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Curated OER

Volume Calculation Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work with scientific notation and rounding as they determine volume. In this volume lesson, pupils attempt to calculate the volume of the planet Jupiter. They use rounding to two significant digits and scientific...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Scientific Notation

For Students 7th - 9th
In this scientific notation worksheet, students change numbers from standard form to scientific notation and change numbers from scientific notation to standard form. This one-page worksheet contain 15 problems.
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Assessment
Mathed Up!

Standard Form

For Students 7th - 9th
Be sure your young mathematicians can work with scientific notation. Scholars first watch a video to review scientific notation. They then complete a instructional activity requiring conversions and operations with scientific notation.
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Manchester University

Lesson 51: Scientific Notation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Discuss scientific notation with this mathematics lesson plan. Middle schoolers predict which problem is bigger of two numbers. They analyze the problems by observing the powers of 10 in order to decide which is bigger. This appears to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Giantburgers

For Teachers 8th Standards
What is a million between friends? This fast food chain claims to serves a certain percentage of Americans every day. The resource agrees, but depending on how you calculate it, you could be a million off. Let your fast food munchers be...
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EngageNY

Estimating Quantities

For Teachers 8th Standards
Apply the concept of magnitude to estimate values and compare numbers. The ninth lesson of the 15-part series asks learners to write numbers to their next greatest power of 10 and then make comparisons. Scholars begin to understand the...
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Curated OER

Ant and Elephant

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
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...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dried Meat

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the traditional method of drying meat used by Native Americans. They apply math concepts such as ratio, proportion, percent, and scientific notation to determine the amount of meat the is dried from an animal using...
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Curated OER

Six Convert Scientific Numbers into Decimal Notation

For Students 6th - 10th
In this scientific notation worksheet, student convert six numbers given in scientific notation into decimal notation.  All the exponents in this worksheet are positive.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Write in Scientific Notation: Standard Form to Scientific Notation

For Students 6th - 8th
In this scientific notation learning exercise, students write 10 numbers in scientific notation.  Students convert large natural numbers from standard form to scientific notation.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Choice of Unit

For Students 8th Standards
Explore using units with scientific notation to communicate numbers effectively. Individuals choose appropriate units to express numbers in a real-life situation. In this 13th lesson of 15, participants convert numbers in scientific...
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Assessment
Charleston School District

Pre-Test Unit 1: Exponents

For Teachers 8th Standards
How much do you know about exponents? The pre-test covers the concepts of integer exponents with both numerical and algebraic one-variable expressions. The test is also over representing numbers in scientific notation, operating with...
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Curated OER

Scientific Notation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this math activity, students solve the problems that use the concept of scientific notation to write large numerical quantities.
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Curated OER

Exponents and Scientific Notation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students use the problems with exponents and scientific notation in order to make calculations. The sheet is a teacher's guide.
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Curated OER

Scientific Notations

For Students 7th - 9th
In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite numbers using scientific notations. There are 10 problems using positive and negative exponents with an answer key.
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Math-U-See

Extra Practice

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
From exponents to slope-intercept form, an array of extra practice exercises will reinforce necessary skills for your middle and high schoolers. The worksheets include practice with order of operations, graphing equations, scientific...
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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Giantburgers

For Students 8th Standards
Americans love burgers! Pupils determine whether a given claim about burgers is true by reasoning from the provided information. The task involves operations with scientific notation.
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Mathematics Assessment Project

100 People

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
It's a small world after all. In the middle school assessment task, learners use data that imagines there are only 100 people in the world to answer questions about population demographics. Young mathematicians use ratio and proportional...
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Mathematics Assessment Project

Expressions and Equations

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Express your wonder at this resource. Middle schoolers solve 10 short problems in the expressions and equations domain. They apply operations with scientific notation, set up and solve equations, and analyze linear equations.
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CCSS Math Activities

Smarter Balanced Sample Items: 8th Grade Math – Target B

For Teachers 8th Standards
Develop a radical approach to covering the Smarter Balanced targets for 8th grade math with a presentation that helps further develop math skills. Seven sample items demonstrate the expectation for working with integer exponents,...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Fractions, decimals, and percents all say the same thing! Show your classes how to convert between the three forms using visual and numeric representations. Then lead them to an understanding of scientific notation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Living in Base Ten

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore scientific notation and the structure of the metric system.  In this middle school mathematics instructional activity, students read How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz to introduce middle schoolers to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Numbers Behind Hunger: Rate of Change

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore the concept of world hunger by having students collect and graph 1990 world hunger statistics. They will analyze the data in order to determine how to decrease world hunger rates and try to determine problems and solutions of...
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Curated OER

The Magic Square

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students convert the sixteen values into scientific notation. Then they find the answers in the right-column to fill in the Magic Square with its letter.

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