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What’s All this. Empty Talk!. RHETORIC. About Goin’. Empty Talk!. Met-r-ic. I like My. JUST FINE!. Feet Pint Pounds Yards And o quarts. But the rest of the World does know. Don’t use S. I . Use S.I . Our way is kinda slow. And Science Has a better way. S. I. called.
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What’s All this Empty Talk! RHETORIC
About Goin’ Empty Talk! Met-r-ic
I like My JUST FINE! • Feet • Pint • Pounds • Yards • Andoquarts
But the rest of the World does know Don’tuse S.I. Use S.I. Our way is kinda slow
And Science Has a better way S. I. called System International
No it can’t Be Denied Empty Talk!
It’s all So Unified
Work with itAwhile It makes so Much sense!
For those Crazy CONVERSION FACTORS 1 mile = 5280 feet 1 gallon = 4 quarts 1 yard = 3 feet 1 pint = 2 cups 1 pound = 16 ounces 1 ton = 2000 pounds
S. I. All goes Together in Groups of 10’s ! 1 meter = 100 cm 1 liter = 1000 mL 1 kilogram = 1000 g
The First Unit You can Cram
Everyone loves it! It’s an M & M
I’m TIM ! 1 meter
And…it ain’t no joke That a Plastic Bottle of coke
is exactlyTwo Liters Or Maybe THREE!
But could youTell me, please Why is VOLUME Such a breeze?
BECAUSE WEUSE IT EVERY DAY When Pop We Drink!
What’s All this Empty Talk! RHETORIC
About Goin’ Empty Talk! Met-r-ic
I like My JUST FINE! • Feet • Pint • Pounds • Yards • Andoquarts
But the Rest of the world does know Don’tuse S.I. Use S.I. Our way is kinda slow
And Science Has a better way S. I. called System International
No it can’t Be Denied Empty Talk!
It’s all So Unified
Work with itAwhile It makes so Much sense!
For those Crazy CONVERSION FACTORS 1 mile = 5280 feet 1 gallon = 4 quarts 1 yard = 3 feet 1 pint = 2 cups 1 pound = 16 ounces 1 ton = 2000 pounds
S. I. All goes Together in Groups of 10’s ! 1 meter = 100 cm 1 liter = 1000 mL 1 kilogram = 1000 g
To learn the Prefixes if you will Take a look at the milli--
It would have To be something Very, very, SMALL
For it takes 1000 milligrams
HEY, TELL ME DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
To make one Gram of anything At all ! 1000 mg = 1 gram
But I’m Here to Profes
One Dollar = 100 cents
IS ALLOFTHIS GETTING TOO INTENSE ?
Metric Mishap Causes Loss of$125 million Mars Climate Orbiter Sept. 1999
Do you remember that M&M ? One gram in each one Of them
But who in the world Could eat Just One ?! I’d wish for a Kilogram !
The TWO “POUNDER” Bags I’D CRAM! 1 kg = 2.2 lb 1 pound
YUM ! ALL 1,000 M&M’s It would be so 1 pound
Well, I’m glad this Song is done But, before I sing and run
To learn this Before you lose it You must use it, use it, use it !
And you CAN’TBE… A Metric Fraidy-cat !
What’s All this Empty Talk! RHETORIC