Do you know how tall this charming and intelligent 2nd grader is? Then you also know that SCINI is 51 inches tall. But Savanna will keep growing and SCINI can't grow unless Bob and the team add more sections.
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Do you know how to convert inches to centimeters? Scientists all over the world use the metric system for their measurements. One inch is the same as 2.54 centimeters (cm). So you need to multiply Savanna's 51 inches by 2.54 to figure out how many centimeters tall she and SCINI are.
51 inches x 2.54 cm/inch = 130 cm
How tall are you in centimeters?
Just like there are 100 cents in a dollar, there are 100 cm in a meter. You can convert centimeters to meters just by moving the decimal place two places to the left. No wonder scientists like the metric system so much!
130 cm = 1.3 m
How tall are you in meters? Are you taller than SCINI?
In the next entry you can meet some of the people that have built SCINI.