Learning Exercise

Practice Unit Conversion

For Americans to practice unit conversion to become familiar with common metric values.

Course: Introductory Science

Material:: Metric/ Standard Measurement Unit Conversion
Date last modified:: June 22, 2005
Created by:: Bryan S. Walker
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Metric/ Standard Measurement Unit Conversion

This interactive reference tool allows the user to convert measurements from standard to metric and back. Includes... see more

Material Type:: Reference Material
Author:: Digital Dutch
User Rating:: 5 stars

Exercise

Begin with standard units of length, area and temperature. Show comparisons on
the board. Introduce new measurements as needed. This can also be used in
English-Language Learning classes to teach American units to students raised on
the metric system.

Disciplines

Audience

Requirements

Arithmatic, calculator skills, basic understanding of ratios.

Topics

Unit Analysis, Metric Education, ratios.

Type of Task

Learning Objectives

Assign meaning to values that are listed in metric units. For example, a student will learn that 38ºC is hot, and that 101,000 Pascals is not a large number, but merely 1 atmoshpere.