RELEASE DATE: July 27-Aug. 2, 1974
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By BE'qY DEBNAM
The United States is
Inching into the Metric System!
Basic Units
Weight
Length
Meters
Grams
'm easure distance
measure
heaviness
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(comparative size is shown)
A gram is about the weight
of one average size paper
clip.
A meter is a little longer
than a yard~
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Temperature
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Liters
measure
space
occupied
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-20
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Degrees
Celsius
measures hotness
and coldness
The Celsius temperature
thermometer is different:
Using a meter stick which is a little longer than a yard
stick, a student gets ready to measure a classmate's .
height.
0' Freezing point of water
Normal body temperature
100' Boiling point of water
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A liter is a little larger than
a quart. "
The United States is switch.:.
ing to the metric system of
measuring because most other
countries already ,use it. This
will help in world trade.
Also, educators feel that the
metric system will be easier
Common prefixes
. A prefix is a part of a word added to the beginning of
another word, to change the meaning.
Milli:
Kilo:
Centi:
(one thousand times
larger)
1,000 meters= 1 kilometer
(one-thousandth)
(one-hundredth)
_This is very small.
100 centimeters=l meter
, 1,000 millimeters = 1 meter
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The measurements are shorter than
actual size.
our present method since it is
based on the number 10, just
like our money and number
systems.
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Ch Puzzle-Ie-do'"I
All the words in this
puzzle begin with the
letters CH
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Compare the Two Systems
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Look below and see the most important units in
the metric system and compare them with the old
system.
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ACROSS
1. You sit on it.
2. People worship in
them.
3. They ring.
4. Smoke comes out
of it.
Metric
Old Way
________ Smaller sizes
DOWN
1. You use it in
making butter.
2. A small animal.
4. What a train
says.
5. Would you like a
potato
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Millimeters will
be used in place of
inches. As an example, a 6-mm wrench
will be used in place
of a % inch wrench.
DEBNAM
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Animal of the Week:
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The Beaver
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Beavers are smart engineers. With their
strong teeth, they gnaw down small trees to build
their beaver dams.
The beavers' flat tail is useful. They use it as a
rudder when they swim. By slapping it up and
down on the water, they warn other beavers of
danger.
Beavers usually choose one mate for life. From
two to eight babies, called "kits," are born in the
spring. The babies stay with their parents for about
two years.
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instead of ounces.
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frozen conc.entrated oranqe ju'lce
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Ice is crushed. 1his serves 4-.
• 180 rnilliliters=6 ounces. 14 liter= about 1 cup
• l/ S liter = about 1/ 2 cup
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DEBNAM
Instead of using
miles, we will use
kilometers to show
distances. A kilometer
is a little longer than
half a mile.
Small weights
Many recipe books will have to be changed.
Below is a metricated recipe.
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Larger weights
We will use kilograms for larger
items, such as meat. A
kilogram is a little
more
than
two
pounds.
Volume
When your dad gets
gas, he will order liters instead of gallons.
Speed
Speedometers will
show kilometers per
hour. 80 kilometers
per hour will replace a
50 miles per hour
speed limit .
DEBNAM
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ISuper Sport: John Lucas I
At a time when most athletes are specializing in one
sport, John Lucas is excelling in two.
He is an All-American
who played on Maryland's
nationally ranked basketball team last. winter. In the
spring he won the Atlantic
Coast Conference singles
tennis championships.
John was a member of the Junior Davis Cup Tennis Team. He was an outstanding student in high
school in Durham, North Carolina.
His father is a school principal.
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Largest U.S. Hailstone
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The biggest U.S. hailstone on record was 44 centimeters (17 1/2 inches) around and weighed 766 grams (1.67
pounds).
In September of 1970, a bad hail storm
struck Coffeyville, Kansas, dropping hailstones as large as grapefruits. These hailstones crashed through buildings and put
huge dents in automobiles. Fortunately,
no one was killed. The people of Coffeyville
collected the stones and put them in their
refrigerator freezers until they could pack
them into dry ice and shipped them to
scientists for study:
Hailstones cause a lot of crop damage
each year. Scientists at Boulder, Colorado
are trying to find out more about them.
IScientists At Work I
A kilogram is a
little more than
two pounds.
Meter
spelled
Liter
spelled
is also
Metre.
can be
litre.
What Do
You Do?
Scientists keep hailstones in freezers or in
specially built cold
rooms at their lab in
Boulder, Colorado.
The scientists wear
heavy coats, hats and
gloves while working
inside a "cold lab" because the temperature
is kept at -15 Celsius
(50 Fahrenheit).
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You and your mother are shopping. You pick out
exactly what you have wanted and wanted. Your
mother says that it costs too much money so you
can't have it. How do you feel? How does your
mother feel? Talk this over with your parents and
friends.