Scientific notation (AA/AI SL 1.1)
[table][br][tr][br][td][b]Factual Questions[/b][/td][br][td][b]Conceptual Questions[/b][/td][br][td][b]Debatable Questions[/b][/td][br][/tr][br][tr][br][td]How do you convert a decimal number to scientific notation?[/td][br][td]Why is scientific notation a practical method for representing very large or very small numbers?[/td][br][td]Does the use of scientific notation in education enhance or hinder students' understanding of magnitude and scale?[/td][br][/tr][br][tr][br][td]Why must the coefficient in scientific notation be between 1 and 10?[/td][br][td]How does the exponent in scientific notation reflect the scale of the number being represented?[/td][br][td]Is reliance on technology for converting numbers into scientific notation impacting the fundamental numeracy skills of students?[/td][br][/tr][br][tr][br][td]Convert the number 0.00078000 back to scientific notation.[/td][br][td]What is the significance of maintaining a certain number of significant figures in scientific notation?[/td][br][td]In what situations might the precision implied by scientific notation be misleading or unnecessary?[/td][br][/tr][br][/table][br]
Scientific notation (AA/AI SL 1.1)
[list=1][*]Understanding Scientific Notation:[br][list][*]What is scientific notation and why is it used?[/*][*]How do you convert a decimal number to scientific notation?[/*][/list][/*][*]Mathematical Constraints:[br][list][*]Why must the coefficient a in scientific notation be between 1 and 10?[/*][*]Explain why the exponent k is restricted to integer values.[/*][/list][/*][*]Practical Application:[br][list][*]Convert the number 0.00078000 back to scientific notation.[/*][*]Provide another example of a number in scientific notation with a positive exponent.[/*][/list][/*][*]Conceptual Understanding:[br][list][*]How does changing the value of k affect the overall value of the number in scientific notation?[/*][*]What is the significance of maintaining a certain number of significant figures in scientific notation?[/*][/list][/*][/list]
Understanding Scientific Notation:[br][list][*]What is scientific notation and why is it used?[/*][*]How do you convert a decimal number to scientific notation?[/*][/list]
[list][*]Practical Application:[/*][list][*]Convert the number 0.00078000 back to scientific notation.[/*][*]Provide another example of a number in scientific notation with a positive exponent.[/*][/list][/list]
Mathematical Constraints:[br][list][list][*]Why must the coefficient a in scientific notation be between 1 and 10?[/*][*]Explain why the exponent k is restricted to integer values.[/*][/list][/list]
[list][*]Conceptual Understanding:[/*][list][*]How does changing the value of k affect the overall value of the number in scientific notation?[/*][*]What is the significance of maintaining a certain number of significant figures in scientific notation?[/*][/list][/list]
Part 2 - Checking your understanding
Watch through this video before attempting the questions
What is the result of (2 * 10^3) + (3 * 10^4
What is the result of (5.5 * 10^2) * (2 * 10^3)
What is the result of (9 * 10^6) / (3 * 10^2)?
Lesson plan - Mastering Scientific Notation
Scientific notation- Intuition pump (thought experiments and analogies)
