Metric Week 2024 – South Carolina Academy of Sciences

SC Governor Proclaimed October 6 – 12, 2024 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 coordinate 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: www.artsandsciences.sc.edu/cse (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.