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This interactive lesson deals with basic metric units and the Derived Unit name.

A detailed description of the rules behind significant figure use.

In this simulation you will first view the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in single order of magnitudes until you reach an oak tree just outside the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida

This interactive lab lets you experiment with different objects in liquid tanks, graduated cylinders, and scales. 

A simple experiment concerning the buoyancy in a liquid: A solid body hanging from a spring balance is dipped into a liquid.

Did you know that you can use shadows and a meter stick to measure very tall objects from the ground? You can measure a very tall building or a tall tree.

This is the ultimate tool for converting one unit into another unit.