Build up from the previous activity where your learners charted the population growth and decay of a fish pond with M&Ms®. Have them look at the data from that activity and create a Now-Next, or recursive equations, to predict the next year of change. Great to use as an individual assignment or homework from the prior activity. 

Concepts

earth day, the recursive formula, math applications, real-world applications

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Additional Tags

earth day, population activity, real life math, earth day math, recursive equation, recursive formula, math

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Pros

• Use during Earth Day to relate our environment to math
• Answer key included

Cons

• None

Common Core

MP4 MP5 MP8