Week 3: 8h Grade Science

Week 3

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.    Prefixes are used with the base units to indicate what power of ten should be used with the base unit.  Each type of measurement has a base unit (meter is the base unit of length.) 

Differentiated Instruction:

Using the Stair Method to find metric equivalencies.  

Upcoming:

Metric Conversion

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