The Metric System

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Childrens Press, 1995 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 45 pages
The New True Books have been produced to fill a very important need. Children are by nature inquisitive and these fact-filled books provide answers to many basic questions.Students use the New True Books for supplementary work in their classes. They use them to find out about special things that interest them. They read them to learn on their own. Packed with information, each fascinating book encourages children to study independently.The New True Books are effective. Each book is richly illustrated with full-color photographs and art, selected to support the text. A large, easy-to-read typeface is used. Each title contains a table of contents, a glossary, and a complete index.The New True Book series was prepared under the direction of the late Illa Podendorf, formerly with the Laboratory School, University of Chicago.Remember, children will always have questions, so let the New True Books help them find the answers.

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Contents

Introduction
4
The Need to Measure
17
Meet the Meter
30
Copyright

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About the author (1995)

Allan Fowler is the author of children's books. Some of his titles include the Rookie Read-About Science books Can You See the Wind?, Sun's Family of Planets (Rookie Read-About Science, Upside-Down Sloth, and We Love Fruit.

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