Topic: Standards of Measurement: Converting Metric Measurements
Objectives:
Students will understand that measurements are important in science.
Essential Question:
Why is it important to make measurements using a standard?
This week the kids will see that the metric system was the first system based on powers of 10. In the Si system, each type of measurement has a prefix and a base unit. Each type of measurement has a base unit (meter is the base unit of length.) Prefixes are used with the base units to indicate what power of ten should be used with the base unit.
Differentiated Instruction:
Using the stair method to find metric equivalencies.
Upcoming:
Forces and Motion.
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