Scientific Notation  

Practice Opportunities

 

Dear Students and Parents,

 

           Unit 3 of the Everyday Math program explores standard, scientific, and exponential notation.  We have been discovering how these concepts are used in mathematics and our daily lives.  Some students have requested opportunities for additional practice before we reach the Unit 3 test.  I have discovered some websites that explore the concepts, and have practice problems for the students to try.

           I will offer ten extra credit points to any student who would like to visit the websites, and complete the practice problems.  I am requiring that the students spend a minimum of 45 minutes practicing standard notation online.  If you would like them to print some pages and practice them using paper and pencil, I will accept this also.  Some of the 45 minutes can be spent exploring the sites, but the purpose of this assignment is extra practice, not surfing the Internet.  If you do not have access to the Internet at home, your child can complete this during class work time, and they can complete their regular assignments at home. 

           I feel this is a great opportunity to have additional practice.  If time permits, you may want to join your child while they visit the websites.  See if they can explain the concept of Scientific Notation, and when it is used in our daily lives!  They will retain the information better if they have a chance to explain/teach it to someone else.  When they have finished answering the questions and exploring the sites, please sign below so I know that they have fulfilled their responsibility. 

 

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Parent Signature

 

 

 

You can access the Scientific Notation websites by visiting the Sixth Grade Web Page.  They are located in the “Links Library”.  You may also use the web addresses listed below.

 

 

*Scientific Notation Activities (problems you can try)

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote.html

 

What is Scientific Notation and how is it used?

http://edie.cprost.sfu.ca/~rhlogan/sci_not.html

 

Nifty Scientific Notation

http://www.accessexcellence.com/ae/AE/newatg/Wasielewski/

 

Scientific Notation: Student Lab Activity

http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/staff/schindel/SciNot/ManSciNot1/ManSciNot1.html

 

Ask Dr. Math!

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html

 

Scientific Notation Activities (with Lesson Plans!)

http://www.thesolutionsite.com/lpnew/lesson/1143/romneymsB3.htm

 

Scientific Notation Sites (You can use these sites with the above website and activities)

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/scinot.html

 

http://edie.cprost.sfu.ca/~rhlogan/sci_not.html

 

http://janus.astro.umd.edu/intro-astro.html

 

1)    You must visit the first website on the list.  It is titled “Scientific Notation Activities”.  You need to complete a minimum of ten problems while you are there.  You may want to go back to this site at another time for additional practice.  (The evening before the unit test might be a good time.) 

 

 

2)    You must visit at least four of the additional websites.  For each site you need to give me three pieces of information:

 

Ø     The name of the website

Ø     What options the site has to offer a visitor

Ø     What you learned about Scientific Notation while you were at the site

 

Website #1

 

 

 

Website #2

 

 

 

Website #3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Website #4

 

Bonus!  Can you find an additional website on Scientific Notation?  (Try entering “scientific notation activities” into your search engine.)  Record the web address below.  What does this site have to offer, and why should we add it to our Links Library?

 

 

 

 

 

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