Scientific Notation Population Project
8.EE.3- Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other. For example estimate the population of the United States as 3 times 10 to the power of 8 and the population of the world as 7 times 10 to the power of 9, and determine that the world population is more than 20 times larger.
Reflection questions
1. Rewrite the standard in your own words. How does this assignment relate to the standard?
The standard 8.EE.3 is using scientific notation/single digit times a integer to the power of 10 to express how many times as much one is than the other, and to estimate very large or small quantities. This assignment relates to the standard because in the project we used scientific notation to find the difference between the population of the United States and Argentina's. Finding the difference between these two countries ties back to the standard.
2. What are the steps you took to complete and do well on this assignment?
The steps I took to complete and do well on this assignment were first to fill in all the blanks, so it can serve as a draft of the things I want to put in my poster paper. Then, I used different marker colors while I was inputting all the stuff from the sheet Ms.Diaz gave us to fill out into the poster paper. Later, I drew in 3 pictures (2 relating to the United States and 1 for Argentina) in my sketchbook, then cut them out and paste them in places that were empty in my poster paper as a little decoration to not make my project too plain. Then finally, I checked twice that I didn't miss anything that was required to have in your project's poster paper.
3. This assignment demonstrates the following strengths...
This assignment shows the following strengths of converting scientific notation into standard form & finding the sum of two populations in scientific notation. Such as I know that 10 (to the power of 7) is 1,000,000 which is converting scientific notation into standard form. I also know the 1,000 is 10 (to the power of 4) which is converting standard form into scientific notation. For example, 10 (to the power of 4) times 10 (to the power of 3) is 10 (to the power of 7) which in standard form it is 1,000,000 which shows that I can sum up numbers in scientific notation.
4. I could have improved my work on this assignment by...
I could have improved my work on this assignment by enlarging the information/answers in the poster paper to make them more visible and to be a little more careful on what I write on the final draft because I was using a marker and having tiny mistakes made make it look unprofessional.
5. How will you apply the skills you learned from this assignment in either the real world when you are an adult or in other classes while you are still a student?
I would apply the skills I learned from this assignment in the real world when I am an adult by using scientific notation when I have to find the difference or sum up very large or small quantities.
The standard 8.EE.3 is using scientific notation/single digit times a integer to the power of 10 to express how many times as much one is than the other, and to estimate very large or small quantities. This assignment relates to the standard because in the project we used scientific notation to find the difference between the population of the United States and Argentina's. Finding the difference between these two countries ties back to the standard.
2. What are the steps you took to complete and do well on this assignment?
The steps I took to complete and do well on this assignment were first to fill in all the blanks, so it can serve as a draft of the things I want to put in my poster paper. Then, I used different marker colors while I was inputting all the stuff from the sheet Ms.Diaz gave us to fill out into the poster paper. Later, I drew in 3 pictures (2 relating to the United States and 1 for Argentina) in my sketchbook, then cut them out and paste them in places that were empty in my poster paper as a little decoration to not make my project too plain. Then finally, I checked twice that I didn't miss anything that was required to have in your project's poster paper.
3. This assignment demonstrates the following strengths...
This assignment shows the following strengths of converting scientific notation into standard form & finding the sum of two populations in scientific notation. Such as I know that 10 (to the power of 7) is 1,000,000 which is converting scientific notation into standard form. I also know the 1,000 is 10 (to the power of 4) which is converting standard form into scientific notation. For example, 10 (to the power of 4) times 10 (to the power of 3) is 10 (to the power of 7) which in standard form it is 1,000,000 which shows that I can sum up numbers in scientific notation.
4. I could have improved my work on this assignment by...
I could have improved my work on this assignment by enlarging the information/answers in the poster paper to make them more visible and to be a little more careful on what I write on the final draft because I was using a marker and having tiny mistakes made make it look unprofessional.
5. How will you apply the skills you learned from this assignment in either the real world when you are an adult or in other classes while you are still a student?
I would apply the skills I learned from this assignment in the real world when I am an adult by using scientific notation when I have to find the difference or sum up very large or small quantities.