Another day. Another poster. Today I’m sharing some SI Units Posters.
I guess that must mean it’s back to school time. I’m teaching chemistry for the first time this year, so I decided I need to up the number of science-y posters on my walls. Last year, I found out I was teaching physical science at the last minute, so I didn’t really have the time to make any posters or the wall space to hang them.
I decided the perfect place to start was with the basic SI Units. I did some googling and found a really cool circular graphic on the website of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures.

I knew that I wanted this graphic to somehow be the center of my poster. I made mini-posters with each unit type, and I thought that I would arrange them like spokes.
When my husband saw my poster arrangement, he suggested that I arrange them horizontally instead.
I wasn’t totally sold on the idea because I was still envisioning them as spokes on a wheel.
However, when I got to school yesterday to hang up my new posters I realized that there really wasn’t anywhere to hang a giant wheel of SI Units. So they did end up getting hung horizontally. 🙂
Free Download of SI Units Posters
SI Units Poster Center (PDF) (605 downloads)
SI Units – Cards to Go Around Center (PDF) (642 downloads)
SI Units Posters (Editable Publisher Files ZIP) (548 downloads)
Want more posters? Check out my posters page!
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- Millions saw the apple fall but Newton asked WHY. (Bernard Baruch)
Teacher of Oz
Friday 18th of August 2017
I'm not a science teacher, so I'm curious why the base unit for mass is kilogram instead of gram? I think this would be really helpful for students that tend to mix up the abbreviations!
Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)
Tuesday 5th of September 2017
There's actually a bar of platinum alloy in a vault in Paris that determines how much a kilogram is. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080228120943.htm