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LESSON PLAN Teacher Ernesto C. Antillon Jr. Learning Science

Area

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of a
scientific notation.
B. Performance Standards
C. Learning Competencies / Objectives The learner’s should be able to:

Specific Objectives 1. Describe what scientific notation is.

2. Understand why scientific notation is
important
3. Convert numbers into scientific notation

II. CONTENT Scientific Notation

III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References:
1. Learner’s Material
2. Teacher’s guide pages
B. Other Learning Resources
1. Materials

2. Internet https://study.com/academy/popular/scientific-
notation.html
IV. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
ELICIT

 Everybody Stand for the prayer. Prayer ( Prayer leader leads the prayer )
leader please come forward to lead the  Classmates let us pray. Lord God we
prayer. thank you for today….AMEN

 Good Morning Class!  Good Morning Mabuhay!

 So, how are today? Are we good?  Yes Sir we are.

 Okay! Good to heard that.

 Last meeting, we talked about what?  Significant Figures

 Very good! What are the Significant
Figures? What are the rules about
Significant Figures?
Significant Figures
1. All non-
zero numbers ARE significant.
2. Zeros between two non-
zero digits ARE significant.
3. Leading zeros are NOT significant.
4. Trailing zeros to the right of the
decimal ARE significant.
5. Trailing zeros in a whole number with
 the decimal shown ARE significant.

ENGAGE
 Sometimes we encounters number that is
so large or extremely small that we start
to have trouble writing and memorizing
the number.
 Can you give an example?  The diameter of the Sun which is
1,392,700Km
 Pluto's average distance from our sun is
approximately 3,670,000,000 miles.
 The radius of a hydrogen atom is
0.000000000053 meters

 What kinds of problems a scientist might  A number that is so long is prone to

encounter that involve numbers this long? mistake. Specially, when it comes to
solving a problem that involves equation
and things that need precise measurement.
 Correct.
 That’s why they developed the Scientific
notation.
EXPLORE
 So, our lesson for today is Scientific  Scientific notation is a way of writing
Notation. What is Scientific Notation? very large or very small numbers. A
number is written in scientific
notation when a number between 1 and 10
is multiplied by a power of 10.
 For example, we have this number
3,670,000,000 distance of the Pluto from
the Sun. if we convert it to scientific
notation we will have 3.67 x 109. Which is
easier to write and memorize than the
longer version of it.

 Before we go on with our lesson, let us

have a short activity.

 This activity is called the “How many

x10?” this activity will help you learn to
see how the power of 10 affects the
movement of the decimal places.

 How many x 10 does 3.67 needs to be

equal to 3,670,000,000?
3,670,000,000
367,000,000 x 10
36,700,000 x 10 x 10
 3,670,000 x 10 x 10 x 10
367,000 x 10 x10 x 10 x 10
36700 x 10 x10 x 10 x 10 x 10
3670 x 10 x10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x10
367 x 10 x10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10
36.7 x 10 x10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10
3.67 x 10 x10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10

EXPLAIN
 So in simple definition the Scientific
Notation is way to express a large or
small number in a short way.

 How do we convert a number into a

scientific notation?  First, find the coefficient.

 When looking for the coefficient, we must

apply the rule of significant figures. What  The Coefficient must be a significant
are the rules? number.

 Correct. The coefficient must be a number

ranging from 1 – 9. It can always be
found in first number from the left.

 For example, we have here the world

population which is 7,900,000,000. The
coefficient would be 7.9 multiply by a
factor of 10.

 How many factor of 10 do we need for  We need 109

them to be equal?

 Correct. There is an easy way to find how

many 10 we need. Just count the number
of places between the decimal point and
the coefficient.

 So, the scientific notation form is 7.9 x

109
 How about the small number?
  Here, we have the radius of a hydrogen
atom which is 0.000000000053 meters.  By moving the decimal places to right.
How do we convert an extremely small
number?

 What is our coefficient?

 Correct. 5.3 is our coefficient because 5 is
the first significant number that we can
find. How about the factor of 10? How do
we get it?
 Then, what is our Scientific Notation?
 The coefficient is 5.3
 Just count the number of places between
the decimal point and including the
coefficient.
 5.3 x 10-11

ELABORATE

 If you have noticed in the previous example,

we have used a negative exponent. Why is
that?  The negative exponent indicates a small
number while the positive exponent
indicates a large number.
 Correct. It’s called the ‘order of
magnitude’.
 The order of magnitude is the exponent.
They indicate wether the number is
extremely large or small.

 Now, lets go to the basic operation. What

are the 4 basic operation in math?  Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and
Division.

 Very good. How do we add two numbers

in scientific notation form?  Add the coefficient if they have the same
base.
 Correct. You can just add the coefficient
if they have the same base. For example.
2.3 x104 + 1.1 x 104 = 3.4 x 104
 What about 1.5 x104 + 25.6 x 103 ?  First make the base the same by moving
the decimal places of the number.
1.5 x104 + 2.56 x 104 = 4.06 x 104
 Then try to subtract 1.3 x105 from
25.0 x 104  Move the decimal places first.
2.50 x 105 – 1.3 x 105 = 1.2 x 105
 In the case of multiplication/ division of
two numbers in scientific form. Multiply/
 Divide the coefficient. Then for the base,
just apply the law of exponent.

 For example. (3 x 103)(4 x 104)

3 x 4 x 103 + 4
12 x 107
 So in multiplication we add the exponent
while in division we subtract the
exponent.

EVALUATING
Express the following numbers into Scientific
Notation
1. 122,000,000 1. 1.22 x 108
2. 0.00000123 2. 1.23 x 10-6
3. 1,000,000 3. 1.00 x 106

Solve the following problems.

4. 1.2 x 103 + 0.12 x 104 4. 2.4 x 103
5. 5.00 x 106 - 2.1 x 106 5. 2.9 x 106

EXTEND
Give a real life example of usage of
Scientific Notation
V. REMARKS
VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who earned 80%
on the Formative assessment.
B. No. learners who require
additional activities for
remediation.
C. Did the remedial lessons work?
No. of learners who caught up
with the lesson.
D. No. of learners who continue to
require remediation.
E. Which of my teaching strategies
worked well? Why did these
work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter
which my principal or supervisor
can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized
materials did I use / discover
which I wish to share with other
teachers?