I served as a Science and Engineering Fair judge for several years in
the Lowcountry Area around Charleston SC. Often that was as the judge to
award the USMA Metric Award. Sadly, I found that frequently in high
school projects and very frequently in middle school projects the
students did their work in non-SI units, sometimes converting the
results to SI at the end.
I tried time and time again to get the word out to science teachers in
the schools to tell the students to use metric units throughout but to
no apparent avail. I offered free in-service training for any and all
private and public school teachers just before and soon after the start
of the school year to "refresh" them on the metric system. Only a couple
of elementary schools and one private K-12 school took me up on that offer.
Jim
Stephen Humphreys wrote:
There must be very few people around that wouldn't agree that in the
science community using metric is the 'norm' and recommended. Even
staunchly pro-imp people would recognise the strong link between metric
and science.
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [USMA:47995] Science fair and the metric system
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:18:14 +1000
CC: [email protected]
Dear All,
This
page: http://freelanceblogging.easyonlinejobsreview.com/the-scientific-process-for-science-fair-projects/
offers this good advice:
One other note must be mentioned at this point, and that is that your
project should be done using the metric system. Metric is the universal
measurement system adopted by the scientific process.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, /Metrication Leaders Guide,/ see
http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped
thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern
metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save
thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their
businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different
trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and
government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's
clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the
metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA.
See http://www.metricationmatters.com
<http://www.metricationmatters.com/>for more metrication information,
contact Pat at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> or to get the free
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