Resources

The order of magnitude message board can be accessed here.

A how-to guide for using order-of-magnitude estimation in the classroom [word doc] (developed and edited at each workshop session).

Slides from Debbie French’s talk at the 2nd Dartmouth workshop. [ppt][pdf]

 

Here are electronic versions of materials handed out at the workshop, along with some other resources:

Introduction

Cheat Sheet

Problem Template

Fermi Question Guide (and sample problems), by Lloyd Abrams

A video guide to orders of magnitude:


(During this lesson, students are asked to sort images – you can find them
here).

A video guide to OoM estimation problems:

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