The Power of Ten

Using exponents is an efficient way to write numbers that have a few too many zeeeeeros.

The exponent (or power) tells us how many zeros are in the number when the base number is 10.

The image below has a place for everything with everything in its place. The base can be any whole number, but today we are only focusing on the POWERS of TEN!

Here are the vocabulary words for this lesson: 

powers of ten

base number 

exponent

Click the image below for a catchy Powers of 10 song! 

Powers of 10 Song Lyrics:

Chorus

To find the power of ten

Look at the exponent

Take your pencil and then

and write that many zeros, let’s do it again

To find a power of ten

Look at the exponent

Take your pencil and then

Multiply that many tens

The base number is 10

2 is the exponent

10 to the second means 10 x 10

This power of ten is 100

Again the base number is 10

but now 3 is the exponent

it equals 10 x 10 x 10

The third power ten is 1000

The base number is 10

4 is the exponent

it's 10 x 10 x 10 x 10

The fourth power is 10,000

Again the base number is 10

5 is the exponent

write five tens and multiply them

and you’ll get 100,000

With a power of ten we can multiply or divide

Dividing slides left, multiplying slides right

The powers the number of places…

Slide the point that number of spaces

One hundred five and nine thousandths

Times ten to the third, the three represents

The decimal point sliding right three times,

The products one hundred five thousand, nine.

Now let’s divide by ten to the third

Slide three places left, or in other words

This number is now one thousand times less -

POWERS OF TEN ARE THE BEST

Using powers of ten is the norm

When writing numbers in expanded form

Split the values apart bit by bit

To see the value of every digit.

Subjects & Predicates with Sherlock

October STEM Challenge

This month we are going to design catapults that will FLING autumn-ish projectiles 6 feet or more!

Catapults use weights and levers to send large rocks or other things into the air. They were commonly used as weapons during the Middle Ages. Catapults do not throw as far as modern weapons do and are not useful in modern warfare.

During the Medieval Period, catapults were used as weapons to throw rocks or other things such as hot tar, that would cause damage to something else. Often, catapults were set on higher ground or on castle towers to let them shoot farther. They shot rocks to break castle walls or hot tar to set the target on fire.

Let's design mini-catapults!

Use items from around your house to design a free-standing mini catapult that will launch October themed projectiles farther than 6 feet! Projectiles can be anything related to fall - apples, mini pumpkins, acorns, fall-colored pompoms, Halloweeny stuff, etc.

Send Mrs. Sol pictures or movies of your experiment to share in class.

DUE OCTOBER 30

Geometry

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 (This is Alex, Mrs. Sol's son, when he was in 5th grade!)