Appendix
Standards
The unit will incorporate standards from the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) as well as common core high school mathematics.1 During the first advisory students will grapple with SI units with regards to kinematics and use units to guide in solving for multi-step conversion problem sets (CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSN.Q.A1). Students will then explore base-ten numeration utilizing scientific notation by creating a logarithmic scale with their age as a base unit. Student will calculate how many mega seconds old they are when they reach a billion, to further provide context about scale. The culminating activity will have students analyze the EM spectrum to elicit patterns with regards to wavelength and frequency (HS-PS4-1).1 A fundamental understanding of exponents will be paramount to recognizing patterns within the EM spectrum as such a considerable amount of time will focus on arithmetic operations involving exponents, in the form of scientific notation problem sets.
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