PPT-Nature of Science Metric System-International

System of Units SI Learning Targets Use appropriate tools and equipment for measuring Use the metric system for measuring Use the ladder method and dimensional analysis to convert values between metric and English units. Happy Monday!. Warm-up sheet explanation and set-up. Warm-up. Pass out Metric System Unit Objectives. Warm Up (8-24-15). Please get out your warm up sheet and answer the . following questions.. Write down 3 things you know about the metric system.. A.S. 1.1.1 – 1.1.3. Is the US a metric country? Should it be?. Read the article you’ve been handed with these two questions in mind.. 5. minutes—. silent . read and take notes.. Turn and talk to your group members (you all had the same article)—2 minutes. ~King Henry Died unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk~. Unlike our . English system . of measurement with its feet and inches, quarts and gallons, . the . metric system is very . orderly . All . variations of the units of measure are really just the units multiplied by powers of 10. . Why use the Metric System?. - Base of 10, making it easy to Use. - Consistent with other scientists around the world. . Metric system’s base units. -Length: meter (m). -Volume: liter (l). -Mass: kilogram (Kg). . No Cussing!. The following 4-Letter. words are forbidden here:. Inch Mile. Foot Pint. Yard Acre. And we never swear the . BIG F . (use. o. C). Please keep it clean and. Metric. SI System. The International System of Units. Units. On Another. NOTE. ation. THE . METRIC . SYSTEM. BASE . UNITS. BONUS . THINGS . MEASURED. 1. 6. 11. 16. *21. 2. 7. 12. 17. *22. 3. 8. 13. 18. *23. 4. 9. 14. 19. *24. 5. 10. 15. 20. *25. Bellomy Science 2017. System of measurement based on the decimal or powers of 10. The word ’metric’ comes from the French word for ‘measure’. Official name of the metric system is the . international system of measurements. Metric System. The . metric system. . (also known as the international system of units) was introduced by France in . 1799. The United States is the only industrialized country . in the world that . a yard—is . the basis for the metric system. We can . increase. or . decrease. the value of a . base. unit by using a . prefix. 10. m. k. (This is now the same as 10,000 m). SI Units are easier to remember than English units because they are based on multiples of . Introduction to Engineering Design. The International System of Units (SI). The International System of Units (SI) is a system of units of measurement consisting of seven base units. The abbreviation SI is from the French “. What do we measure most in science?. English. Metric. Metric Symbol. Foot. Volume. Gallon. Pound. Temperature. Fahrenheit. Metric system. What do we measure most in science?. English. Metric. Metric Symbol. 4 Learning Objective(s) Describe the general relationship between the U.S. customary units and metric units of length, weight/mass, and volume Define the metric prefixes and use them to perform First, in order to view this presentation properly you must select "Slide Show” then choose “From Beginning”. Use the arrow keys to . change slides. . Next, as you go through the presentation take notes on metric measurement. DO NOT WRITE EVERYTHING. Read the information . Ingredient. Amount. mL. /mg. Instructions: create the nastiest, grossest, most horrendous soup possible. List your ingredient in the first column, the amount of each ingredient (liters/grams) in the second column, and then convert your amount to .