About Brian Riley

2013-2014 is my 19th year teaching in the Dearborn Public Schools. Graduate of Michigan State University. B.S. Civil Engineering. Graduate of California State University. Secondary Teaching Certificate Graduate of Wayne State University. M. A. Sports Administration. Prior to Teaching at the Early College I taught for 13 years at Fordson High School where I coached baseball for 16 years. Born and raised in Rochester, Michigan Graduate of Rochester Adams High School

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Bellwork reviewed rewriting logarithmic expressions using the properties of logarithms (Sec 8-4) and students solved some basic exponential and logarithmic equations (Sec 8-5).

Hwk #11 is due today.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 8-5, Solving Exponential and Logarithmic equations.

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Bellwork 3-19-14

Bellwork Answers 3-19-14

Notes 3-19-14

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Bellwork reviewed solving problems using an exponential equation (Sec 8-1).

Hwk # 9 is due today.

The remainder of the period we started discussing Sec 8-3, Logarithmic Functions and how they can be used to solve exponential equations.

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Bellwork 3-13-14

Bellwork Answers 3-13-14

Notes 3-13-14

 

Monday, March 10 , 2014

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 7-7, percent problems, and growth and decay equations from Sec 8-1.

Hwk #8 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on exponential growth and decay equations from Sec 8-1.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 3-10-14

Bellwork Answers 3-10-14

Notes 3-10-14

Friday, March 7, 2014

Bellwork reviewed problems from Sec 7-7.

The remainder of the period we continued discussing exponential equations and how they can model real-life situations (Sec 8-1).

Hwk #8 is due on Monday:

Sec 7-7, pages 410-411, problems 6, 13, 23, 24, 31, 37, 64.

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Bellwork 3-7-14

Bellwork Answers 3-7-14

Notes 3-7-14