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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 1.2 Physical Quantities and Units

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Perform unit conversions in both SI and English units, Explain the most common prefixes of SI units, and be able to write them in scientific notation.
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Interactive
Science Made Simple

Science Made Simple: Online Metric Converter

For Students 6th - 8th
Practice converting English units of measurement to metric units using this tool.
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Activity
Other

Conversions for Weight Measurements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site allows you to convert weight/mass measurements. For example converting tons to grams. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.2 Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using standard units
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Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Center for Mathematics and Science Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an interesting and easy-to-use dictionary of the history and meaning of many measurement terms. Metric, International, and...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Language of Physics: Physical Quantities and Units

For Students 10th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to associate physical quantities with their International System of Units (SI) and perform conversions among SI units using scientific notation; relate measurement uncertainty to significant...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to Converting Units: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the concept of a conversion factor and explains how it can be used to convert between metric to metric units as well as between English and metric units for different quantities. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled...