Sept. 11 Class – Significant Digits

Learning Goals: Understand how to determine significant digits.

Success Criteria: You can round values to the correct number of significant digits.

We worked more with numbers today, so pay close attention if you're not as strong in math.  Here are the handouts including the significant digits PowerPoint presentation.

• Significant Digits Notes
• Significant Digits PowerPoint

Read the notes carefully and remember there are many rules about whether or not a zero is considered significant.

Here are the solutions to yesterday's handout,

• Metric Conversions Solutions

Finally, here is a new handout with lots of practice on scientific notation.

• Scientific Notation Practice (With solutions on back)

Homework:

• Complete the Safety Poster if not done.
• Work on Scientific Notation Practice.

Library orientation
For those of you in Period 1, we had a Library Orientation today.  The librarian showed us how to access the library online.  First you have to sign into Moodle:

• Moodle link

Next search for VSS Library, the code to enrol is "books".  Once you enrol you can search the library catalogues.  You can print from the library by adding money onto our account in the way that the librarian showed you.  If you are not in my class for period 1, you will get a Library Orientation with your Period 1 class at some point.