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Saturday, January 23 • 9:00am - 10:00am
Can the Pandemic Help Us Teach Logarithms? 

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In and out of Zoom, Covid has dominated discussions for months. In this session, we use real Covid data to teach exponents and exponential functions. Initially, cases were rising. Was it exponential? What if we transform the data using logarithms?

Participants can download the free TI Nspire teacher software w/ emulator from TI with the following link:
https://education.ti.com/en/software/details/en/b993f3bd97d94d7ea35e5d514dd57fb5/ti-nspirecx-tps_sda

With the software, you can also open the attached .tns document and follow along with my portion of the presentation.
Speakers
avatar for Deb Hughes Hallett

Deb Hughes Hallett

Professor, University of Arizona
Making mathematics understandable and interesting to students at all levels.
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Dan Kennedy

Math Teacher, TUSD
For the past 20+ years, Dan has taught physics, economics, and all levels of secondary mathematics at several schools in TUSD. Currently, he teaches Algebra II and AP Calculus. As a T3 regional instructor with Texas Instruments, Dan has presented at various conferences and workshops... Read More →

Saturday January 23, 2021 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Online
  No Strand, Grades 9-12, Grade 11 through Community College

Attendees (21)