Logarithms
This Unit’s Key Question: Can money buy happiness?
Day 1: Intro to Logarithms
Lesson Key Question: How did Warren Buffett get so rich?
Content: Defining Logs | Exponent, Base, Argument | Solving Simple Exponentials
Day 2: Common and Natural Logarithms
Lesson Key Question: Does Buffett do better than the market?
Content: Natural Log (ln) | Common Log (base 10) | Solving Simple Exponentials
Day 3: Properties of Logarithms
Lesson Key Question: Why does Buffett recommend investing in index funds?
Content: Product Property | Quotient Property | Power Property | Change of Base
Day 4: Bigger Exponential & Log Equations
Technique Lesson: Skill-building lesson (no key contextual question)
Content: Compressing Exponentials & Logs | Solving Complex Exponentials & Logs
Day 5: Log as an Inverse Function
Lesson Key Question: What is the relationship between wealth and happiness?
Content: Inverting Exponential Functions | Graphing Log Functions | Describing Log Functions
Day 6: Transforming Log Functions
Lesson Key Question: Can money buy happiness?
Content: Transforming Log Functions | Stretches, Translations, & Reflections