Again, I am tired of teacher based lessons, so I pulled it back to an activity. Students worked through Fold-it mostly on their own:
I did need to guide them a little bit about what was expected in the table. And even though they thought they understood the pattern, *many* filled out column 2 of the table incorrectly until they actually folded paper. So note to self (and anyone else doing this activity): make sure that students actually pull out paper and work through the folding.
Either at the start of the class or at the end, there is a great video that relates to this activity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAEBbotuIE
It is a Mythbusters piece that discusses the myth of only being able to fold a piece of paper 7 times. It is just shy of 4 mins.
The lesson went well, and got kids minds into exponential relations and how they work.
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