Question
#6 Should the United States go Metric? Watch this video (
TED Ed) and then defend your Claim with Reasoning and Evidence from the video. Import this image to this learning log page CER menu
to help you with the C.E.R process. After completing your metric review, import of a photo of each side of
Metric Mania to complete this learning log.
Answer
Although the Metric System is not adopted worldwide for day-to-day life, it is used worldwide for science. The metric system is based upon convenient units of ten. The American system is base-12. You are expected to use only metric measurements in this 8th grade science class. All data you will be collecting when you conduct your AY experiment at home should be in metric units. We have equipment here at MVMS you may borrow for metric measurement. Find an answer key at the bottom of this pdf:
Metric Mania