Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, October 18, 2009,
In :
Maths/Numeracy
"Visualizing
huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about
millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's
still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is."
The MegaPenny Project aims to
help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S.A. penny, and building
on that to answer the question: "What would a billion (or a trillion)
pennies look like?"
Note: All weights and measurements are U.S.A. standards, not metric.
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
