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An Hour In … Algebra II

Students practice logarithms
Cassie Valdez
January 31, 2017

Mr. Bryce Wada’s Algebra II students participate in activity to test their knowledge on logarithms.

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Reading off a randomly chosen word, junior Cynthia Cervantes tries her best to explain the word without actually saying it. The students were separated into two groups and chose from a bucket filled with nouns and logarithmic terms. "The activity was fun, it was something different," Cervantes said. "It helped me figure out how to explain the different nouns using past knowledge."
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