SCIENTIFIC NOTATION PROJECT



SCIENTIFIC NOTATION PROJECT

NAMES:_____________________________________ DATE:______

Task In Partners (one project turned in for two people)

1. Find 6 facts that interest you. The facts must have a number of 50,000 or greater or less than .000001 associated with them. You MUST have atleast 1 fact with a negative exponent.

For example:

a. The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

b. More than 15,000,000,000 prizes have been given away in Cracker Jack's boxes.

c. The mass of a hydrogen atom is .0000000000000000000000016733 g.

2. Convert the number from your fact into scientific notation.

For example:

a. The Earth weighs 6.588 x 1024 tons.

b. More than 1.5 x 1010 prizes have been given away in Cracker Jack’s boxes.

c. The mass of a hydrogen atom is 1.6733 x 10-24

3. Then, compile all of your data into a booklet. You will need 4 pieces of colored paper. Fold your four pieces in half and staple along the folded line, creating a bind.

a. Make a cover page and decorate the cover.

b. Include the definition of scientific notation.

c. Write each fact with the number in standard form and scientific notation.

d. Place some graphic or clipart next to each fact.

Scientific Notation Project Rubric

| |Novice |Apprentice (2) |Practitioner |Expert |

| |(1) | |(3) |(4) |

|Accuracy of Numbers |The number is incorrectly |The number is written |The number is written |All of practitioner and an|

| |written both times |correctly only once |correctly both in |explanation of Scientific |

| | | |Scientific Notation and |Notation on the back |

| | | |Standard Notation | |

|Neatness |The project is not |The project is organized |The project is organized, |All of practitioner and |

| |organized or colored. |and colored but it could |colored, and written |the numbers and written |

| | |be neater |neatly with no |portions are done on the |

| |The project is extremely | |misspellings. |computer. |

| |messy. | | | |

|Explanation of Scientific |The student did not |The student did explain |The student did explain |The student did explain |

|Notation |explain scientific |scientific notation but |scientific notation but |scientific notation in |

| |notation |not clearly. |not in own words. |their own words. |

|Creativity |The project is not |The project includes a |The project includes a |All of the practitioner |

| |creative and/or not in a |depiction of the large |creative depiction of the |plus the depiction must be|

| |book form. |number but could be more |large number. |exact with other details |

| | |creative. | |added. |

On a scale of 1-10 (10 being amazing)

How would you rate your partner and why?

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An Example of what should be in your finished project:

Fact 1: The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

The Earth weighs 6.588 x 1024 tons.

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Fact 2: More than 15,000,000,000 prizes have been given away in Cracker Jack's boxes.

More than 1.5 x 1010 prizes have been given away in Cracker Jack’s boxes.

[pic]

Fact 3: In 1993 there were approximately 64,000,000 cats in America.

In 1993 there were approximately 6.4 x 107 cats in America

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Fact 4: The human body contains 70,000 miles of blood vessels.

The human body contains 7.0 x 104 miles of blood vessels.

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Fact 5: 256,000,000 is the preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United States in 2005.

2.56 x 108 is the preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United States in 2005.

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SOME WEBSITES WITH INTERESTING FACTS

1.

(Random Facts)

2.

(Fun Thanksgiving Day Facts)

3.

(Fun Fourth-of-July Facts)

4.

(Fun Back-to-School Facts)

5.

(Fun Holiday Facts)

6.

(Richest People – 2008)

7.

(Fun Facts About McDonalds)

8.

(NFL Salaries)

9.

(MLB Salaries)

10.

(NHL Salaries)

11.

(NBA Salaries)

12.

(Entertainer Salaries)

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