Exponential Growth/Decay Hands On: Penny Toss | High Interest | End of the Year

Thank you for purchasing this resource and supporting my store. I love using this activity in Algebra 1 to discuss exponential growth and decay. I also use it in my Algebra 2 course as a review activity before we enter our exponential functions unit. My students get really excited to use pennies in the classroom and see real-life applications in math. I follow along with the desmos activity linked below to help students form their graphs. This activity does require a little prep with pennies and cups, but it is worth it. I also included a Spanish version of the paper activity in case you have Emerging Bilinguals.

https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/61a5a288dc04a20f6d03a3ec

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Standards Addressed: F.IF.8.B: Use the properties of exponents to interpret expressions for exponential functions. For example, identify percent rate of change in functions such as y=(1.02)t, y=(0.97)t, y=(1.01)12t, and y=(1.2)210, and classify them as representing exponential growth or decay.