By the end of this section, you will be able to associate physical quantities with their International System of Units (SI) and perform conversions among SI units using scientific notation; relate measurement uncertainty to significant...

Instructional module focusing on the importance of unit conversion in science. Discussion includes unit consistency and dimensional analysis. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.

The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an interesting and easy-to-use dictionary of the history and meaning of many measurement terms. Metric, International, and...

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Perform unit conversions in both SI and English units, Explain the most common prefixes of SI units, and be able to write them in scientific notation.

Detailed description of dimensional analysis. Contains examples and self-quizzes.

Discusses how the metric system of measurement was developed and provides tables of unit conversions within the metric system, within the Imperial system, and between the two systems.

In this eighth unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn about foods eaten in Spanish-speaking countries, traditions and eating habits, what's on a menu, they recite a tongue twister, gather and present information about a...

In this sixth unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn about Venezuela's culture and history, continue to expand their written and oral vocabulary when speaking about themselves, and recite a tongue twister. Includes...

In this first unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn how to greet and say good-bye to each other, how to say an alphabet rhyme, some common phrases, how to address and talk about people using pronouns, who Pancho Villa...

In this ninth and final unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn to listen, speak, and write about movies and other activities that Spanish-speaking peoples pursue in their free time. Includes modeling of oral Spanish...

In this fourth unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about and present information about the art, music, and literature of a Spanish-speaking country in Central America or the Caribbean. They also develop vocabulary...

In this task involving temperature conversions, learners compose and solve functions. Unit conversion problems provide a rich source of examples for the composition of functions and for inverses. Aligns with F-BF.A.1.c and F-BF.B.4.a.

Note that in each of these problems we are given a set of a specified size and a specified number of subsets into which it is to be divided. The questions ask the student to find out the size of each of the subsets. Students are not...

These examples show how to write linear equations from different types of information. There are even real-world examples dealing with air pressure, sea urchins, and measurement conversions.

U.S. Secretary of State answers questions concerning the United States' response, in light of conversations with Egyptian President Nasser, to the possibility of Soviet shipments of arms to Arab countries.

This site allows you to convert weight/mass measurements. For example converting tons to grams. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units

The goal of this task is to give students a context to investigate large numbers and measurements. Students need to fluently convert units with very large numbers in order to successfully complete this task. The total number of pennies...

In this lesson, students look at profiles of energy production for different regions of the United States. They examine the conversion efficiency and the carbon dioxide emissions of each type of energy, and then the environmental impact...

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to view a table which lists measurement conversions for area.

Restaurant manager Tad Peelen explains how he uses math in his work in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students complete an activity involving one aspect of math that Mr. Peleen mentions: determining...

During the 100 meter dash in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Florence Griffth-Joyner was timed at 0.91 seconds for 10 meters. At that speed, could she pass a car traveling 15 miles per hour in a school zone?

This lesson plan familiarizes students in grades 4-6 with using the metric system and performing conversions.

Look to this site for many important numbers and conversion factors used between the metric system and the customary system, such as speed of light, body temperature, distance from sun to earth, plus more.