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Measure Metric Mathematics and Measurement Meet the Metric System (1976)

1976 · Classic TV series

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Measure Metric ★ Mathematics and Measurement - Meet the Metric System … and the Metric System always wins. As Seen in Canada, on TV Ontario … and perhaps elsewhere? Measure Metric Measure Metric is an AIT production, produced and filmed at TVOntario (then Ontario Educational Communications Authority) in 1976. William Davidson ("Adventures in Rainbow Country") was the series writer. The series included eleven fourteen-minute episodes, each one about a different aspect of measurement using the metric system. It shows how measurement can be applied to a variety of real-life situations. TV Ontario 1976 I noticed something in Episode #7 " Area 3: Barbara Finds the Formula ". So, SOME of this course MAY apply … South of the US/Canadian border! Bear in mind Metric is simpler because it scales decimally. ... (See, you CAN give back something ... ) . _. It was an AIT production, produced and filmed at TVO (then OECA) in 1976. William Davidson ("Adventures in Rainbow Country") was the series writer. The introductory show was called "The Greatest Measurement Show on Earth" and featured a singing sideshow barker, Bob O'Shea (played by Nick Nichols) and a clown, Lord Longfellow (played by Mark Parr). In 1976 the Metric System was fairly new to Canada. Canada quickly embraced the Metric system and as a result the show became more-or-less obsolete as metric became more commonplace. In the US where they still haven't adopted the metric system, the show still airs in classrooms. The series…

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