Metric System
The world is becoming increasingly interconnected. A single product can have inputs and collaborative production from numerous plants, factories, offices throughout the world. Using the same language of measurement is essential. History provides us with sad anecdotes of failure to use a universal language of measurement, including the Mars Climate Orbiter crash in 1999.
Students must be continuously intuitive fluent with the meter and its subunits for measuring distance, the kilogram and its subunits for measuring mass, the liter (derived from mass) for measure of volume, and Celsius for measuring temperature. Students must be able to estimate across a broad range of values for each of the four types of measurements.
Action Plan:
Educational Institutions will need to undergo instructor training and provide student training to improve competence in the metric system. Students should have an intuitive understanding of each of the types of measures with ability to estimate values broadly across each type of measure.
Educational content providers will be expected to provide standardized training to both educators and to students that meet industry quality standards with the goal of instilling proficiency in the subject of energetics. Educational materials should be fairly priced and free from overt marketing bias.