In my case, from my house to the traffic light at the main street intersection is exactly 1 km.
Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Natalia Permiakova Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 15:46 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52994] Re: Si and Agriculture examples I visualize a kilometer as something you can cover by walking during 1/5 of an hour ~10 min (since 5 km/h is the average walking speed), 100 meters is a distance we ran in school, which fit on strait side of the school stadium Natalie _____ From: Henschel Mark <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:45 PM Subject: [USMA:52991] Re: Si and Agriculture examples Well, I can help you visualize the size of metric units. I think of a hectare as two football fields side by side. (I think of football as a game where the object is to kick a ball into a net. The player who causes a minor foul gets a yellow card and the players who cause major fouls get red cards and get evicted from the game. The Chicago football team is called the Chicago Fire.) I suppose this designation might not work with people who don't have a sense of humor, but here is something else: Think of a kilometer as five city blocks. Or a railroad train 60 cars long. Or perhaps three Eiffel towers or ten Statues of Liberty. Then this distance in two dimensions would be an approximation to visualize a square kilometer. (Perhaps 25 city blocks in many US cities) Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> " <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 6:19 pm Subject: [USMA:52985] Si and Agriculture examples To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Hello Everyone: > > I am writing an article about the benefits of using SI units > in Agriculture. I need concrete, real world examples of easy calculations such > water needed per square meter or any other interesting, persuasive examples. > > > I know I have seen many examples associated with different > topics. > > Many thanks, > > Bridget > >
