Some tips and a concrete workshop plan are offered to help schools implement the metric system into their instructional programs. (Author/BP)

The coordinator for metric activities at the National Bureau of Standards views the primary responsibilities for metrication as resting in the private sector, but sees the Federal government assisting and coordinating the changeover. A National Metric Conversion Board will probably be created through legislation to coordinate the effort. (AG)

The project director of the Toll Gate Metrication Project describes the project as the first structured United States public school educational experiment in implementing change toward the adoption of the International System of Units. He believes the change will simplify, rather than complicate, the educational task. (AG)

The media and the schools should be the main sources for metrication information dissemination. Rather than convert old units to metric, it is recommended to simply learn metric. For industrial arts, replacing all measuring devices and rescaling all machines as soon as possible, allowing two budget years for changeover, is suggested. (AG)

A national survey of 200 vocational education leaders produced a status report on the efforts of States in developing metric education programs by determining the extent to which programs had been initiated, when programs were scheduled to begin, and when metric program development was expected to begin. (AG)

As producers of lumber are preparing to convert their output to the metric system, wood shop and building construction teachers must become familiar with the metric measurement language and methods. Manufacturers prefer the "soft conversion" process of changing English to metric units rather than hard conversion, or redimensioning of lumber. Some…

Industrial arts teachers can ease the transition to the metric system by encouraging students to think in metric terms through classroom exercises, projects, and making inexpensive publications available to them. Industry can be aided through seminars and short courses; and the general public will profit from window displays. (AG)

The unique position of industrial education shops provides an ideal place to launch an awareness of the metric system in secondary education. (MU)

A compilation of metric items and suppliers that can help industrial educators implement the conversion to SI metrics is supplied. (Author)

The Dayton, Ohio, public schools faced the challenge from industry of providing their students with a working knowledge of the metric system by having in-service training for all the teachers. Four goals were identified, and students in the ninth and twelfth grades were the objects of the initial program. (AG)

Teacher trainers may react to metrication in one of three ways: ignore it; mistakenly believe it is being taught in science courses; or investigate the Systeme Internationale (SI) metric, learn it, and teach it. Specific reading materials are recommended, and ten actions for industrial teacher educators are suggested. (AG)

To develop accuracy in various metalworking techniques, teachers designed two parts or tool cabinets for students to build. Drawings for the two containers, and a photograph and materials list for the more complicated one, are included. (MF)

The U.S. Office of Education Metric Education Program involves some 72 projects throughout 45 States and two territories. Vocational education is a critical part of this program to increase the number of school students, teachers, and other adults who are able to use the International System of Measurement. Some individual projects are described.…