Lesson Plan: Scientific Notation Chemistry
This lesson plan includes the objectives and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to write and interpret values in scientific notation and assess the advantages of scientific notation in calculations.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- define scientific notation (also known as standard form),
- write very large and small numbers in scientific notation,
- convert between standard and decimal forms of numbers,
- describe the advantages of standard form.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- significant figures,
- calculations using scientific notation.