SCIENCEPOWER 10
Student Resources
SkillPOWER 4: Units of Measurement and Scientific Notation

Science Made Simple
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/

Do you need to convert between Metric and Imperial units of measurement? This interactive web site makes it easy!

Scientific Notation
http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote.html

Scientific Notation is described using both large and small numbers. Practise by trying the online quiz. Try each question, or skip to the next one.

Unit Converter
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/general/units_en.html

A unit converter from the Institute of Chemistry in Berlin. Choose your measurement units from alphabetical lists. This site also has a temperature converter and a currency converter.

The Metric System
http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/metric.html

The metre was originally defined as one ten-millionth of one-quarter of Earth's circumference - now it is defined in terms of light waves. This site tells you just about everything about the metric system, including its history, its measurements, its workings, and how it relates to mass and volume, temperature and light, space and the universe.