Use these organized guided notes to introduce your students to sequences and recurrence relations. In the notes, students begin by looking at basic arithmetic sequences before exploring some geometric and other lesson common sequences. They are tasked with both finding certain terms of a sequence given the rule and with developing their own rules or formulas for given sequences.

The second page looks at recurrence relations (sometimes referred to as now-next) in which students must know a previous term before finding the next one. Again, students will be required to find terms and to develop their own formulas.

These notes are designed for Algebra 2 or above and were originally created for IB Math Topic 1.

Like this resource? Be sure to check out all of my resources for IB Math SL Topic 1 below!
Lesson 1 - Sequences and Recurrence Relations Guided Notes
Lesson 2 – Arithmetic Sequences Guided Notes
Lesson 3 – Arithmetic Series Power Point Presentation
Lesson 4 – Geometric Sequences and Series Guided Notes
Lesson 1-4 – Sequences and Series Dominos Activity
Lesson 1-4 – Sequences and Series Word Wall
Lesson 1-4 Applications of Sequences and Series Worksheet
Lesson 5 – Sigma Notation Guided Notes
Lesson 6 – Infinite Geometric Series Guided Notes
Lesson 7 - Reviewing Laws of Exponents and Simplifying Surds
Lesson 8 - Introduction to Logarithms Guided Notes
Lesson 9 – Logarithms Change of Base Guided Notes
Lesson 10 – The Binomial Theorem Guided Notes
Lesson 1-10 – Topic 1 Multiple Choice Practice Test


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