Metric Mania
In your group you will be expected to research and write a paper on the metric system
which should include and not be limited to the following:
 Complete history on how it came to be
 Explanation on how the units were derived (what are they based on)
 Explanation of the efforts made by people in America to switch to the
metric system
Your paper must fit the following criteria:
 APA formatting for all sources and citations
o It’s not that different from MLA, but you need to learn how to do it before
college
 All information must be properly cited
o FAILURE to cite even ONE piece of information will result in an automatic
zero on the paper
 The paper may be resubmitted with proper citations added,
however, there will be a 5% penalty for each resubmission
 Times New Roman, Size 12 Font, Double Spaced, 1 inch margins
Your project is due Thursday May 14th, 2015 at
5pm**
** - No projects will be accepted after this time. Submissions made after 3:05pm must
be e-mailed to Mrs. Rezba at [email protected].
You have 17 calendar days and guaranteed 3 in class days.
There is an early submission incentive as outlined below:
Turn In
% Increase to Grade
May 1 – May 6
10%
May 7 – May 11
5%
Research Report : History of the Metric System
Group Members:
________________________________________
CATEGORY
History - Who
3
N/A
2
The paper fully explained
everyone who was
involved in the
development of the metric
system.
1
The paper expalined some
of the people involved in
the development of the
metric system.
0
The paper did not identify
who was involved in
developing the metric
system.
History - When
N/A
The paper fully explained
when the metric system
was developed
The paper attempted to
explain when the metric
system was developed.
The paper did not explain
when the metric system
was developed.
History - Where
N/A
The paper explained
where the system was
developed.
The paper attempted to
The paper did not explain
explain where the system where the system was
was developed.
developed.
History - Why
The paper fully explained
the motives behind why
the metric system was
developed.
The paper attempted to
explain the motives behind
the development of the
metric system.
The paper made mention
of the motives behind
developing the metric
system but fell short of
explaining why.
History - How
The paper fully explains
how the system was
developed.
The paper attempted to
explain how the system
was developed.
Little attempt was made to The paper did not explain
fully explain how the
how the system was
metric system was
developed.
developed.
Standards
The standards for meter,
liter, and kilogram are all
present.
Two of the three standards One of the three standards No standards are present
for meter, liter, and
for meter, liter, and
kilogram are all present.
kilogram are all present.
American Efforts - Laws
A full description of laws or
acts passed by the US
Congress concerning the
metric system was
present.
Some mention of laws or
acts passed by the US
Congress concerning the
metric system was
present.
American Efforts
The paper did not explain
the motives behind why
the metric system was
developed.
An attempt to mention
laws or acts passed by the
US Congress is made but
nothing substantial is
mentioned.
No mention of laws or acts
passed by the US
Congress concerning the
metric system were
mentioned.
There was a full and
There was some mention
robust discussion on
of efforts in America to
efforts in America to switch switch to the metric
to the metric system.
system but little
discussion.
There were minor
references to efforts in
America to switch to the
metric system.
There was no discussion
on efforts in America to
switch to the metric
system.
Sources
All sources (information
and graphics) are
accurately documented in
the desired format.
All sources (information
and graphics) are
accurately documented,
but a few are not in the
desired format.
All sources (information
and graphics) are
accurately documented,
but many are not in the
desired format.
Some sources are not
accurately documented.
Mechanics
No grammatical, spelling
or punctuation errors.
Almost no grammatical,
spelling or punctuation
errors
A few grammatical
spelling, or punctuation
errors.
Many grammatical,
spelling, or punctuation
errors.
Amount of Information
All topics are addressed
and all questions
answered with at least 2
sentences about each.
All topics are addressed
and most questions
answered with at least 2
sentences about each.
All topics are addressed, One or more topics were
and most questions
not addressed.
answered with 1 sentence
about each.
TOTAL:
____ x 3
+
_____ x 2
+
_____ x 1
+
____ x 0
_____ /30 x 4
_____/120