Metric System
After completing this section, the student should be able to
1. name the metric base unit for length, volume, mass and time,
2. name the metric prefixes, and identify the relative value assigned to the prefix,
3. convert between metric measurements,
4. convert between metric and English measurements.
This site will teach you about the Metric System. As will this one from Yale.
So will this one. I really like this one. You decide which is best.
Here is the metric review sheet.
Here are the conversion practice problems.
Here is the Metric Quiz for Computer Lab #2.
Use this page for reference on reading a metric scale.
Units and Measurements Dictionaries..1..2...good research for metric poster!
Here is an example of a nice Metric Poster assignment.
Inherent in the use of measurements is the ability to convert between various units of measurements. This site is very useful in finding the conversion factor. So is this one. And here is a page of links to hundreds more!
Here's what can happen if you do not do your conversions correctly. You lose a spacecraft.
Conceptual Physics Links
Visionlearning lesson http://www.visionlearning.com/library/science/general-1/SCI1.3-measurement.htm
Visionlearning quiz http://www.visionlearning.com/library/science/general-1/SCI1.3-t-measurement.htm
Reference guide http://www.hlalapansi.demon.co.uk/Metric/index.html
Enrichment Sites
Chemteam http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/Metric/Metric.html
Basic Skills http://library.thinkquest.org/10796/ch1/ch1.htm