1. Measurement Must have a standard.
A standard is an exact quantity people agree to use for comparison.
A standard means two people using the same object should get close to the same results.

2. Standards of the past
People used to use arms and feet to measure the length of something.
The standard yard was the distance from the king’s nose to his outstretched arm

3. People would use their feet to measure distance
This is how the term foot came about.
Today the standard “foot” in the English system is
12 inches = 1 foot

4. The English system is very confusing because it has so many different values

5. America is the only country that still uses the old English system

6. Scientists give the English system the thumbs down
Scientists needed an exact and uniform system of weights and measurements

7. How did the metric system come about?
During the18th century scientists measured the distance from the earth’s equator to its North Pole and divided it into ten million parts.
This is how they came up with the length of the standard meter.

8. How the liter came about
Scientists needed a way to measure liquids so they took 10 cm and multiplied it by its length x width x height to come up with a standard for measuring volume
The liter is the size of 10 cm(3)
10cm x 10 cm x 10 cm
Length x Width x Height = Volume
The liter is used to measure liquids

9. How the Gram came about Scientists needed a standard to measure mass.
Mass is the amount of matter in an object
They decided to take one cubic centimeter of water and call it a gram

10. The time standard
During the 15th century a scientist named Galileo set the standard of time known as the second

11. The Mistake
Two different groups of scientists were working on the calculations to send a probe to Mars.
The American team did their calculations in the English standard and the other team did it in the metric system (OOPS!)
MARS

12. This made scientists very upset.
It cost the space program 125 million dollars
It cost the scientists their time

13. Metric chart Kilo means thousand (1000) Hecto means hundred (100)
Deca means ten (10)
Deci means one-tenth (1/10)
Centi means one-hundredth (1/100)
Milli means one-thousandth (1/1000)

14. Copy This Down The Meter- Measures length
Length is the distance between two points
The Liter –Measures Volume
Volume is how much space a liquid takes up
The Gram- Measures mass
Mass is how much matter is in an object

15. Metric chart How to use the metric chart Rewrite the problem
Check for the decimal (if no decimal, put at end)
Where do we start? Put pencil their
Were do we go to?
# of hopes and direction
Do the same with decimals

16. How the metric system works
kilo  hecto  deca     UNIT    deci  centi  milli    (meter, gram or liter)   
100cm = ___ m
100cm = 1.0 m
6.9mm = ___cm
6.9mm = .69 cm