOOPPPS Lesson Plan - Exponentials & Logarithms

1. Bridge: We will begin our micro-teaching presentation with a 'hook', something to grab the students attention. In this case, we have a brief history of the invention of logarithms to show the class.
2. Teaching Objectives: We plan to cover the laws of exponentials and logarithms and then work through a problem along with the class. This will comprise of a number of smaller problems taken from the larger problem and posing them individually to the class for response. Finally, we take all those responses, put them together and graph the result.
3. Learning Objectives: We plan to have the students apply the various logarithm rules to solve a question and display their understanding.
4. Pre-test: We will go over the rules of exponentials and logarithms. We will then have the class answer a few simple questions. We will then show a graph comparing logarithms in various bases.
5. Participatory Activity: We will work through the long logarithm problem with the class and produce a result that everyone is happy with.
6. Post-test: Time permitting, we have a second (shorter) problem for the class to work on and solve.
7. Summary: We will briefly recap the equations and concepts that we have covered.

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