1.6 Metric Measuring Skills

Students will select and use appropriate tools and technology (calculators, computers, balances, spring scales, cylinders, meter sticks, microscopes and binoculars) to perform tests, collect data and display data (including models, maps and labeled diagrams)

Study Guide

Explain Each Concept

¨ The International System of Units is the measurement used around the world.

¨ Length, volume, mass, and temperature are quantities of measurement.

¨ Each quantity of measurement is expressed with a particular SI unit.

¨ Give examples of each type of measurement.

Mass

Volume

Distance

Temperature