SC Governor Proclaimed October 4 – 10, 2026 as Metric Week
Please join SCAS in celebrating metric week.
With help from the South Carolina Academy of Science, University of South Carolina, Center for Science Education, and Stem Centers across South Carolina copies of this proclamation are emailed to all school principals in the State, and to all sponsors of both the South Carolina Junior Academy of Science (SCJAS), the South Carolina Middle and Elementary School Academy of Science (MESAS), and the Leading Teachers for the Department of Defense South Carolina Junior Science and Humanities Symposium for use in Metric Week activities and promotions. Our nation has partially (more than 50%) adopted the Metric System, and its usage continues to increase as awareness grows.
Metric Proclamation is emailed to all schools in South Carolina, public, private, chartered and home schools and includes year around activities developed by the staff of the Center for Science Education for students and teachers to use. This project is also coordinated with the National Institute of Science & Technology (NIST).
The links below include the official announcement as well as useful aids for promoting understanding of the Metric System. Some easy-to-use ideas on celebrating Metric Week are available online at:
https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/centers_and_institutes/science_education/index.php
Go to “Other Resources for Teachers and Students” then Select Metric Week from list.
Also, NIST the National Institute of Standards & Technology” at https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/si-education-training.
And last the United States Metric Association site: https://USMA.org.
Hey students, try this. Have Fun! www.nist.gov/kids
Downloadable Files
No 1 Cover Letter Metric Week 2026.pdf Pages = 2
No 2 2026 SC Governor McMaster Metric Proclamation Printable Version
No 4 teaching metric to young students by Don Jordan
Items 1 – 4 merged into one file pages = 5
Other Documents:
(5) DoE Scale of Things Nano Micro, Macro
(6) Test Metric and Nanotechnology 15 questions fold version Grades 6 – 12
(7) Important in SI Metric Symbols and Usage for Metric Week
(8) back Metric the choice is yours by dmj
(8) Front Metric True and False Quiz
(9) Advantages of Teaching the Metric System Pages = 8
(10) Art for School wall display Interrelationship between Length, Volume and Mass
(11) Some Questions that Challenge Def of Angstrom & Order of Magnitude
(12) Some Questions that Challenge Def of Angstrom & Order of Magnitude ANSWER KEY
(13) Yocto 10^-24 to Yotta 10^24 in word has pronunciations Metric Prefixes
(14) The area of your skin in cm^2 (BSA) For Metric Week Student Activity
(15) Printable 100 cm Measuring Tape
(16) Instructions on how to make a Liter Box or dm^3 Page 1