SI Base Units
Helpful before this lesson
- Not completed: The International System of Units (SI)
- Not completed: Physical Quantities
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Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to identify the seven SI base units and their symbols
- Students will understand what each base unit measures
- Students will understand the definitions and history of base units
Core Concepts
- Length: meter (m)
- Mass: kilogram (kg)
- Time: second (s)
- Electric current: ampere (A)
- Temperature: kelvin (K)
- Amount of substance: mole (mol)
- Luminous intensity: candela (cd)