Approximations
Outcomes
In this lesson you will learn about:
- Rounding off numbers.
- Estimating answers to calculations.
Outcomes
In this lesson you will learn about:
This YouTube video explores the concepts of approximations and estimations.
These three short online lessons discuss asteroids, comets and meteors.
The amount of effort saved when using machines is called mechanical advantage (MA). Simple machines use mechanical advantage as a key property to their functionality, helping humans perform tasks that would require more force than a person could produce. We will use the lever as an example of a simple machine to illustrate the concept of mechanical advantage.
This online resource discusses the distribution of earth's water.
The Earth behaves like a giant bar magnet and as such there is a magnetic field present around it. The Earth’s magnetic field is thought to be caused by flowing liquid metals in the outer core of the planet which causes electric currents and a magnetic field.
This online tutorial will explain the earth's shape and its hemispheres.
This YouTube video explains how to calculate an irregular area on a map.
This YouTube video explains how to calculate a regular area on a map.
This online article delves into our the sun and planets were formed.