PPT-Introduction to METRIC MEASUREMENT

What is Matter Matter is anything that takes up space Can you think of examples of matter All matter has Mass What IS mass Mass is the amount of material that an object has Tools of Scientists. S 1 ft 12 in 1 yard 3 ft 1 mile 5280 ft 1 cup 8 64258 oz 1 pint 2 cups 1 qt 4 cups 2 pints 1 gallon 4 qts 1 lb 16 oz MetricUS 1 in 254 cm 1 yd 0914 m 1 km 0621 miles 1 kg 220 lb 454 g 1 lb 1 ton 9072 kg 1 grain 0000065 kg 946 mL 1 qt 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.. ~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. . T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/. So How Do I Do A Metric Conversion?. We will be using a method called The Stair-step Method of Metric Conversion.. It requires two things; one, that you be able to count to 6, and two, that you know your left from your right.. . EQ: How can you apply your understanding of measurement units to express larger units in terms of smaller units within one system?. Vocabulary. Capacity. -the measurement of how much liquid a container can hold. What is a scale?. Scale. There are two different meanings for the word scale. The size to which an object is drawn . An instrument with a system of ordered marks at fixed intervals used as reference standards in measurements. . ). The International System of Units (SI) is a system of units of measurement consisting of seven base units. Mostly . widely used system of measurement. The United . States is the only industrialized nation that has not adopted the SI . 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. 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 “. The basic unit of length in the metric system All units of length in the metric system are derivedone hundredth1 centimeter1 one-hundredth of a meter10001 kilometer km1000 meters mhecto-1001 hectomete Kate Hall. Metric Units of Measurement. Length. Millimeter (mm) – 10 mm = 1 Centimeter. Centimeter (cm) – 100 centimeters = 1 meter. Decimeter (dm) – 1 decimeter = 10 centimeters. Meter (m) - 1 meter = 100 centimeters. A . number. A . unit. Example: . 5. cm. Scientists (and we will) use the SI system. Système. International . d’unités. The SI units = METRIC. There are only 3 countries in the whole world using the ENGLISH SYSTEM of measurement. 16. th. Marcel Grossmann Meeting. July 5 – 10, 2021. David Lucchesi. , Luciano Anselmo, Massimo Bassan, Marco Lucente, Carmelo . Magnafico. , Carmen Pardini, Roberto Peron, Giuseppe . Pucacco. , Feliciana Sapio, Massimo Visco. How would you measure these objects?. leq. 1: Why do we use metric in science if we don’t use it anywhere else?. English vs. Metric System. English . Used in the U.S. , Myanmar and Liberia. Dates back to the 18.