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Exponential Growth and Decay M&M lab

Exponential functions

The purpose of this lab is to provide a simple model to illustrate exponential growth of cancerous cells.

Rubric Code: D9B36B

By Brennessy

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Subject: Math

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Exponential functions
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Completeness	Excellent The assignmentt is complete, all information is obviously present, and the student provided details, and all work is shown.	Good No large pieces of information are missing, but some details and explanations may be lacking, or some work may not be shown.	Fair Some pieces of information are missing -- the assignment is 50% complete.	Poor Large pieces of information are missing -- the project is not complete.
Scatterplots and Tables of Values	Excellent All graphs are presented (2/2 scatterplots are correctly graphed) Table of values are complete (3/3 tables are completed)	Good Table of values are somewhat complete (2/3 tables are correctly completed)	Fair Only one graph is present (1/2 scatterplots are correctly graphed) Table of values are incomplete, incorrect, or only 1 out of 3 is completed)	Poor No graphs are presented Table of values are are not done and/or completely wrong.
Equation/Formula #7, 8, 9	Excellent Use formula given to create an equation Use graphing calculator accurately to write equations	Good Identified parts of the equation but there is no equation created or it is incorrect. Use graphing calculator has inaccuracies	Fair Both equations are missing but "C" and "r" are identified	Poor Large pieces of information are missing --#7, 8 and 9 are not complete.
Summary on index card	Excellent Cleared, detailed explanation using mathematical terminology summarizing how M&Ms models this real life situation.	Good Summary is Mostly clear and detailed	Fair Summary does not really explain the connection between the lab and real life	Poor There is no summary.