Powers of Ten

This morning 5R spent some time exploring the relationship between place value columns and exponential values of ten, or powers of ten.

First we looked at some visualizations of large numbers, starting here, and then continuing on here.

Then we looked at a teacher example, an earlier version of the video below, finding powers of ten in the environment. Afterwards, students for busy starting to build their own video representations of place value charts.

While the content we were exploring focused on the relationships between place value and the exponential values of ten, we were equally focusing on the research skills of finding, organizing and presenting information.

Keep an eye out for student videos, coming to their blogs soon!