SCIENTIFIC NOTATION GLOGSTER PROJECT

Name:__________________________

1) Do some research and find some interesting data

Choose 5 facts that interest you. Three (3) facts must have a number of
1,000 or greater associated with them. Two (2) facts must have a number
less than 1 associated with it.
For example:
a) The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
b) More than 500, 000, 000 people are registered users on Facebook.
c) In 1993 there were approximately 64,000,000 cats in America.
d) The human body contains 70,000 miles of blood vessels.
e) The weight of an alpha particle
is .000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,006645 kilograms

2) Use both standard form and scientific notation

Convert the number from your fact into scientific notation. For example:
a) The Earth weighs 6.588 x 1024 tons.
b) More than 5 x 108 people are registered users on Facebook.
c) In 1993 there were approximately 6.4 x 107 cats in America.
d) The human body contains 7.0 x 104 miles of blood vessels.
e) The weight of an alpha particle is

3) Synthesize and communicate your cool data

Compile all of your data and create a Glogster.
a) Write each fact with the number in standard form.
b) Write each fact with the number in scientific notation.
c) Make it fun to look at; add some art or drawing or anecdote or some
fun thing to entertain your audience.
d) Include all your sources of your info. For example, state the URL of
any webpage you used or the name of any book you referenced.
e) Check out my website for some neat web pages and/or find some
that you find interesting!

This project is worth 40 points! See the rubric I’ll be using to grade them.

SOME WEBSITES WITH INTERESTING FACTS

Random Facts
http://pages.prodigy.net/jhonig/bignum/indx.html

Fun Fourth-of-July Facts

http://www.chiff.com/a/fun-facts-fourth.htm

Fun Back-to-School Facts

http://www.chiff.com/a/back-schoolnumbers.htm

Fun Facts About McDonalds

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/306778/fun_facts_about_mcdonalds.html

Holiday Fun facts

http://www.chiff.com/a/christmas-fun-facts.htm

2014 Forbes Richest People

http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2014/03/03/forbes-billionaires-full-list-of-the-worlds-500-
richest-people/

2014 Forbes Most Powerful Celebrities

http://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/

2013 Highest Paid Musicians

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45ehgmg/the-worlds-25-highest-paid-musicians-32/

2012 MLB Salaries

http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/baseball/mlb/salaries/team

2013-2014 NHL Salaries

http://www.capgeek.com

2013-2014 NBA Salaries

http://hoopshype.com/salaries.htm

2009- 2010 NFL Salaries

http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/football/nfl/salaries/team

Marine Facts
http://marinebio.org/marinebio/facts/

Random Fun Facts

http://teachers.woodlynde.org/dunbar/Math/7-03/Chapter%201/Public/HW/Fun%20Facts%20with
%20Scientific%20Notation%20HW.pdf