About This Lesson
Learning Objective:
- learn how to use the method of dimensional analysis to solve simple problems.
- understand how to use conversion factors to turn one unit into another unit of measurement, for example kilometers to miles, through steamship examples.
- convert one unit of measurement into another.
*This method can be used to solve problems in math, science, and engineering.
Education Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
- NGSS Science Practice 5: “Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking”
- NGSS Crosscutting Concept 3: “Scale, Proportion, and Quantity”
- CCSS.Math.Content.HSN-Q.A.1 – Standard: Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas
