Introducing the Metric System with ActivitiesThese materials are designed to provide an activities approach to introducing the metric system for students in grades 4 through 12. The materials consist of a paper-bound workbook containing 50 experiments utilizing metric measurement such as making paper cubes, finding areas, and weighing popcorn. Conversion is not emphasized in these problems. LJD, 1-77. |
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