Metric System

Why learn this?

Metrics in yourEvery Day Life

Used World Wide

Cost to Convert

Jobs:Auto Industry

MedicineMilitary

EductionFood Industry

Distance

Volume

MassTemperatureDegrees CelciusThermometer

GramsTBB

MetersMeter Stick

(capacity)Liters

BeakerGraduated Cylinder

Metric System

MEASUREMENT

METRICENGLISH

How Alike?* Both measuring Systems* Measure Accurately

* Use Tools and Units to measure * Used in many Jobs

* Can measure from very small to very large things

(Length, width, height, mass, volume, density, temperature)

How Different?* Fractions and Decimals

* Used only in USA* Only Decimals

* Used Worldwide (not in USA)

* Tool types used* Unit types used

Distance

The space between 2 points or places

Distance

LengthWidthHeight

LxW= Area

LxWxH= Solid Volume

Main Unit = Meters

Tools:- Metric Ruler

- Tape Measure- Meter Stick

Graphic Organizer =Concept Web

Conversions

KM Stepping up -You Divide by 10

Stepping down -You Multiply by 10

HM

MMCM

DMM

DK

Really SmallUnit

Really LargeUnit

kilometerhectometerdekameter

meterdecimetercentimetermillimeter

“King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk”

KMHM DKM

MDMCM MM

Metric Man

A BC D

E F

The MOST you ever have to move the decimal in metrics is _____ places.SIX

KM HM DK M DM CM MM21 3 4 5 6

Larger to Smaller - move decimal to the RIGHT

Smaller to Larger - move decimal to the LEFTEx. 1500. mm = _____ m

1 5 0 0. = 1 500 = 1.5 m

Ex. 1.5 m = _____ mm

1 . 5 00 .

. .

= 1500 = 1500 mm.

Follow the ‘bouncing’ decimal !!

VolumeThe amount of space an object takes up

PPT

Solid Volume

Tools:- Metric Ruler

- Tape Measure- Meter Stick

Main Unit = Meters LengthWidthHeight

LxWxH= Solid Volume

Liquid Volume

Meniscus

Main Unit = Liters

Tools:- Pipet

- Beaker- Graduated Cylinder

Read at bottom of meniscus at eye level

“Write This” “Draw This” “Don’t Draw This”

Meniscus - U-shaped depression that a liquid makes when in a cylinder.

Displacement - How much change there is to the water level after you put an object into a cylinder with a set amount of water.

Water Tension - The ‘stretchy skin’ effect that water has. (ex. Belly Flop)

Adhesion - Water molecules sticking to a different object.

Cohesion - Water molecules sticking to other water molecules.

Increment - Calculating the graduation distance on a graduated cylinder.

Graduations - The lines on a graduated cylinder.

English System

2 cups = 1 pint2 pints = 1 quart

4 quarts = 1 gallon

I amGALLON

MAN

Qt. Qt.

Qt. Qt.

Pt.Pt.

Pt.Pt.

Pt.Pt.

Pt.Pt.

Cups

Mass

The amount of atoms in an object

PPT

Mass

Main Unit = Grams

Tool:- Triple Beam Balance

Weight