What do all those measurement prefixes mean? Viewers learn how metric prefixes represent measurement values in the 10th installment of an 11-part Math in Science video series. They then learn how to use powers of 10 to represent these prefixes.

Concepts

scientific notation, the metric system

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video as an intervention tool to review or reteach the metric prefixes

Classroom Considerations

• If using the series, show this video before the videos covering comparing metric units
• Note that the video does not explicitly cover scientific notation

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Uses a model to help show increasing or decreasing measurements

Cons

• Staircase model seems to indicate a consistent pattern but skips some powers of 10, which could be confusing to viewers