Dear All, For those who don't know the degree Celsius rhyme, the one I use in Australia is:
Zero is freezing, 10 is not. 20 is pleasing, 30 is hot. 40 frying, 50 dying. My niece, who lives in the semi-desert regions of Australia, experienced a week last summer when the temperature was in the 40s every day and reached 48 °C on one day. So the reference to '50 dying' is not inappropriate here. Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216 Geelong, Australia 61 3 5241 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metricationmatters.com On 26/04/06 2:58 AM, "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Remek, > > That is excellent! Now, how hard would it be for our schools to do that. Have > you considered asking your son's teacher if she would like for you to come in > and do something like that in class? > > A few years ago I taught kindergartners the Celsius rhyme ("30 is hot, ...). > And they knew what it was for because we talked about temperature. I related > that to what they would wear to school, as you did with your son. > > Jim > > On Friday 21 April 2006 11:45, Remek Kocz wrote: >> My 6-year-old has been fascinated by the thermometer lately, so I took that >> as an opportunity to teach him Celsius. He wants to know each morning >> which jacket to put on for school, so depending on how many degrees the >> thermometer reads, we pick either a winter or a spring jacket. As it >> happens, we started when the morning temps were around 0C, and now we're up >> to 10-15C, so it's really perfect time to give him a very practical sense >> of reading a thermometer. He already knows that snow won't stay around if >> the temps are above 0C, and that it's t-shirt weather when we go around >> 18C. It's a wonderful thing to be able to teach this to one's kids, and I >> do gain another sense of appreciation of the sheer elegance of centigrade. >> >> We're also working on meters, since he started bringing feet from school. >> Right now it's just kiddie banter like "giants are a million feet tall," >> but I may as well head off the USC pollution early. So, he learned that he >> is a meter and a quarter tall, that a meter is as long as dad stretching >> out his arms or as tall as he is to the shoulder. Easy enough. Then I >> estimated the height of our house at 10 m, the trees in the backyard at 20 >> m, and told him that the clouds are up at 2000 m. >> >> Remek >> >> On 4/21/06, Howard Ressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I called my 13 yr old son with a favor the other day (home alone on >>> spring break). Asked him to get a tape measure from my toolbox and >>> measure the length of a fluorescent bulb so I could get a new one at >>> lunch. I have several tape measures, one in English, on in metric and >>> several in dual - he could have taken any of them. Without me prompting >>> he read me the length as 300. I said is that millimeters he said yes. >>> >>> Next I went to the store to find the bulb figuring id be looking for a >>> 12" long bulb. To my surprise and delight I found what I needed on the >>> shelf, only one choice. It was at Home Depot (do not remember the brand) >>> and it was labeled as 30 cm with no English units. >>> >>> Al in all a very metrically illuminating experience for the day. >>> >>> Howard Ressel >>> Project Design Engineer, Region 4 >>> (585) 272-3372
