1. Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise your hand as soon as you see him. –She will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

2. Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise your hand as soon as you see him. –She will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

3. Area of Focus: The Metric System. Area of Focus: The Metric System. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

4. Please describe the exact unit of measurement described in each of the next five photographs. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

5. What unit of measurement is this? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

6. Gallon

7. What unit of measurement is this? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

8. Gallon Mph (Miles per hour)

9. What unit of measurement do we see here? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

10. Gallon Mph (Miles per hour) Pounds

11. What unit of measurement is used here? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

12. Gallon Mph (Miles per hour) Pounds Inches

13. A first down in football is this many yards? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

14. A first down in football is this many yards? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

15. A first down in football is this many yards? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy “Hoot” “Hoot” “Did anybody see me hiding on the sidelines?”

16. A first down in football is this many yards? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

17. Gallon Mph (Miles per hour) Pounds Inches Yards

18. What units of measurement do we see here? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

19. Gallon Mph (Miles per hour) Pounds Inches Yards Fahrenheit

20. More than likely, we said the following things Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

21. More than likely, we said the following things –Gallon of milk. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

22. More than likely, we said the following things –Gallon of milk. –65 miles per hour Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

23. More than likely, we said the following things –Gallon of milk. –65 miles per hour –Quarter Pounder Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

24. More than likely, we said the following things –Gallon of milk. –65 miles per hour –Quarter Pounder –48 inches Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

25. More than likely, we said the following things –Gallon of milk. –65 miles per hour –Quarter Pounder –48 inches –Temperature in Fahrenheit Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

26. More than likely, we said the following things –Gallon of milk. –65 miles per hour –Quarter Pounder –48 inches –Temperature in Fahrenheit Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

27. I will now redo these five pictures showing you their metric values. –Most of us don’t know the metric system well. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

28. One gallon of milk = 3.78 liters of milk. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

29. 65 mph = Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

30. 65 mph = 104 km/h Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

31. A double quarter pounder =

32. A double quarter pounder =.226 kg

33. “Can I have a.226 Kilogramer and small Coke.”

34. 48 inches tall = Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

35. 48 inches tall = 1.21 meters tall Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

36. 10 Yards = Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

37. 10 Yards = 9.14 meters Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

38. 37 degrees Fahrenheit = Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

39. 37 degrees Fahrenheit = 2.77 degrees Celsius Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

40. 37 degrees Fahrenheit = 2.77 degrees Celsius Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

41. The goal of teaching you the metric system is so you can learn and then use this system despite the fact that all around you is a poor system of measuring. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

42. The goal of teaching you the metric system is so you can learn and then use this system despite the fact that all around you is a poor system of measuring. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy If you live in the United States of America

43. The goal of teaching you the metric system is so you can learn and then use this system despite the fact that all around you is a poor system of measuring. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

44. The goal of teaching you the metric system is so you can learn and then use this system despite the fact that all around you is a poor system of measuring. –It will be a very difficult fight, as this cheesy system is already burned into your brain. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

45. “You must unlearn what you have learned.”

46. “Only then, will you be able to avoid the Old English System, which is the darkside of units, quantities and measurements.”

47. “Don’t listen to Yoda, using inches, feet, and pounds is so much fun because it makes no sense.” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

48. “The Old English System is not stronger, It is based off of the number 12 instead of 10.”

49. What is 3 times 12? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

50. Answer: 36 Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

51. What is 36 times 12? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

52. Answer: 432 Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

53. What is 432 times 12?

54. Answer: 5,184? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

55. “I told you my system was fun, we get to multiply large numbers.” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

56. What is 5,184 times 12? Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

57. “Hold on, I need to get the calculator?” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

58. Answer: 62,208. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

59. “Imagine if we are measuring really large distances and really large weights.” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

60. “Try 62,208 times twelve again. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

61. Answer: 746,496 Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

62. “Try 746,496 times twelve again. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

63. Answer: 8,597,952 Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

64. “Let’s try and go very small.” “What is smaller than an inch in my system?” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

65. “Answer!” “Half an inch” What is smaller than ½ an inch?” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

66. “Answer!” “A quarter of an inch” What is smaller than ¼ an inch?” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

67. “Answer!” “An eighth of an inch” What is smaller than 1/8 an inch?” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

68. “Answer!” “ 1/16 of an inch” “Then…?” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

69. “This is getting difficult now.” “My system only works for human size things.” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

70. “The Solar system, the cell, atoms…etc.” “That is just boring science stuff.” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

71. “Why waste your time with those things.” “Just play video games and eat pizza with me.” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

72. “Now the Metric System we will learn. Based off of the number 10 this is, young Metric Padawan”

73. “3 times 10 is what”

74. “30 the answer is” 30 times 10 is what?

75. “300 the answer is” 300 times 10 is what?

76. “3000 the answer is” 3000 times 10 is what?

77. “30,000 the answer is” 30,000 times 10 is what?

78. “300,000 the answer is” 300,000 times 10 is what?

79. “3,000,000 the answer is” “All day do this we could.”

80. “Decimal place to move if units is what you want to change.”

81. “Unwise the Old English System is, Use the Metric System science does.”

91. “Has anyone seen my body.” “It’s about a foot tall.”

95. “Cancel that.” “I found it!”

101. Countries that don’t use the metric system as their standard

104. Countries that don’t use the metric system as their standard.

105. Countries that use the metric system…

116. The countries colored in red are the ones that don’t use the metric system. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

117. The countries colored in red are the ones that don’t use the metric system. The United States Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

118. The countries colored in red are the ones that don’t use the metric system. The United States Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy Liberia, No official system of measurement

119. The countries colored in red are the ones that don’t use the metric system. The United States Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy Liberia, No official system of measurement Burma – The Burmese Unit

120. Every other country in the world uses the Metric System

121. Why does the United States use a poor system of measurement?

122. Pride?

123. Patriotism?

124. Pride? Patriotism? Lazy?

125. Pride? Patriotism? Lazy? $

126. Pride? Patriotism? Lazy? $ Lack of Interest?

127. Pride? Patriotism? Lazy? $ Lack of Interest? Education?

128. Pride? Patriotism? Lazy? $ Lack of Interest? Education? Sports?

129. Pride? Patriotism? Lazy? $ Lack of Interest? Education? Sports? Change?

137. Even England uses the metric system over the Old English System that we use. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

138. Even England uses the metric system over the Old English System that we use. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy Learn more about why the metric system is better at…http://www.metric4us.com/why.htmlhttp://www.metric4us.com/why.html

139. The system of measurement that we use is based on the following. –An inch represents the width of a thumb. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

140. The system of measurement that we use is based on the following. –An inch represents the width of a thumb. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

141. The system of measurement that we use is based on the following. –An inch represents the width of a thumb. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy Big toe surgically sown on to replace lost thumb.

142. The yard is understood to be the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of the middle finger of the outstretched hand. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

143. The yard is understood to be the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of the middle finger of the outstretched hand. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy Our wing span

144. The yard is understood to be the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of the middle finger of the outstretched hand. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy Our wing span MJ’s

145. The mile is a Roman unit, originally defined to be the length of 1000 paces of a Roman legion. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

146. Acre was originally the size of a field that a farmer could plow in a single day. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

147. Acre was originally the size of a field that a farmer could plow in a single day. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

148. Point out all of the units of measurement on this fishing line sticker. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

149. Point out all of the units of measurement on this fishing line sticker. –This products shows the darkside of units and measurements. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

150. Point out all of the units of measurement on this fishing line sticker. –This products shows the darkside of units and measurements. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

151. Answer! 6 lb. A unit of weight = To eight pounds of wheat. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

152. Point out all of the units of measurement on this fishing line sticker. –This products shows the darkside of units and measurements. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

153. Point out all of the units of measurement on this fishing line sticker. –This products shows the darkside of units and measurements. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

154. Answer: Inches which is equal to the width of your thumb. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

155. Point out all of the units of measurement on this fishing line sticker. –This products shows the darkside of units and measurements. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

156. Point out all of the units of measurement on this fishing line sticker. –This products shows the darkside of units and measurements. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

157. Answer: 3 feet = one yard. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

158. Which of the two measuring devices below is the one that we should use in the field of science. –Note: It should be the only one. A B Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

159. Answer! The answer is B. The ruler on the bottom uses the metric system, A B Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

160. Answer! The answer is B. The ruler on the bottom uses the metric system, the ruler on the top uses inches which is a confusing and nonsensical system. A B Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

161. Video! The U.S. Customary System vs. The Metric System with American Choppers. –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pikrntjcbywhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pikrntjcbyw Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

162. The American System of Measurement, or Old English System is good because it is rooted in history. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

163. The American System of Measurement, or Old English System is good because it is rooted in history. We should still study it as part of history, but that is it. –Adios Cheesy System! Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

164. The American System of Measurement, or Old English System is good because it is rooted in history. We should still study it as part of history, but that is it. –Adios Cheesy System! “Has anyone seen my head, Yoda cut it off about a mile back.” Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy

165. What are the odds of this?

166. “False Start.” “4.57 Meter Penalty” “Repeat 1 st Down.”

167. Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy