You would think that humans make up more mass than ants do on this planet, but think again, and this time by performing calculations. Middle schoolers use scientific notation to compute and compare the estimated total mass of all humans...

Have you ever wondered how many ants make up an elephant? Inquisitive minds will be amazed as they use scientific notation to compute and compare the mass of an elephant to an ant. Have participants make guesses and see how close they...

Investigating the large numbers of science is the task in a simple but deep activity. Given a one-sentence problem set-up and some basic assumptions, the class sets off on an open-ended investigation that really gives some...

Even though pennies seem to be relatively thin, stack enough of them into a single stack, and you could have quite a high stack. Enough so, that the final result can be a surprise to you as well as your class. This activity centers...

The idea in the resource is to understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations. To stay within the context of the standard, skip the part of the resource that solves with unit rates. Instead,...

It's hard to envision what 39 billion plastic bottles look like. Brita claims that the US uses that number of plastic bottles each year! If that's not enough to get your attention, figure out how many times 39 billion water bottles can...

How do you measure surface tension? The fifth installment of a nine-part series is an experiment where young scientists use tubes of different sizes to measure surface tension. They calculate the average and standard deviation of the...

The practice exercises review scientific operations including converting to and from scientific notation, multiplication, and division.

This lesson teaches students how to multiply and divide numbers expressed in scientific notation.

Students practice dividing scientific notation numbers in a series of self-check exercises.

Students learn how to multiply scientific notation numbers. Practice exercises are included.

Students review how to convert fractions to scientific notation. Practice problems to check for comprehension of the math concept are included.

Notes and practice problems explore how to convert scientific notation numbers to decimals numbers.

This resource allows students to practice writing decimals in scientific notation. Exercises and games are provided.

Students practice converting fractions to scientific notation in a series of self-check exercises and timed learning games.

Students investigate how to convert decimal numbers to scientific notation. Exercises are provided to practice the skill.

Students practice converting scientific notation numbers to fractions in a series of self-check exercises.

Students review how to convert scientific notation numbers to standard form. Practice problems to check for comprehension of the math concept are included.

This site explores how to write numbers in scientific notation. Learning exercises and games are provided to practice the skill.

Practice Space Math! Math is the cornerstone of space travel. Familiarize yourself with all the ways math can help you study the solar system. Practice math problems in areas such as speed of light, the distance of planets to the sun,...

This MathWorld site gives a precise definition of scientific notation; included is how to determine the order of magnitude of a number with respect to scientific notation. An understanding of logarithms is useful in utilizing this site.

Students practice converting scientifc notation to standard form through a series self-check exercises and timed learning games.

This site gives an answer and explanation for any conversion requested by the user.

This site explains how to convert scientific notation into decimal numbers. Games and exercises are provided to practice the skill.