PPT-Metric Conversions!

Through dimensional analysis Uses SI units Système International dUnités Universal standard of measurement used in science and most of the rest of the world Based on factors of 10 The Metric System. 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.. Lingwall. The Metric System: Just Do It. “At this time, only three countries—Burma, Liberia, and the US—have not adopted the International System of Units (SI, or metric system) as their official system of weights and measures.”. Chapter 4. MAT 119. Objectives. Recall from memory the metric and household approximate equivalents.. Convert among units of measurement within the same system.. Convert units of measurement from one system to another.. Course 1. Warm Up. Lesson Presentation. Problem of the Day. Warm Up. Multiply the following by 1,000.. 1.. . 0.03 . 2.. 4.02. Divide the following by 1,000.. 3.. 30 . 4.. 487.1. . 30. 4,020. 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.. Unit EQ: Why is it important to know how to use chemistry skills?. Identifying Laboratory Equipment. EQ: Why is it important to know how to use different types of laboratory equipment?. Identifying Laboratory Equipment Notes. 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 .  . Metric Base Units of Measure.  . Mass = gram (g). Volume = liter . (L). Length = meter (m. ). . Time = second (s).  . Know . your metric prefixes.  . kilo-. Medical . Mathematics. Objectives. Recognize and estimate metric measures.. Convert among units in the metric system.. Convert among household measures and the metric system.. Appreciate the value of using the metric system in health care.. Medical . Mathematics. Objectives. Recognize and estimate metric measures.. Convert among units in the metric system.. Convert among household measures and the metric system.. Appreciate the value of using the metric system in health care.. T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/. Purpose of the Metric System:. The metric system is a system of weights and . measures implemented . in 1795 in France. .. Scientists . around the world use it as the international standard to clearly communicate data.. Understand how to use the metric system to measure in science.. Understand how to convert units.. Understand why we need to convert units.. SI Units. Base Units. Time – second (s). Length – meter (m). Medical . Mathematics. Objectives. Recognize and estimate metric measures.. Convert among units in the metric system.. Convert among household measures and the metric system.. Appreciate the value of using the metric system in health care.. 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 .