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Download full textNegus, LeRoy – 1973
This bulletin provides elementary school teachers with some information about the metric system and some suggestions for teaching it. A history of the development of the system is given followed by a grade by grade guide to objectives and activities to be used with lessons on measurement with the metric system. The activities stress the decimal…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Guides, Instruction
Peer reviewedAshlock, Robert B. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
A sequence of seven activities in which metersticks and string are used to measure objects is described. Using this graded series of exercises, decimals less than one can be introduced in a natural way. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Decimal Fractions, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedDoherty, Joan – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
The author suggests learning activities which can help students build concepts of metric units and measurement properties, as well as ways in which the classroom can be made more conducive to metric activities. (SD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Schein, Norman J. – American Metric Journal, 1976
Seven groups of activities related to the metric system are outlined. Each group is to be done at a laboratory station in the classroom. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instruction, Laboratory Procedures, Learning Activities
American Metric Journal, 1975
In conjunction with publicizing the commitment to teach the metric system, the State Education Department of New York invited the press to examine metric materials developed by the department. Several worksheets are included. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Learning Activities
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum Services. – 1977
Three bulletins are contained in this packet designed to help teachers introduce the metric system. Bulletin one contains objectives and related teaching suggestions for the following topics: length, area, volume, mass, and temperature. Bulletin two contains a fact sheet and rules for symbols and notation. Bulletin three contains classroom…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of food services students, this instructional package is one of three for the hospitality and recreation occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Food Service, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of cosmetology students, this instructional package on cosmetology is part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology, measurement terms, and tools currently in use. Each of the…
Descriptors: Cosmetology, Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Edgecomb, Philip L.; Shapiro, Marion – 1976
Addressed to vocational, or academic middle or high school students, this book reviews mathematics fundamentals using metric units of measurement. It utilizes a common-sense approach to the degree of accuracy needed in solving actual trade and every-day problems. Stress is placed on reading off metric measurements from a ruler or tape, and on…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Mathematics Curriculum
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of recreation and tourism students, this instructional package is one of three for the hospitality and recreation occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Measurement Instruments
Deane, H.; Panetta, P. – 1976
This booklet contains a series of worksheets on the metric system to be used with students at the elementary school level. Twenty of the worksheets are concerned with linear measurement, four with area, ten with mass, and four with capacity. (DT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Geppert, William J.; And Others – 1974
This booklet provides the teacher with an overview of the development and use of the metric system, a set of rules and definitions of metric terms, a series of suggested activities related to the metric system, guidelines for conducting metric workshops, and a list of potential sources of resource materials. Measurement pre- and posttests are also…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1974
This handbook has been compiled to provide a reference for teachers at all levels who are implementing the metric system in their classroom. It includes practical suggestions and recommendations for teaching the metric system, as well as papers identifying and discussing the fundamental mathematical and psychological issues underlying the teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Experiential Learning, Instruction
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of plumbing and pipefitting students, this instructional package is one of three for the construction occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the occupational terminology,…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Curriculum, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Cooper, Gloria S., Ed.; Magisos, Joel H., Ed. – 1976
Designed to meet the job-related metric measurement needs of students interested in hotel and lodging, this instructional package is one of three for the hospitality and recreation occupations cluster, part of a set of 55 packages for metric instruction in different occupations. The package is intended for students who already know the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Housing, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
