Scientific Notation Project- Planet Discovery

How can you relate scientific notation in a way that will interest your students? I say research and discover planets in your solar system!

Students will enjoy studying a specific planet with questions that align with their planet.

Allow each student to pick a planet that interests them the most (I look up a video on the eight planets to give students background knowledge)

-Each student can get a packet with tailored questions about the solar system and their specific planet.

-Students will research their planet online and answer questions that involve scientific notation.

-Students will write numbers in scientific notation, standard form, and solve using operations with scientific notation.

-Students finish by creating a poster or 3d model on their planet, or all eight planets, and include new facts they have learned

Includes:

-Seventeen standard form to scientific notation form questions.

-Seven large numbers to re-write in scientific notation for EACH planet.

-Eleven small numbers to re-write in scientific notation that work with their planet.

-Fifteen operations with scientific notation.

-Five-word problems for each planet.

-Standards and answer keys for each planet.

Please review and let me know what your students thought of the project