Year 1: P6 – Logarithms and Exponentials
P6.1 Logarithms
Step One:
Learn
The first video in the series on logarithms. This video looks at what a logarithm is and how statements involving indices can be written in logarithmic form.
The second video in the series on logarithms which introduces the all important log laws and how they can be used to write expressions as a single log.
Step Two:
Check
This is one of the big new topics on Year 1 Maths. Hopefully you’ve made sense of the idea behind logarithms and are ready to check you do actually know your stuff
P6.2 Exponential curves and the natural logarithm
Step One:
Learn
In this video from the series on logarithms and exponentials, we look at what an exponential curve looks like and how it’s characteristics are different from a polynomial. We also look at how we can apply our knowledge of graph transformations to help us understand how to complete an sketch of an exponential curve.
This video from the series on logarithms and exponentials is a quickie taking a look at how an exponential function can be used to model a contextual situation.
This is a biggie! This video from the series on logarithms and exponential introduces ‘e‘; the base of the natural logarithm. A magical number similar to pi that will open up whole new areas of mathematics to explore. Welcome to the thunder dome people!
Step Two:
Check
This is where you can check if you have got your head around the new wunder-number ‘e’. You better had, because huge swathes of what you do next year will be using it!
P6.2 Exponential curves and the natural logarithm
Step One:
Learn
In this video from the series on logarithms and exponentials, we look at what an exponential curve looks like and how it’s characteristics are different from a polynomial. We also look at how we can apply our knowledge of graph transformations to help us understand how to complete an sketch of an exponential curve.
This video from the series on logarithms and exponentials is a quickie taking a look at how an exponential function can be used to model a contextual situation.
This is a biggie! This video from the series on logarithms and exponential introduces ‘e‘; the base of the natural logarithm. A magical number similar to pi that will open up whole new areas of mathematics to explore. Welcome to the thunder dome people!
Step Two:
Check
This is where you can check if you have got your head around the new wunder-number ‘e’. You better had, because huge swathes of what you do next year will be using it!
P6.3 Transforming non-linear curves
Step One:
Learn
The first of two videos that complete the series on exponentials and logarithms. The video looks at how we can find co-efficients in a experimental model that is polynomial in characteristic. This is done by using log laws to transform the model into something that is linear and therefore much easier to work with.
Step Two:
Check
This section is all about modelling. You need to be able to do the two ‘standard’ transformations of non-linear models into linear models, so this quiz will check you know what you are doing.
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