8/25 - Current Events, SIgnificant Figures, and Scientific Notation

Today we talked about current events happening in Earth and Space Science. One of the more significant being that Pluto was demoted and is no longer a planet.

Then we learned about significant figures. We discussed the three rules of significant figures, and why it is important. If you would like to practice your significant figures, you can do so at this website:

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Then we learned how to write numbers in proper scientific notation. With this lecture, you should be able to complete the homework for Metric Conversions (it is due on Tuesday)