**Resource for photo: http://calgary.rasc.ca/images/iau0603Planets.jpg
The following measurements are all distances from the sun:
Directions for your mission follow:
1. Big Space explorers, you will make a three column chart (manually or on the
computer) with the following headings: Name of planets (in order from least
to the greatest), Scientific Notation, Standard Notation, and Technology
Notation. Also, make enough rows to allow for all of the planets to be
listed. Note: If chart is completed on a computer, make sure you save it in
your folder to be accessed/printed later.
2. Explorers, you will need to fill in the chart by listing the smallest distance to
the largest distance and fill in any missing conversions. All the information
must be accurate and complete.
3. Your will need to write an short article with a paragraph(s) to explain how to
convert from:
1) Scientific Notation to Standard Notation
2) Standard Notation to Scientific Notation
3) Scientific Notation to Technology Format
4) Technology Format to Scientific Notation
4. After your group has completed and saved the above information, get the
teacher’s permission to make a hard copy of the chart and article
paragraph(s) and turn in to your teacher.
5. When all groups are done with their project, one of the “Big Space
Explorers” group will exchange their charts and articles with another “Micro
Explorers” group. Using peer editing, each group will check each other’s
data for accuracy.
6. After both groups are done, they will meet altogether to converse over any
questions or corrections they feel is necessary before the final papers are
handed in to the publisher (teacher) to critique.
********If other groups are still working on their project, your group can go to the following website to play a concentration game to match scientific notation and standard notation numbers: http://www.math-play.com/Scientific-Notation-Concentration/Scientific-Notation-Concentration.html
computer) with the following headings: Name of planets (in order from least
to the greatest), Scientific Notation, Standard Notation, and Technology
Notation. Also, make enough rows to allow for all of the planets to be
listed. Note: If chart is completed on a computer, make sure you save it in
your folder to be accessed/printed later.
2. Explorers, you will need to fill in the chart by listing the smallest distance to
the largest distance and fill in any missing conversions. All the information
must be accurate and complete.
3. Your will need to write an short article with a paragraph(s) to explain how to
convert from:
1) Scientific Notation to Standard Notation
2) Standard Notation to Scientific Notation
3) Scientific Notation to Technology Format
4) Technology Format to Scientific Notation
4. After your group has completed and saved the above information, get the
teacher’s permission to make a hard copy of the chart and article
paragraph(s) and turn in to your teacher.
5. When all groups are done with their project, one of the “Big Space
Explorers” group will exchange their charts and articles with another “Micro
Explorers” group. Using peer editing, each group will check each other’s
data for accuracy.
6. After both groups are done, they will meet altogether to converse over any
questions or corrections they feel is necessary before the final papers are
handed in to the publisher (teacher) to critique.
********If other groups are still working on their project, your group can go to the following website to play a concentration game to match scientific notation and standard notation numbers: http://www.math-play.com/Scientific-Notation-Concentration/Scientific-Notation-Concentration.html