Beyond the Metre (Part II)

Authors

Richard S. Thompkins, Mississippi Bend Area Education AgencyFollow
Vincent N. Lunetta, University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article is the second in a series discussing the wide spectrum of metric units. The first article dealt with some general aspects of the International System of Units (SI) and then went on to consider the metre, square metre, cubic metre and second. This article describes the SI unit of mass, and how units for velocity and acceleration are built using physical laws.

Publication Date

September 1980

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

17

Issue

2

First Page

16

Last Page

21

Copyright

© Copyright 1980 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Thompkins, Richard S. and Lunetta, Vincent N. (1980) "Beyond the Metre (Part II)," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 17: No. 2, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol17/iss2/10