nPostednon May 20, 2014
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- Taken the opportunity of today’s special day to brush up on usefuln measures that you haven’t yet quite mastered.
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For example, if you oftennfind yourself having to look up ounces / pints / cups / quartsnconversions, create a kitchen chart for yourself, and test yourselfnoften on the conversion facts (such as 2 cups = 1 pint in thenU.S.).
For example, if you oftennfind yourself having to look up ounces / pints / cups / quartsnconversions, create a kitchen chart for yourself, and test yourselfnoften on the conversion facts (such as 2 cups = 1 pint in thenU.S.). n
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nIf you will be travelingnin Canada this summer, but you live in the U.S., try to become morenfamiliar with the metric system…especially kilometers compared to miles.
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nA lot of people getnconfused about light years – but you know that it’s anmeasurement of distance, not time, right?
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A cubit was defined as the
distance from a man’s elbow
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nAnothern way to celebrate Weights and Measures Day is to do homage ton obsolete measures such as the chaldron (a dry measure), the clove (an measure of weight), and the rood (a measure of area), or to find outn about measures from around the world, such as the sun (a measure ofn length in Japan), the catty (a measure of weight in China), and then jupiter (astronomers usually compare newly discovered planets fromn other star systems in terms of the mass of Jupiter!).n
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nDid you know that, innEngland, road signs are given in miles, the price of gasolinen(petrol) is given in pounds (a unit of money) per liter, and thenefficiency of auto engines is given in miles per gallon. That’s gottanbe confusing!
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Haven fun with measurements today! Heren and heren are some activity ideas.n
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nAlsonon this date:
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Eliza Doolittle Day
Eliza Doolittle Day
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nFlyingnFirsts Day
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nIndependencenDay in East Timor
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nPlannahead:
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Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
Checknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nMayn holidays
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in May
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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nJunen holidays
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in June
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