The Applet Collection: Significant Figures

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written by Wolfgang Bauer

This Java applet is a game designed to provide practice in significant figures for beginners. Users view a number and must determine the number of significant figures. Scores are automatically tallied, with short explanations given for incorrect responses.

This item is part of a larger collection of physics applets.

http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/sigfig/sig.htm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
General Physics - Measurement/Units = Error	- High School - Middle School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Game = Problem/Problem Set

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- Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended Users:: Learner
Educator
Format:: application/java
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1999 W. Bauer
Keywords:: error, measurement, significant digits, significant figures
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created August 10, 2009 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 19, 2009 by Bruce Mason
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 10, 2004
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Measurement and the Language of Physics
Unit Title: Applying Measurement in Physics

A simple online game to help beginning students get a feel for the rules of significant figures. The score is automatically tallied, with explanations given for incorrect responses. **After completing this activity, try the resource directly below in cooperative learning groups. For background info, see the tutorial below from the University of Guelph.

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<a href="http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=9352">Bauer, Wolfgang. The Applet Collection: Significant Figures. March 10, 2004.</a>

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W. Bauer, The Applet Collection: Significant Figures (1999), WWW Document, (http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/sigfig/sig.htm).

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W. Bauer, The Applet Collection: Significant Figures (1999), <http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/sigfig/sig.htm>.

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Bauer, W. (2004, March 10). The Applet Collection: Significant Figures. Retrieved May 23, 2013, from http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/sigfig/sig.htm

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Bauer, Wolfgang. The Applet Collection: Significant Figures. March 10, 2004. http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/sigfig/sig.htm (accessed 23 May 2013).

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Bauer, Wolfgang. The Applet Collection: Significant Figures. 1999. 10 Mar. 2004. 23 May 2013 <http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/sigfig/sig.htm>.

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