Exploring Scientific Notation and Percent Growth

Exploring Scientific Notation and Percent Growth

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to understand and apply scientific notation and calculate percent growth.

What do you already know about scientific notation and percent growth?

Slide 1: Scientific Notation

Scientific notation is a way to express numbers that are very large or very small using powers of 10.

Slide 2: Writing Numbers in Scientific Notation

To write a number in scientific notation, move the decimal point so that there is only one non-zero digit to the left of the decimal point.

Slide 3: Converting Scientific Notation to Standard Form

To convert a number in scientific notation to standard form, move the decimal point to the right or left based on the exponent.

Slide 4: Calculating with Scientific Notation

When performing calculations with numbers in scientific notation, the exponents can be added or subtracted depending on the operation.

Slide 5: Percent Growth

Percent growth is a measure of the increase or decrease of a value over time expressed as a percentage.

Slide 6: Calculating Percent Growth

To calculate percent growth, subtract the initial value from the final value, divide the result by the initial value, and multiply by 100.

Slide 7: Applying Scientific Notation and Percent Growth

Apply scientific notation and percent growth to real-world scenarios, such as population growth or exponential decay.

Slide 8: Summary and Practice

Recap the main points of the lesson and provide practice problems for students to reinforce their understanding.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.