CONCEPT MAP OF UNIT ZERO AND NEGATIVE EXPONENTS Intermediate & Algebra I

Simplify the Properties of Exponents SPCED MATH Kathleen Clayton-James

1. Identifying the exponent and the base
ALL CLASSES 9-12th Grade
*An exponent is something that raises a number or a variable to a power.
It is a process of repeated multiplication.
2. Expansion of the power of the exponent
*Determining what the exponent applies to when in parentheses
3. Negative Exponent

KEY LEARNING(S) UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS OPTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS

1.Identify Base and Power What happens if the exponent is zero? Bell work
2. Simplify Exponents with a zero What happens if the exponent is negative? Examples & Videos
3. Simplify Exponents with a Negative Practice Worksheets
Homework Assignments

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Identifying Exponents Expansion of Exponents Solving Exponents Calculations
LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #1 LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #2 LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #3 LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS #4
What is an exponent? How to expand an exponential term? What does a power of zero mean? What does a negative exponent do?
EQ: How will you identify (Base and EQ: What does the power mean? EQ: What happen when a base is EQ: How to make a negative exponent
Power)? 3x^3 = 3*x*x*x raised to the zero power? positive?
How do you know? 10 Homework Problems: Graded and Ex: 1. x^0= ___
Ex: 3 Problems returned immediately the next day. 2. 5^0=___

VOCABULARY #1 VOCABULARY #2 VOCABULARY #3 VOCABULARY #4

Base Power of a Product Zero Power Negative Exponent
Power

FRIDAY: RESERVED FOR REVIEW AND QUIZZES

What do you know? Exponential form is a way of expressing a standard number using a base and a smaller raised number called an exponent. “Math Games”