Big Numbers, Small Numbers

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 18.04.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Demographics
  3. Content Objective
  4. Unit Content
  5. Teaching Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Resources
  8. Notes
  9. Appendix

What Makes a Superhero Super? Putting Scientific Notation in Context

Charlotte Perry

Published September 2018

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Resources

Bucky, James. “Comic and Graphic Novels” Readwritethink.org.  http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson921/ComicBookPrimer.pdf (July 22, 2018).

Courtney R. Nagle, and Jodie L. Styers. "Putting Mathematical Tasks into Context." The Mathematics Teacher 109, no. 3 (2015): 206-13. doi:10.5951/mathteacher.109.3.0206.

Dietiker, Leslie. Core Connections 3. Sacramento, CA: CPM Educational Program, 2015.

Fryholm, Ph.D., Jeff. “Learning to Think Mathematically with the Number Line.”

https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/LTM_Numberline.pdf (accessed July 20, 2018) “George Shirakawa Sr. Elementary School.” Great Schools. http://www.greatschools.org/california/san-jose/11151-Shirakawa-George-Sr.-Elementary-School/details (assessed July 2017).

Howe, Roger, and Susanna S. Epp. “Taking Place Value Seriously: Arithmetic, Estimation, and Algebra.” https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/pmet/resources/PVHoweEpp-Nov2008.pdf (accessed July 17, 2018).

Howe, Roger. “Whole Number Arithmetic for the 21st Century” (accessed July 18, 2018).

“Shirakawa (George, Sr.) Elementary”. https://www.ed-data.org/school/Santa-Clara/Franklin--McKinley-Elementary/Shirakawa-(George,-Sr.)-Elementary (assessed July 18, 2018).

The Telegraph. “The strongest living land creatures on Earth, measured by their power to weight ratio.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/earthpicturegalleries/7521275/The-strongest-living-land-creatures-on-Earth-measured-by-their-power-to-weight-ratio.html?image=3 (accessed July 30, 2018).

Tes Global Ltd. “My lessons (Tes Teach).” https://www.tes.com/my-resources/lessons (accessed July 23, 2018).

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