PPT-Metric System and Unit Conversion

The greatest Chemistry Teacher this world has ever known International System of Measurement Internationally used system of measurement known as the Metric System Benefits of Using the Metric System. Why do scientists need a standard system of measurements?. Remember that science must be . repeatable. – another scientist has to able to repeat your experiment using the same amounts, concentrations, lengths, weights, etc.. 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. : Why do we convert units. ?. Vocabulary:. . metric, standard, conversion factor, unit. Activator – Anticipation Guide. For the following statements, decide T or F in the before column only.. Before Lesson (T/F) . Necessary in science and engineering to work across different systems of measurement or to express quantities in different units within a single system. Conversion factor . Multiplied by a quantity to convert the quantity to . Solve unit conversion problems.. Use dimensional analysis to convert between metric units.. Determine the meaning of common metric prefixes.. Use dimensional analysis to convert between metric and non-metric units.. 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. The numbers are only half of a measurement.. It is 10 long.. 10 what?. Numbers without units are meaningless.. How many feet in a yard?. A mile?. A rod?. The Metric System. Easier to use because it is a decimal system.. Drill . On your giant whiteboard, separate the board into 4 different sections with a section in the middle (see picture above) . Each person will solve the following problem in one of the sections:. Metric System The metric system is based on a base unit that corresponds to a certain kind of measurement Base unit for length = meter Base unit for volume = liter Base unit for mass = gram A prefixes plus a base unit makes up the metric system METRIC TO ENGLISH . ENGLISH TO METRIC. King Henry died / drinking chocolate milk. KILO-. HECTO-. DEKA-. UNIT NAME. m L g. deci. -. centi. -. milli. -. 10. X. 10. Convert 0.526 kilograms to decigrams. 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 .