Showing posts with label Small Numbers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small Numbers. Show all posts

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Adding Context to Scientific Notation

The world of the small is a great place to introduce scientific notation. This FEI gallery is fantastic and often includes the measurements in the photos: http://flic.kr/ps/DDQp3  I am going to use a bunch of these in my lessons. We could do a daily activity, asking "how many meters is that?"