1. Monday August 29th 2016 Daily Science Question:
Why do they use the International System of units (e.g, meters, kilograms) during the Olympic games.

2. Because it allows people from all over the world to communicate the results of the different sporting events.
Likewise the International System of Units
allows scientists to compare data and communicate the results of scientific investigations.

3. Objective I can select and use appropriate tools and metric system units to make observations.

4. International Units (SI)
English Units
International Units (SI)
Length
Inches, feet, yards, miles
Centimeters, meters, Kilometers
Mass
Ounces, pounds
Grams, kilograms
Volume
Teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, gallons
Milliliters, liters
Density
Pounds per cubic foot
Grams per cubic centimeter
Time
seconds
Temperature
Fahrenheit
Celsius
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A RACE?
How many miles is a 5k run? 3.1 miles
How ist t that we use inches to measure rain or 81/2*11 is a piece of paper but we use miles to describe the distance between here and Baton Rouge.
Football field they use yards.
Gallons for milk
To measure very small or very large things we have prefixes.

5. LENGTH: English vs. Metric Units
Which is longer?
A. 1 mile or 1 kilometer
B. 1 yard or 1 meter
C. 1 inch or 1 centimeter
1.6 kilometers
1 mile
1 yard = meters
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
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6. Metric Units km m cm mm
The basic unit of length in the metric system in the meter and is represented by a lowercase m.
Metric Units
1 Kilometer (km) = 1000 meters
1 Meter = 100 Centimeters (cm)
1 Meter = 1000 Millimeters (mm)
Which is larger?
A. 1 meter or 105 centimeters
B. 4 kilometers or 4400 meters
C. 12 centimeters or 102 millimeters
D millimeters or 1 meter

7. Measuring Length How many millimeters are in 1 centimeter?
1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
How many millimeters are in 1 centimeter?
What is the length of the line in centimeters? _______cm
What is the length of the line in millimeters? _______mm
What is the length of the line to the nearest centimeter? ________cm
HINT: Round to the nearest centimeter – no decimals.
Ruler:

8. LENGTH LAB