Should the United States convert to the use of the metric system? All indications point to a favorable acceptance of this system. (MR)

Lists official SI units, temporarily accepted non-SI units, accepted non-SI units, and multipliers for SI units. (MLH)

Indicators of environmental performance are complex, critical, and increasingly in demand. Colleges and universities will be best served by focusing on core indicators and collaboration between sustainability and institutional research offices. (Contains 1 table.)

A survey conducted to study the attitudes of industrial arts teachers toward conversion to metric measurement and their readiness to teach this system revealed that, despite some background and experience with metrics, 88 percent felt they were not ready to teach a lesson. (BP)

Article focuses on activities designed to make students "think metric." (HB)

This booklet is designed to aid small manufacturing companies in ascertaining the meaning of going metric for their unique circumstances and to guide them in making a smooth conversion to the metric system. First is a brief discussion of what the law says about metrics and what the metric system is. Then what is involved in going metric is…

This bibliography lists 30 basic references to the metric system. In addition to the author, title, and publication data, each listing includes a brief annotation and the Library of Congress catalog number. (SD)

A guide on metrication, this document was developed to expose the perceived benefits to industry and the consumer of a conversion to the metric system, and to remove the anxieties associated with such a conversion. Presented are: (1) a summarized overview and background of the system, and trends relative to its widespread use, (2) examples of the…

This document gives definitions and symbols for the basic units of measure, for derived units, and for supplementary units. Decimal multiples and sub-multiples of units and units outside the International System also are discussed. Appendix I reproduces the decisions made on units and on the International System by two committees (the General…

There are strong reasons for waiting to teach the metric system, but some districts have successfully converted under the present conditions. (Author/IRT)

SI units of work, force, and energy are identified. (BB)