Converting English system to the
Metric system
Course:
Survey of Math Structures II
&
Introduction to Physical Science
Instructor:
Mr. Joe Timpe & Mrs. Dianne Phillips
Team Member:
Elaheh Badiei , Tori Mansell , Cindy
Castillo
Introduction
The purpose of this lesson is to
 introduce the metric system
 to determine what the difference
between metric system and US. Standard
measurement
 How to convert from one system to
another system
Project Overview
Upon completion of the lesson , students
should be able to:
To convert from one system to other system
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3.
Length
Weight
Volume
Project Objectives or Goal
A – Community
In this project our team
helped fifth grader in
John Tyson Elementary
to learn about Metric
system.
B - Community contact
Mrs. Cathy Crouch Fifth grade gifted and
talented facilitator
Project Objectives or Goal
B – Curriculum:
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The use of understanding operations; add,
subtract, multiply, divide with fractions and
decimals
Use of Curriculum Relevant to Everyday Life
The use of strategies to estimate
measurement within a given unit to find whole
numbers
Use of manipulatives to model learning
objectives
Project Objectives or Goal
C – Technology:
Microsoft Office
Word/PowerPoint/Excel
 Camera to take pictures
 Scale
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Project Objectives or Goal
D – Skills develop as a team and as individual:
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As a team we learned how to distribute the
work and make a better decision for this
project:
E-mail and telephone use for communication
Organization, regular weekly meetings
Methodology
Elaheh- communicate with Mrs. Crouch and get
the appointment. Create the power point. Made growth chart
and Provided Camera for Pictures.
Tori –
Write some pages of power point and
took the pictures. Borrowed supplies from NWACC
Plastic Cylinders, Small Dice, Cylinders,
and String. Provided Camera for Pictures.
Cindy –
Complete the power point and did the
final touch. Provided weight scale for classroom.
And Provided Camera for pictures.
Project Results
Gained teaching skills:
 How to manage a class
 How to organize a lesson
 Create a lesson plan
 How to work as a team
Team Lesson Plan
Subject/Content: Mathematics, Physical Science, Metric
Conversion
 Standard/Process: Critical and Creative Thinking
 Product/Activity:
1. Introduce Concept of Metric Height, Weight, and Volume
1 inch = 2.54
2. Measure and record height in inches and metric
3. Solve inches to centimeter
5. Solve pounds to kilograms
4. Solve milliliter to ounces
 Materials Needed: Calculator, Chart, Scales, Cylinders, Objects
for volume – gold, silver, bronze, two small dice, Worksheets for
calculating and recording experiments with their measurements
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Elaheh’s Activity
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I started the lesson by asking students about their
knowledge pertaining to any other systems for
measurement around the world?
I talked about the metric system and gave a brief summery
about it.
I discussed both systems and their definitions.
I showed them how we can convert one system to another
system using multiplication and division.
As an activity, I asked them to measure their friends height
in both systems on growth chart, which I provided, and
then write down the result on the sheet. Then they
converted their height from English system to metric system
using multiplication.
At the end I passed out worksheets for the students to take
home and practice on conversions.
Cindy’s Activity
I
informed the students that we were going
to be doing an activity on weight. I used
the white board to show them how to
convert pounds to kilograms and gave
them some examples. Then, I had them
weigh themselves on a scale and convert
their weight from pounds to kilograms.
When they were done I passed out a
worksheet with some problems so that they
can work on them at home.
Tori’s Activity
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Worked to show the differences between the
volume of the water within a cylinder to find
the volume of an object. Enjoyed
demonstration of previous knowledge of the
symbol, pi, or whole number 3.14. Introduced
the conversion of milliliters to centimeters
cubed and then milliliters to ounces. The
students obtained information of how to
convert from Metric to English System. The
students compared starting results and
ending results of measurements with the use
of a column graph. Students compared
precision in results by comparing milliliters to
ounces with the use of a column graph.
Measurement In Metric Units
Starting
Ending
96
95
94
Starting
3.25
Ending
3.2
3.15
93
92
3.1
91
3.05
90
Ounces
Milliliters
Measurement In English Units
89
3
2.95
88
87
Gold
Silver
Bronze
2.9
Gold
Silver Bronze
Future project ideas
 Choose
one unit of measurement and
expand on it
 Show videos about the topic
 Make a PowerPoint with pictures
explaining the topic
Acknowledgments
We are thankful for being able to have this
experience at the John Tyson Elementary
School. We would also like to thank Mrs.
Crouch for letting us go to her class and for
giving us the time and opportunity to work
with her students.
References :
 http://arkansased.org/educators/curricul
um/common_core.html
 http://www.commoncorearkansas.org/
 www.lessonplans4teachers.com