LAB: METRIC OLYMPICS

QUEstION: WHAT IS thE METRIC SYstEM AND HOW DO I CONVERT UNITS?

PROCEDURES & DATA:

1. WORK IN SMALL GROUPS OF 3-4 stUDENTS.

2. THERE ARE 6 stAtiONS SET UP AROUND thE ROOM. EACH stAtiON INVOLVES A DIffERENT TASK. EACH stAtiON
HAS A TASK CARD WIth COMPLETE INstRUCtiONS AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE.

3. PERFORM thE TASK AND MAKE AN EstIMAtiON OF YOUR ABILItiES. RECORD thE EstIMAtiON IN thE DATA
TABLE. YOU WILL NOT BE GRADED ON YOUR EstIMAtiON.

4. RECORD YOUR ACTUAL DATA IN thE DATA TABLE. YOU MAY BEGIN AT ANY stAtiON AND GO IN ANY ORDER.
EACH GROUP MEMBER MUst DO ALL 6 TASKS.

Event Estimation Actual

Paper Plate Discus

Paper Straw Javelin Throw

Cotton Ball Shot Put

Right Hand Marble Grab

Left Hand Sponge Squeeze

Big Foot Contest

ANALYSIS:

1. CONVERT YOUR ACTUAL DISCUS thROW, JAVELIN thROW, AND SHOT PUT INTO MM, M, KM, SHOW ALL THE
MATH ON ALL CALCULATIONS -3 CALCULAtiONS EACH!!

A. DISCUS THROW
 B. JAVELIN THROW

C. SHOT PUT

2. CONVERT YOUR ACTUAL RIGHT-HANDED MARBLE GRAB INTO µG, NG, PG, FG. SHOW ALL 4 CALCULAtiONS!!
3. CONVERT YOUR ACTUAL LEft-HANDED SPONGE SQUEEZE INTO M L, G L, AND T L. SHOW ALL 3 CALCULAtiONS!

4. CONVERT YOUR ACTUAL FOOT AREA INTO MM2, M2, KM2. SHOW ALL 3 CALCULAtiONS.
5. REWRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS FROM ANALYSIS #1 INTO SCIENtifiC NOTAtiON. SHOW ALL 9 NUMBERS!

CONCLUSION:

ANSWER thE QUEstION UNDER thE tiTLE OF thE LAB HERE: