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

This lesson should help the learner understand the difference between base and derived quantities and be able to recognize them from one another. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Base & Derived Quantities."

This lesson should help a learner to practice recognizing base and derived units. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Practice Determining Base vs. Derived Quantities."

This lesson should help a learner to practice recognizing base and derived units. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Practice Determining Base vs. Derived Quantities."

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is for discussion regarding use of metric system and conversions in chemistry. Includes links to websites for further discussion, to a Power Point Slideshow for teaching conversion, to a...

The U.S. Metric Association offers important dates in the history of the metric system of measurement, including the fact that Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal-based measurement system for the United States in 1790. Site includes...