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Formative assessment: Scientific notation
Refer to the last lesson in the unit on scientific notation for an assessment task.
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| Year level(s) | Year 9 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment task, Assessment advice |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | scientific notation, power, index number |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement, Time |
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| Organisation | BetterLesson |
| Copyright | © Heather Sparks. Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0. |
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