PPT-SI Measurement The International System of Units

is used by all scientists because scientists need to share a common measurement system SI Measurement The Metric System Originated 1790s France at the request of the King to his Academy of Sciences. By: Daniel Cornelius. Long, long ago.. Before “numbers”. 9. th. Millennium BC: Different types of clay tokens were used to tally agricultural products in Mesopotamia.. Use of written symbols to represent tallies.. 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.. D. ifferent units of measurement are used to calculate:. Time. Weight. Length . Volume. Do you know what unit to use . for each type of measurement?. Units of time. Which unit?. How would we measure the time to. Converting units of measurement . LENGTH. Length. Length measures the distance between two points. . Formal units for measuring length. m. m = millimetres. m = metres. cm = centimetres. km = kilometres. Yewande Dayo. Student Pharmacist. Objectives. Demonstrate an understanding of SI units. Convert units within SI units. State equivalent measure between SI units and other systems of measure used in pharmacy practice. 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) . ). 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. Newspaper clipping - can you find the measurements in it?. Historically, body parts were used as measuring devices .  . The height of a horse was measured in hands. Foot comes from the average length of a person's foot.. Learning . Goals & Standards . Learning Goals:. Apply . measurement and conversion skills. .. Standards: . S7CS1: Students will explore the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works. . 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 “. 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. Steven Judge. Radioactivity Group Leader. National Physical Laboratory and University of Surrey. United Kingdom. 1. The UK’s national standards laboratory. Founded in 1900. 450 specialists in measurement science. do . scientists measure things?. . Measurement. uses numbers to describe processes and events. Metrology. is the study of measurement. This term comes from the Greek words . metron. . which means .