Prepare 3x5 cards with a variety of numbers written
in scientific notation.
Give each student a card and ask the class to arrange themselves around the room in numerical order. This activity will help students obtain a feeling of how numbers written in scientific notation are related to one another. There are many additional activities which also utilize these cards: Ask all of the students holding numbers greater than one to move to one side of the room, and all students holding numbers less than one to move to the opposite side of the room. Ask 5 students to stand in the front of the room in numerical order. You, the teacher, holding a card, position yourself in the number line. Ask the class if you are standing in the correct numerical location. This could also be a small quiz or extra credit activity. Ask 2 students to stand in the front of the room. Ask the class to determine the size of the interval between the two numerical values. Shuffle the cards and ask the students to place themselves in numerical order a second time.
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