1. English vs. Metric System
Chapter 1
Biology

2. Origins of the English System
King Henry of England defined the yard as the distance between the tip of his nose to his thumb

3. Inch: width of a thumb (or 3 barleycorns in England 1066)

4. The Foot: The length of the king’s foot
Yard, length of his arm
When that king dies?

5. Mile: Romans- 1000 double steps of their marching legions
Acre: By the English as the amount of land that a yoke of an oxen could plow in one day
Gallon= 8 pounds of wheat

6. Metric System
First version of it was by the French Academy of Science in 1790 AD
French People had to adopt it by 1840
Based on physics like the “circumference of the Earth”.

7. USA
Myanmar (Burma)
Liberia
Great Britain adopted metric in 1965

8. Metric System History
In 1960 an International Group of scientists, revised the French metric System calling is “The International System of Units”.
Now it is used all over the world , our military used it, and by 1992 Congress required all federal agencies to use it.

9. How does it apply to your real life????

12. USA
Myanmar (Burma)
Liberia
Great Britain adopted metric in 1965

13. English Units Weight: ounce, pounds Distance: inch, foot, yard, mile
Volume: teaspoon, tablespoon, ounce, cup pint, quart, gallon,

14. Metric Units Weight: grams, kilograms Distance: centimeter, meter
Volume: liter, milliliter

15. English Conversions 12 inches= 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard
5280 feet in a mile

16. Converting from Eng to Metric
Distance:
Inches to Centimeters OR Yards to meters OR Miles to Kilometers
Liquid Volume:
Fluid Ounces to milli-Liters OR Gallons to Liters
Weight:
Ounces to grams OR pounds to Kilograms

17. Worksheets
English or Metric?
Measuring Length…