Sentences with phrase «meter stick»

You can use meter sticks with the tens highlighted for that purpose.
It'll be a good meter stick, but the truth of the decisions will only really come out on the last day of the season.
This meant that the platinum meter stick ended up being 0.229 mm shorter than what it had been specified to be, more details on that story at the Wikipedia article on Pierre Méchain.
In the physical sciences, meter sticks, clocks, and balances are the basic measuring instruments.
If I used that as my meter stick for things that I do, think of all I would miss.
Materials • A partner • A trowel or short shovel • Gloves (gardening gloves or winter gloves will do) • One large tray (aluminum trays work well) • One small tray • Two magnifying glasses • Tweezers • Meter stick • Rope • Pencil and paper • Field guide or identification key (optional) Preparation • Locate a nearby public park or forest to conduct the activity.
• Once you've found a suitable patch of leaf litter, measure out an area of one meter squared using the meter stick.
Computer scientists had for decades viewed chess as a meter stick for artificial intelligence.
Tie one end of both strings to the meter stick, toward the middle of the stick.
Lay the meter stick on the backs of the two chairs, centered on the back of each.
Procedure • Pull the strings tight (by holding on to the washers or pennies at the ends) and position the strings at the same angle from the meter stick.
• Again, pull the strings tight and hold them at the same angle from the meter stick.
Space the strings about 20 to 30 cm apart on the meter stick.
• Tip: If the meter stick does not seem to stably sit on the backs of the chairs, you can try to tape the ends of the meter stick to the chairs.
Materials • Two identical chairs • String or yarn • Ten metal washers of identical size or six pennies • Strong tape • Meter stick • Scissors • Stopwatch accurate to 0.1 second • An assistant Preparation • Place the two chairs back - to - back.
I gave each group a large piece of craft paper, several rulers, a meter stick, string, and a tape measure.
Another strategy is to lay Cuisenaire rods along the meter stick.
Sample Activities: Measuring Paths Measuring with a Meter Stick Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers: Measuring Strips 2.
MD.. A. 1 Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
Using them to measure the latter is akin to using a meter stick to weigh a person: you might be able to develop a formula that links height and weight, but there will be plenty of error in your calculations.
Kenneth Josephson, Hollywood (Archaeological Series, Two Meter Stick), 1975.
Josephson's clever gestures — such as the play on perspective in Hollywood (Archaeological Series, Two Meter Stick), 1975 — skew reality.
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