SCIENTIFIC NOTATION PROJECT
NAME:_________________________ DATE:__________________
Task
1. Choose 5 facts that interest you. The facts must have a number of 1,000
or greater associated with them. For example:
a. The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
b. More than 15,000,000,000 prizes have been given away in Cracker
Jack's boxes.
c. In 1993 there were approximately 64,000,000 cats in America.
d. The human body contains 70,000 miles of blood vessels.
e. 256,000,000 is the preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the
United States in 2005.
2. Convert the number from your fact into scientific notation. For example:
a. The Earth weighs 6.588 x 10
24
tons.
b. More than 1.5 x 10
10
prizes have been given away in Cracker Jack’s
boxes.
c. In 1993 there were approximately 6.4 x 10
7
cats in America.
d. The human body contains 7.0 x 10
4
miles of blood vessels.
e. 2.56 x 10
8
is the preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United
States in 2005.
3. Then, compile all of your data onto one sheet (see example) or you can
make a booklet out of construction paper.
a. Make a cover page titling it “Interesting Facts in Scientific Notation”
and decorate the cover.
b. Write each fact with the number in standard form.
c. Write each fact with the number in scientific notation.
d. Place some graphic or clipart next to each fact.
DUE DATE: Tuesday, November 7, 2017