Decision 6: Acquisition Lesson:

Title:
How is the sum of a finite or infinite geometric series determined, and why is it not always possible to determine this?

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Culminating Activities:

1. Untitled Culminating Activity

Student Assessment(s):

1. Untitled Student Assessment

Acquisition Lesson(s):

1. What are the differences between a sequence and a series?2. How is an arithmetic sequence or series identified?3. How is a geometric sequence or series identified?4. How are sums evaluated, given sigma notation?5. How is sigma notation used to write the terms of a sequence?6. How are the nth terms of arithmetic sequences written and calculated?7. How is the nth partial sums of arithmetic sequences calculuated?8. How are the nth terms of geometric sequences written and calculated?9. How is the sum of a finite or infinite geometric series determined, and why is it not always possible to determine this?

Extended Thinking Lesson(s):

1. How is the sum of a finite or infinite geometric series determined, and why is it not always possible to determine this?