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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Office of Weights and Measures

Metric Training

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Professional development focuses on SI education best practices.
Credit: NIST Metric Program

A variety of technical training and professional development courses are offered by the NIST Metric Program. Explore the Calendar of Events to identify currently scheduled sessions. 

Learning events are scheduled at a variety of times to accommodate participant schedules. Many technical sessions are hosted during normal business hours. Other sessions are hosted on weekday evenings and Saturday afternoons help avoid typical daytime obligations, making it convenient for K-12 educators to participate. Metric Program learning sessions are typically designed for 90-minute time blocks (or less) and all event times are published in the Eastern Time zone.

To promote collaboration among members of the same organization, for example teachers within the same U.S. school, grade, or subject, “Group” participation in a webinar session from a centralized facility location can be pre-arranged with the course Instructor, on a case-by-case basis. For more information, please contact thesi [at] nist.gov (TheSI[at]nist[dot]gov).

 Metric Training operates within the broader OWM Training Program. The current schedule for all laboratory metrology seminars, webinars, and other associated events are provided in the OWM Training and Events Calendar. All requests for course attendance should be submitted via the OWM Contacts System. Any questions regarding sign-up or registration are provided in the Training FAQs.

NIST Metric Program SI Webinars for K-12 Educations Graphic
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Metric Training Courses

Each Metric Training course is currently presented as online webinar format. Details of each course is provided here: 

The Metric Program participates in the NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers, a two-week workshop for middle school science and math teachers featuring hands-on activities, lectures, tours, and visits with NIST scientists and engineers in their laboratories. More information about this professional development experience is available from the program. 

Metric Estimation Game participants collaborate in small groups to become familiar with SI measurement units
Metric Estimation Game participants collaborate in small groups to become familiar with SI measurement units.
Credit: NIST Metric Program

 

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Created July 28, 2020, Updated May 27, 2025