November 8-9, 2010 Attendance Attendance New Seats!! New Seats!! Learning Targets: Learning Targets: 1. Identify similarities and differences between two systems of measurement. 2. Develop tools to memorize metric units. 3. Practice converting between metric units.

Measurement11/9/10 17 Summary: Metric vs. English Systems Systems of Measurement Converting Metric Units Metric English

Two Systems of Measurement Notebook p. 17 Watch BrainPop video Watch BrainPop videovideo Double-Bubble Map: Metric vs. English systems of measurement Double-Bubble Map: Metric vs. English systems of measurement

Systems of Measurement Metric vs. English Systems – 1/2B MetricEnglish System that came first Created by the king – based on body parts (king’s foot) Foot, gallon, pounds Every body is a different size - inaccurate Scientists created this system Based on the unit of 10 – toes + fingers, easy to convert, easy to understand Convert using fraction Meter, grams, liters

Systems of Measurement Metric vs. English Systems – 5/6B MetricEnglish First system of Measurement Created by a king – based on his foot – every body is a different size Foot, gallon, pound Scientists created the metric system Problem is that it is inaccurate Based on units of 10 – toes and fingers, easy conversion Convert using fractions Meter, liter, gram

Systems of Measurement Metric vs. English Systems – 1/2A MetricEnglish Came first – based on the “king’s foot” Feet, pounds, gallons, miles Body parts – every body is a different size Invented by scientists Based on 10 – easy to convert, fingers and toes, simplest form of math Meter, grams, liters

Systems of Measurement Metric vs. English Systems – 3/4A MetricEnglish This system came first Feet, gallons, pounds Based on the foot of the king – every body is a different size Created by scientists Based on units of 10 – Fingers and toes, easy to work with, easy to convert Convert by fractions Meters, liters, grams

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Measurement11/9/10 17 Summary: Metric vs. English Systems Systems of Measurement Converting Metric Units King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk Write your own mnemonic here to help you remember the order of metric conversions: K- H- D- U- D- C- M-

Metric Units

kilo deca hecto UNIT deci centi milli Move decimal to the right Move decimal to the left

Metric Units Practice 1. 6 meters = ___ millimeters 2. 6 meters = ___ kilometers hectometers = ___ decimeters millimeters = ___ kilometers centimeters = ___ hectometers 6. 3 decameters = ___ decimeters meters = ___ decimeters kilometers = ___ meters centimeters = ___ decameters millimeters = ___ centimeters

Homework 1. Mnemonic 2. Green Practice 3. Blue Practice 4. Summary – what did you learn today about measurement? 5. Flipper – blue sheet W-TH

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