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Measurement
- 1. measurements by James loh
- 2. what is measurements? ✦ measurements is a method to calculate space ✦ there are many materials for measurement such as a ruler compass protractor and sextant ✦ there are also a verity of verbs related to measurement ✦ such as vertex(endpoint of an angle) ✦ hight (Y) ✦ width(Z) ✦ length(X) ✦ meter ✦ centimeter ✦ and etc ✦ kilogram (kg) ✦ kilometer(km)
- 3. what is compass,protractor ruler ,sextant and measuring tape ✦ sextant is a material to help sailors measure their position at sea ✦ A ruler is a equipment that helps you measure meters and centimeters ✦ protractor helps you measure degrees and angles ✦ compass is a material to help you draw arc circles ✦ A measuring tape is a material that help construction builders measure centimeter and meters ✦
- 4. how is measurementconnected to our daily life ✦ If you think a little more about measurement it is actually used almost every day ✦ sailors go to sea every certain day which a sextant and a compass is needed ✦ And construction builders work everyday which a measuring tape is needed ✦ and business workers use rulers everyday to line of there work or measure the size of packages ✦
- 5. how is measurementconnected to materials ✦ well a compass a sextant a ruler and a measuring tape is already a material it self ✦ and the words meter hight length and width is also a material to help us on measurement ✦
- 6. how could weconvert to other units by measurement ✦ well a meter equals to 100 centimeter ✦ 60 minutes to a hour ✦ 60 second to 1 minuet ✦ 1 kilometer to 1000 meter ✦ 1 nanometer equals to 1,000,000,000 meter ✦ 1 picometer equals 1,000,000,000,000 meter ✦ hectometer equals to 100 meter ✦ millimeter 1000 meter
- 7. Glossory ✦ if you are wondering what is y,z and x it is actually short forms to write a equation with length width and height for example ✦
- 8. reference ✦ www.google.com ✦ http://www.brainpop.com/ ✦ http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_centimeters_are_in_a_meter