SCIENCEPOWER 10
Student Resources
SkillPOWER 5: Estimating and Measuring
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Terms and Units of Measure - The Math Forum
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/tocs/terms.units.middle.html
Want to convert "warp" to light years? define "mean"? convert Celsius to Fahrenheit? Click here for the answers to all kinds of measuring and estimating questions.
Estimating and Measuring
http://www.indiana.edu/~atmat/units/measurement/mea_act1.htm
This site provides a good background explanation on why we estimate, along with student activities and teachers' resources.