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Students gain an understanding of how the powers of 10 and scientific notation can be used to represent the scale of things in the universe. They relate the number of stars in the universe to the number of grains of sand on Earth's beaches.

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model making, stars, the solar system, powers of 10, exponents, scientific notation

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solar system, stars, distance in space, model making, powers of ten, write scientific notation, very large numbers, math
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Technology
Video

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