In this culminating lesson, students use scientific notation as a tool for making comparisons. Students compare older computer hardware to newer computer hardware using various digital media as a form of measurement. 

Students begin by comparing the storage, processor speed, and memory on various electronic devices to the 1966 Apollo Guidance Computer used to make the calculations that put humans on the moon. They then compare floppy drives to modern technology by measuring how many floppy drives it would take to store a high-definition film. Students must identify the essential features of the questions and reason quantitatively and abstractly in order to answer them in context (MP4, MP2).