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Measurements

Introduction to units

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Understand the importance of units and making unit conversions with metric prefixes. Practise converting units and applying metric prefix conversions to calculations.

Learning outcomes

  • Describe examples of SI units and advantages of using them.
  • Calculate positive and negative powers of 10, in isolation and in relation to SI units.
  • Calculate converted SI units via multiplication and division.
  • Apply SI unit conversions in the context of scientific calculations.
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Skills

Concepts, Principles and Theories

  • Why units are important 
  • What SI base units are

Manipulating and Presenting Data

  • What the common metric prefixes are and how they relate to the base unit
  • What the difference is in powers of 10 between different metric prefixes
  • How to convert from small units to big units 
  • How to convert from big units to small units 
  • How to apply metric prefix conversions to calculations

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