Copy the notes onto your Cornell sheet like in the video. Pause and rewind video when necessary.
Vintage film about measurement and the metric system
For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren’t exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it’s hard to appreciate what a major accomplishment for humanity they’ve been. Matt Anticole traces the wild history of the metric system.
Source: Ted-Ed
Millimeters, Centimeters, Meters, and Kilometers. Learn all the prefixes to pair with the base units.
Source: NUMBEROCK
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Do the following concepts from the 3 m’s: Matter, Metrics and Measurement Pathway as directed on the Cornell sheet.
http://www.sophia.org/3-ms-matter-metrics-and-measurement-pathway
Source: Link to pathway http://www.sophia.org/3-ms-matter-metrics-and-measurement-pathway
"Great Miscalculations" discovery activity.
Students will rotate around the room to read about different "Great Miscalculations" throughout history. Students will then comment about what went wrong and what they would do better if they were there.
Pretty much every country in the world uses the metric system for measurement — having a universal system would be like having a common language across the world, making it easier to communicate, trade and invest. So why doesn’t the US want to commit to the metric system? Technically, it already has — it’s officially the “preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce”. But the change has never been made compulsory for everyone, so most of the country continues to use the imperial system.
Source: ABC News (Australia)
A brief history of one of NASA's more embarrassing mistakes and the poor choices that led to it. This is what happens when everybody isn't using the same tools.
The highlighted measurements are the most common ones we use for length, width, and volume.
Source: Christoeffer John Estrada
Source: Vsauce
Section 1: Review Metric Base Units and Prefixes
Section 2: Converting Metric Units
Section 3: Estimating Metric Measurements
Section 4: Measuring and Converting with Metric Units
Section 5: Choosing the Best Metric Units
A unit is the frequently arbitrary designation we have given to something to convey a definite magnitude of a physical quantity and every quantity can be expressed in terms of the seven base units that are contained in the international system of units. Hank thinks this is a thrilling subject, and while you may not agree, it is a subject that is very important if you want to be a scientist and communicate with accuracy and precision with other scientists. So listen up and learn something or Hank might have to kill you! (NOT REALLY!)
Source: Crash Course
Source: Crash Course Kids
Part of Metric Review Packet
Students sign into Safari Montage by using the same user name and password they would on the school's computers.
Bill Nye the Science Guy explores tools of measurement, from telescopes and microscopes to radar, scales and thermometers, in this episode of the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel series, featuring an interactive question-and-answer format and hands-on activities. In this episode, Bill explores how measurement tools are used to compare stuff in the universe and make observations about everything from the smallest atom to the largest galaxy.
21 min 42 sec.
Cyberchase: Liquid Volume: Cool It
Cyberchase, an award-winning animated series from PBS, chronicles the adventures of three extraordinary kids, collectively called the CyberSquad. With the help of Dr. Marbles and Digit, Motherboard's faithful aides, the kids must save the Internet from Hacker's evil plans using logic and mathematics instead of weapons and dramatics to defeat any obstacles in their way! In this episode, students explore the relationship between volume and dimension--and the importance of a standard unit of measurement. Determined to destroy Motherboard in any way possible, Hacker cleverly clogs up her cooling system. Digit brings the kids into cyberspace to help to help fix her, but the special coolant Motherboard needs, cryoxide, is found only in Castleblanca, and supply is closely monitored! To bring back exactly enough cryoxide for Motherboard, the kids have to figure out the exact volume of Motherboard's tank. In the process, they discover the importance of a standard unit of measure and fill a most unusual container with the precious cryoxide.
28 min 52 sec
This program describes the use of scale models and drawings and demonstrates how to use a scale model or drawing to calculate a measurement in an actual object using a proportion. A map with a known scale is used to calculate the distance from Kennedy Space Center to Washington, D.C. A scale model of the space shuttle is used to calculate the dimensions of the actual space shuttle. Part of the Real World series.
6 min 35 sec.
U.S. Standard System of Measurement v. Decimal System
This program describes the development of systems of weights and measures. In ancient Egypt, people used body parts to measure lengths. Scientists were unable to share and compare results until units of measurement were standardized. In the United States standard system, it is difficult to convert between different units. Scientists prefer the metric system because it is easy to convert between different units by multiplying by ten.
5 min 31 sec.
Measurement: Solids, Circles & Standard Units
Journey through real-life situations where students are faced with the problems that involve estimating, converting and calculating with customary and metric measurements. Explore the world of solids and polyhedrons like the pyramids and prisms, and learn how to identify and use nets and formulas to measure surface areas of three-dimensional shapes of all sizes. Discover strategies to measure the volumes of rectangular prisms. Learn about pi, and see how the circle can be measured by using the relationship between its diameter, radius and circumference. Extending your knowledge of basic measurements to more complicated figures and conversions has never been easier!
22 min 33 sec.
Measure It
How do you weigh a whale? How does your speedometer work? Examine the five most common areas of measurement in our everyday lives: Distance, time, speed, weight and temperature. Visit the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to find out where common measurements come from and how standards for those measurements are set. Go inside Stanley Tools and see how they guarantee every measuring tape gives the right distance every time. Learn why a $5 kid's watch is more accurate than a $10,000 luxury brand.
44 min 5 sec.
Source: Safari Montage
