Metric is Easy

State WV

Status Ready for Users
Stage Public
Subject English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Author Dan Daquilante
Lisa Goldsmith
Kelly Waggoner
Description Understanding the basics of the Metric System
The 21st Century Tools Computers
Digital Camera
Internet Access
Grade Level 9
10
National Standards Math -Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement.

Language - Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
Gather and uses information for research purposes.

Science - Understands the nature of scientific inquiry.
Career Clusters Science and Natural Resources
Keywords Metric
Measurement
Prefixes
Meter
Gram
Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) Lesson 1: Metric Prefixes
Lesson 2: Moving Around In the Metric World
Lesson 3: Measuring Up
Lesson 4: From Here to There
Lesson 5: How Much Is Enough?
References W.V.D.E. Metric Means Measure, Implementation Guide: compiled by Richard E. Wilkes and James R. Mters, Fourth printing 1977

English IGO or CSO 9.34, 9.35, 9.51, 9.53, 9.54
Math IGO or CSO AM 1.11
Science IGO or CSO 9.8, 9.9, 9.11, 9.12, 9.13, 9.20, 9.96, 9.103, 9.104, 9.106, 10.9, 10.11, 10.84, 10.91, 10.94, 10.95, 10.97