1. Scale of the Universe

2. The most astounding fact…

3. Powers of 10 Video

4. Let’s look at some numbers
Earth: 12,700,000 meters
Jupiter: 170,000,000 meters
The sun: 1,400,000,000 meters
Earth to sun: 150,000,000,000 meters
Milky way: 1,200,000,000,000,000,000,000 meters
Observable universe:
930,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 meters

5. Lets visualize some of that…

6. Add a scale of 10…

8. Stars vs grains of sands…

10. Scientific Notation
Used to easily identify, write, and understand incredibly large or incredibly small numbers
Milky way 1,200,000,000,000,000,000,000 meters =
Size of an atom meters=

11. Review/Notes… Putting numbers in scientific notation
Scientific Notation to numeric
Multiplying and Dividing Scientific Notation

12. Sun
696,000 km
Put into scientific notation

13. Solar System
7.5 x 106 km
Put into numeric form

14. Multiplying and Dividing