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Engage students with a 21st century math project as they model a zombie outbreak using exponential functions. This activity helps students apply growth and decay concepts, analyze patterns, and solve problems in an engaging context.
It's inevitable. One day Zombies will take over Earth. If you are not preparing your students, you are being irresponsible. If you want to turn your "dead" exponential and logarithm unit into an "undead" one, this might work for you.
Turn your Algebra 2 or Pre-Calculus into a forum for United Nations research and development with this 21st Century Math Project. Specifically focusing on exponential and logarithmic functions, students will be given the notes of a renowned scientist who has herself become a zombie. They must make sense of the notes before they too succumb to the virus. Students will practice evaluating, modeling, analyzing, and inverting these functions.
*Note this file contains one version with stylized text and a separate one with standard, clearer text.*
In this 18-page document, you will be given a mapping to the Content Standards, an outline for how to implement the project, handout resources for students to use, and an answer key. ***THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A GOOGLE SLIDES INTERACTIVE VERSION INCLUDED. REDOWNLOAD IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY***
In all, it is three different assignments --
-- "Zombie Apocalypse" will have students (or teams) answer the exponential function and logarithm questions, develop mathematical models, and make predictions. Using regression functions on TI-Graphing Calculators, Desmos, or Excel is necessary. This should take approximately 1 class period. Along the way, they will explore inverse exponential and logarithmic functions
-- βOutbreakβ. In this task, half of your class will turn into zombies while the other half tries to cure them... or else they will become Zombies too.
-- βZ-Dayβ. Asks students to use exponential decay models to determine when the Zombie population is controlled.
Students (or teams) will create a report to the United Nations in which they design an Action Plan, Procedures for an Antidote and Suggestions for future safeguards.
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This product includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with a colleague or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at teach@clarkcreativeeducation.com
This resource or answers to the questions may not be uploaded to the internet where it is publicly available in any form including classroom/personal websites, network drives or student Prezis (can be made private), unless the website or app is password protected and can only be accessed by students.
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Engage students with a 21st century math project as they model a zombie outbreak using exponential functions. This activity helps students apply growth and decay concepts, analyze patterns, and solve problems in an engaging context.
It's inevitable. One day Zombies will take over Earth. If you are not preparing your students, you are being irresponsible. If you want to turn your "dead" exponential and logarithm unit into an "undead" one, this might work for you.
Turn your Algebra 2 or Pre-Calculus into a forum for United Nations research and development with this 21st Century Math Project. Specifically focusing on exponential and logarithmic functions, students will be given the notes of a renowned scientist who has herself become a zombie. They must make sense of the notes before they too succumb to the virus. Students will practice evaluating, modeling, analyzing, and inverting these functions.
*Note this file contains one version with stylized text and a separate one with standard, clearer text.*
In this 18-page document, you will be given a mapping to the Content Standards, an outline for how to implement the project, handout resources for students to use, and an answer key. ***THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A GOOGLE SLIDES INTERACTIVE VERSION INCLUDED. REDOWNLOAD IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY***
In all, it is three different assignments --
-- "Zombie Apocalypse" will have students (or teams) answer the exponential function and logarithm questions, develop mathematical models, and make predictions. Using regression functions on TI-Graphing Calculators, Desmos, or Excel is necessary. This should take approximately 1 class period. Along the way, they will explore inverse exponential and logarithmic functions
-- βOutbreakβ. In this task, half of your class will turn into zombies while the other half tries to cure them... or else they will become Zombies too.
-- βZ-Dayβ. Asks students to use exponential decay models to determine when the Zombie population is controlled.
Students (or teams) will create a report to the United Nations in which they design an Action Plan, Procedures for an Antidote and Suggestions for future safeguards.
You may be interested in the following discounted bundles. SAVE $$$!
β’21st Century Math Projects -- All the Projects
β’Algebra 2 - Pre-Calculus Projects Starter Bundle
Need an Entire Curriculum?
β’21st Century Algebra 2 / Pre-Calculus β- the Entire Curriculum
For more tips, tricks and ideas check out the Clark Creative Education Blog
And join our community where I post ideas, anecdotes, elaborations & every once in a while I pass out TPT gift cards! And jokes! I do jokes too!
Clark Creative Education Facebook Page
Terms of Use
This product includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with a colleague or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at teach@clarkcreativeeducation.com
This resource or answers to the questions may not be uploaded to the internet where it is publicly available in any form including classroom/personal websites, network drives or student Prezis (can be made private), unless the website or app is password protected and can only be accessed by students.
Thank you for respecting my work!
