Unit 4: Measurements

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Vocabulary list

Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:

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Multiple Choice Activity

Students will be able to select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.

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Students will be able to listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.

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Students will be able to identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.

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Speaking Practice Activity

Students will be able to speak and record 5 example sentences from the unit vocabulary and then submit them for grading by the classroom teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the students will be shown good examples of other students' work.

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Logarithms are used in many areas of science and engineering including computer science and geology.
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Modern hard drives can store 500 gigabytes of data or more.
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How long will it be before the first 5-gigahertz processors become affordable?
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Computer processing power can increase by an order of magnitude between generations.
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The website performed very poorly because it was graphically heavy and required more bandwidth than was available.

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Writing Practice Activity

Students will write a short essay to be graded by the teacher. If no teacher is available or desired, then the student is shown previous examples of other writings by students.

  • Do you think people in IT use too many acronyms? Why?
  • Think of 3 more IT acronyms not listed in this reading. Define each of them and use them in a sentence.

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