Pat et al., Please note that the NCTM Web page for National Metric Week has not yet been updated for 2009. This year's NMW runs for the week of 4 to 10 October (not sure why the 2008 NCTM dates only covered five days). I have contacted NCTM to request that this page be updated.
Paul T. ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Naughtin To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: 19 September, 2009 20:13 Subject: [USMA:45848] Posters for National Metric Week in the USA Dear All, This year 'National Metric Week' will be from October 6 to October 10, see http://www.nctm.org/news/content.aspx?id=10248 You may recall that I suggested that one way to support National Metric Week in the USA is to place posters around your place of work. With the help of Bill Hooper and Jim Palfreyman, I have slightly revised this suggestion for a poster: http://metricationmatters.com/docs/SIMetricUnitsVsUSAMeasures.pdf So now the item from the Metrication matters newsletter would read: One thing you can do to promote the metric system at your work place is to pin pro-metric items on to notice boards around your school or work place. Here are some that you might like to download and print ready for 'National Metric Week' in the USA. For a general-purpose notice board think about: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/degreesCelsiusPoster.pdf , http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/NationalMetricDay.pdf and http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/SIMetricUnitsVsUSAMeasures.pdf Or if you work in a scientific or engineering environment you might like: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/EnergyWords.pdf The 'National Metric Week' is strongly supported by the U.S. Metric Association; see http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/metric-week.html for details. As a gift for your friends and to remind them of 'National Metric Week' you might like to pass along this one minute YouTube reference to 'Let's Get Metric' by Scott Wheatley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeyGEwjLPGw Or if you want to illustrate the cost of not going metric refer them to the YouTube video, American Chopper vs The Metric System, where the mechanics are trying to figure out the answer to the question: 'What is the difference between 180 millimetres and 140 millimetres'? except they seem unaware of the initial metric design and build specifications for this all-metric model bike, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omh8Ito-05M And finally a YouTube reference for schools apparently made with the support of NASA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQPQ_q59xyw&feature=rec-HM-rev-rn Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
