Still lovin' the honors class

Friday:

I had a number of basic phys/chem/bio topics I wanted to review in the honors class. One was scientific notation. I did not do an assessment on this, so I just asked "Do you remember how to use scientific notation for large and small numbers?" The entire class (of 8) nodded. "Okay, should we review a few just for good measure?" They shrugged in a way that said to me "sure, knock yourself out" but admitted it wouldn't hurt. So I put up one "large" and one "small" number, reminded them to use the correct button on the calculator (not the 10^x button). Everyone seemed satisfied and agreed we could go on. Total time spent: 2.5 minutes.