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Elementary Metric Curriculum - Project T.I.M.E. (Timely Implementation of Metric Education). Part I.
Community School District 18, Brooklyn, NY. – 1979
This is a teacher's manual for an ISS-based elementary school course in the metric system. Behavioral objectives and student activities are included. The topics covered include: (1) linear measurement; (2) metric-decimal relationships; (3) metric conversions; (4) geometry; (5) scale drawings; and (6) capacity. This is the first of a two-part…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Materials
Community School District 18, Brooklyn, NY. – 1979
This is the second part of a two-part teacher's manual for an ISS-based elementary school course in the metric system. Behavioral objectives and student activities are included. Topics include: (1) capacity; (2) calculation of volume and surface area of cylinders and cones; (3) mass; (4) temperature; and (5) metric conversions. (BB)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Materials
Oppert, Judy – 1977
This booklet is intended to serve as a basic guide for home economics teachers in adjusting classwork to the metric system. Reproducible student activity sheets constitute a major part of the publication. Teaching suggestions for introducing the metric system are given along with a discussion of the metric units. Also included are lists of student…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Higher Education, Home Economics Education, Instruction
Whitman, Nancy C.; Braun, Frederick G. – 1978
The purpose of this work text is to familiarize the elementary school teacher with the metric system. It can be used as a supplementary textbook in methods courses or as the basic textbook for workshops. The decimal system of numbers, metric measurement, measurement in general, and errors of measurement are discussed. Activities for measuring or…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary School Mathematics, Inservice Education
Community School District 18, Brooklyn, NY. – 1979
Presented are junior high school curriculum materials for teaching the metric system. Included are behavioral objectives, pre- and post-tests, introductory and historical material, and units on linear measurement, geometry, weight, capacity, and temperature. Each unit contains many student activities such as puzzles, fill in the blanks problems,…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Education
Download full textFairwell, Kay, Ed.; And Others – 1976
Designed to allow youngsters aged 10 to 15 to experience the challenges and problems environmental investigators might face making an environmental impact study, the trial version of the Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies (OBIS) Trail Module focuses on aspects of construction-related environment problems. Four activities are included in the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Biology, Construction (Process), Ecology
