Jan 31

PS
C absences - Orahaske, Foster, Radcliff

1. announced 10 pt bonus opportunity at St. Brendan's Friday (Fairview off Lorain) night. Listen to speaker Garrett Yazzie in Anchor Room at 7:30 p.m.

2. finish advanced conversion activity

3. "Metric multiple choice" in class (not for grade) (below)

Metric: The Choice is Yours
Test your metric knowledge: Circle the correct answer to each of
these ten multiple choice questions.

_____________1. What metric measure would you use to measure the
length of a pencil?
• gram • Celsius
• liter • centimeter

_____________2. When weighing a moose in metric measure, which word
would you use?
• kilograms • meters
• Celsius • liters

_____________3. If the temperature outside is 35 degrees Celsius, what
will you most likely be doing?
• cross country skiing • ice skating
• swimming • hiking

_____________4. Which is the shortest distance?
• 23 kilometers • 24 meters
• 25 centimeters • 26 millimeters

_____________5. If you were buying tomato juice that had been packaged
in a metric sized can, what metric measure would be used?
• kilometers • liters
• Celsius • ton

_____________6. What is the metric measure used for snow skis?
• millimeters • centimeters
• liters • grams

_____________7. At birth, which of these babies might weigh 3
kilograms?
• moose • elephant
• flea • human
_____________8. Which of these is about the same size as a
liter?
• gallon • quart
• ounce • inch

_____________9. About how much does a paper clip weigh?
• 1 kilogram • 1 liter
• 1 gram • 1 meter

_____________10. Which one of these measures is about the
width of an average doorway?
• meter • kilometer
• gram • Celsius

http://www.metric.org/

4. Hexametric activity (it will not copy onto this blog)

5. 8 practice conversion problems for Friday - Page 15 "practice problems" 1-8

6. Quiz Friday on Metric conversions