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Direct linkBeigie, Darin – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2018
The author, a mathematics teacher, describes a seventh grade class where students use scientific notation to calculate how long it takes light to travel a variety of astronomical distances and then interpret the significance of their findings. Ultimately, the goal is to have students see how calculations can help answer large, almost philosophical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 7, Computation, Scientific Concepts
