Measurement

UNDER DEVELOPMENT – We are designing this section of the website and the initial phase of this course will be completed by Sept 2010.

Learning Objects
OP1 – measure length, mass, time and temperature, and perform simple calculations based on these to find the derived quantities: area, volume, density, speed, velocity, and acceleration; understand that units of measurement follow the SI system
OP2 – measure mass and volume of a variety of solids and liquids and hence determine their densities

SI Units

Name	Unit symbol	Quantity	Symbol
metre	m	length	l
kilogram	kg	mass	m
second	s	time	t
ampere	A	electric current	I
kelvin	K	thermodynamic temperature	T
candela	cd	luminous intensity	Iv
mole	mol	amount of substance	n