Content by Elizabeth Benham
Top 10 Tips for Teaching the Metric SystemThey'll make a measurable difference
Thu, 11/03/2022 - 12:02
Calling all teachers, parents, and students. It’s easy to learn the metric system—or, as it’s more formally called, the International System of Units (SI). Explore these top 10 tips for teaching the SI. Let’s begin the countdown with.... 10. Make…
U.S. Weights and Measures: Measuring Up to the New NormalEquity in the marketplace takes the effort of many people and institutions
Thu, 03/11/2021 - 12:01
Each year during national Weights and Measures Week (March 1 to 7), we celebrate the contributions made by the weights and measures community to ensure accuracy and fair competition in commercial transactions based on weight or measure. This year’s…
Busting Myths About the Metric System
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 12:01
This year will be the 45th anniversary of the Metric Conversion Act, which was signed on Dec. 23, 1975, by President Gerald R. Ford. Normally, we celebrate by sharing metric education resources, but this year I want to use the occasion to dispel…