William & Mary
Inferential Reading Comprehension Considerations Packet
Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Physics: Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures
This interactive site helps students determine the appropriate number of significant figures in both addition and subtraction, as well as multiplication and division calculations. They also calculate the percent uncertainty of a...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Significant Figures
Given quantitative data, students will express and manipulate quantities using the correct number of significant figures.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Significant Figures and Rounding Off
As part of a larger site called "Getting started in Chemistry," this site examines significant figures and claims to teach the user "how to avoid telling lies with numbers."
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: 1.3 Accuracy, Precision, and Significant Figures
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Determine the appropriate number of significant figures in both addition and subtraction, as well as multiplication and division calculations and Calculate the percent...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Significant Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Determining significant figures and rounding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Significant Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides a definition of significant figures and lists rules for proper designation of values.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Introduction to Significant Figures
A slideshow lesson reviewing the basics of significant figures. Understand how to determine the number of certainty in a a measurement by using significant figures with this slideshow.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Multiplying With Significant Figures
View this tutorial which demonstrates how to determine the appropriate amount of significant digits in multiplication.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Multiplying With Significant Figures
A short lesson describing how to determine the appropriate amount of significant figures when multiplying.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Significant Figures Addition & Subtraction
A guided lesson explaining how to add and subtract numbers expressing the answer with the appropriate number of significant digits.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Adding With Significant Figures
A brief presentation helping the learner understand how many significant figures to use when adding numbers.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Significant Figures the Basics
This learning activity helps explain what significant figures are, and why they are important to science.
Other
Chemistry Land: Significant Figures and Fuzzy Numbers
Course website, developed by a community college instructor, uses riddles, real-world examples, colorful pictures, and explanatory text to introduce learners to the concept of significant figures in science. With a selection of...
BBC
Bb Ci: Review Significant Digits
BBCi presents a test prep review ("revision") section on significant digits and on approximating an answer by rounding in order to work with an easy number. Click on "Test Bite," on the last page to get an interactive quiz.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Determining the Correct Number of Significant Figures
The students will determine the correct number of significant figures and apply rules for significant figures in calculations.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: Rules for Significant Digits
This site from General Chemistry Online provides a mnemonic device you may not have seen to help remember the rules for significant digits called the Atlantic-Pacific Method. Also includes a comparison between this rule and the...
California State University
Csudh: Chemistry: Significant Figures
An interactive exercise drill regarding significant figures.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Multiplying and Dividing Using Significant Figures: Lesson 1
This lesson will demonstrate how to multiply/divide measurements and report the result to the correct number of significant digits. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Multiplying and Dividing Using Significant Figures."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Significant Figures: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain what significant figures are and why they are important. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Significant Figures."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Significant Figures: Lesson 5
This lesson will introduce significant figures and explain why they are important when doing calculations. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Significant Figures."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Significant Figures and Scientific Notation: Lesson 2
This lesson will demonstrate how to use scientific notation to express the desired number of significant figures. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Significant Figures and Scientific Notation."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Subtracting W/ Significant Figures: Lesson 2
This lesson should help a learner understand how to determine the appropriate amount of significant figures when subtracting numbers. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Subtracting w/ Significant Figures."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Subtracting W/ Significant Figures: Lesson 4
This lesson should help a learner understand how to determine the appropriate amount of significant figures when subtracting numbers. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Subtracting w/ Significant Figures."