The metric challenge. From: Science World | Date: January 15, 1993 | COPYRIGHT 1993 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In our September 4, 1992 issue, we challenged you to teach us the metric system--and tell us why we should bother learning it. Check out the responses that won light-up magnifying glasses--and made us throw away our yardsticks. (A classful of sluggers from Louisville batted three winners out ways!)

Nature's way

Metric units are based on the number ten--"one of the first numbers we understood when we were young," says Donnie Cantrell. "We learned to count ...

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