Web Sites (1 - 10 of 142): Measurement

Learning About Measurement - This site provides lesson plans, resources, and Internet activities for elementary students to learn about all kinds of measurement. Students will enjoy the friendliness of this site.
Source/Host: Alfy Teach Learn Communicate | Reviewer: D. Turnbill     .   .

Metric Conversion Act of 1975 * - Sec. 205a. - Congressional statement of findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) The United States was an original signatory party to the 1875 Treaty of the Meter (20 Stat. 709), which established the General Conference of Weights and Measu...
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Water properties: pH * - explains the pH scale, from the USGS. No, you don't often hear your local news broadcaster say "Folks, today's pH value of Dryville Creek is 6.3"! But pH is an important measurement of water. Maybe for a science project you have taken the pH of...
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Geometry Distance of Triangles using a Protractor * - Geometry Distance of Triangles using a Protractor
Source/Host: Illinois Institute of Technology     .   .

The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty * - Official NIST reference providing essential information and background information. Includes: Values of the fundamental physical constants and related information, Searchable bibliography on the constants, In-depth information on the SI, the modern metri...
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Density Calculator * - convert density into different units of measurement. Density Length Refrigeration Area Volume Weight Power Energy Specific Energy Pressure Temperature Throughput & Leak Rate
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WSDOT Metrics Page * - SI - The International System of Units The International System of Units (SI) is a modernized version of the metric system established by international agreement. The metric system of measurement was developed during the French Revolution and was first p...
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A Walk Through Time - An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present, the Evolution of Time Measurement: Early Calendars, Early Clocks, Revolution in Timekeeping, the Atomic Age, World Time Scales, and NIST Time Calibration.
Reviewer: J. Nicol     .   .

GlobalSpec.com - Searchable Engineering Catalogs on the Net * - Searchable Engineering Catalogs on the Net. Hundreds of thousands of products from hundreds of suppliers of sensors, actuators, and more, all with searchable specs.
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Mapping Meteorites - In this lesson, students explore how locations around a meteorite provide information about the meteorite’s orbit. They then learn about triangulation techniques, create imaginary cities in which meteorites are ensconced, and provide clues by which triang...
Grades: 6 - 12 | Subject: Math | Duration: 1 hour | Source/Host: New York Times Learning Network | Reviewer: G. Harrison     .   .