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Standards and why do I have
to learn this!
 Standard:
8Sa: You will demonstrate an
understanding of technological design and
scientific inquiry, including process skills,
mathematical thinking, controlled investigative
design and analysis, and problem solving.
 Metric math is the language of science
A long time ago in a faraway galaxy there lived a
monarch who loved chocolate milk.
His name was Henry, and he was known to all of his
subjects as,
King Henry
Throughout his kingdom, King Henry made sure that all
of the cows were fed great supplies of chocolate to
continue to provide him with his beloved chocolate
milk drink.
He had very happy cows!
King Henry drank chocolate milk with
his breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
He even drank chocolate milk for his
bedtime snack.
King Henry drank chocolate milk by the
liter!
King Henry wanted all living
creatures in his kingdom to
enjoy chocolate milk as much
as he enjoyed chocolate milk.
However, a liter was not the best
serving size for every creature.
The Royal Potter was called for
and the command was given
for new serving vessels to be
created to fit every creature in
the kingdom.
For the creatures smaller than the king,
the Royal Potter designed
Deciliters that were 1/10th the size of a
liter,
Centiliters that were 1/100th the size of a
liter, and
Milliliters that were 1/1000th the size of a
liter.
The milliliters were just right for the Royal
Chocolate Beetles found in the
kingdom.
For the creatures greater than the king,
the Royal Potter designed,
Dekaliters that were 10 times the size of
a liter,
Hectoliters that were 100 times the size
of a liter, and
Kiloliters that were 1000 times the
size of a liter.
The kiloliters were just right for the
Royal Elephants of the kingdom.
The Royal Potter lined the vessels up in his
workroom from largest to smallest to
show the king.
The king’s vessel was in the center of the
line, for the king was the center of the
kingdom. The vessels were arranged in
the following order:
kiloliter hectoliter dekaliter Liter deciliter centiliter milliliter
King Henry loved the new vessels that were designed
larger and smaller than his own for all of the living
creatures in his kingdom.
The Royal Potter explained that the sizes increased
and decreased from the king’s liter, the original unit of
measurement, by multiples of ten.
He explained how to convert between the sizes by
multiplying by ten or dividing by ten. King Henry
wondered how he would ever remember the order of
the vessels.
The Royal Potter said that he remembered them by
thinking of a saying. He said, “I remember the order by
saying ‘King Henry Does Usually Drink Chocolate Milk’
and then I have no problem remembering the order.”
“That is exactly right!” said King Henry. “Now I shall
remember the sizes of the vessels!”
He took another big drink of chocolate milk and …
died
Now it is known as the
Metric Conversion Mnemonic
 King
 Henry
 Died
 Unexpectedly
 Drinking
 Chocolate
 Milk
(kilo, 1,000)
(hecto, 100)
(deka, 10)
(Unit (liter, meter, gram, Celsius)
(deci 1/10) (da)
(centi 1/100)
(milli, 1/1,000)
King Henry’s Flip Book
 Make
Flip Book
http://www.scetv.org/education/ntti/pdf/
2002pdf/fliipout_A2b.pdf
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Show units
Show prefixes
Show conversions
Show definitions
Show numerical units
King Henry’s or your own
mnemonic, or poem
 Make
new mnemonic
 Create new poem
 Example:
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When it's zero it's freezing,
when it's 10 it's not,
when it's 20 it's warm,
when it's 30 it's hot!
Or,
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Thirty is hot
Twenty is nice
Ten is cool
Zero is ice