Every year, millions of students from all around the world come to the USA for higher education. They must adjust to a completely different and diverse cultural life. Among the many adversities they face, one of the top problems is the Imperial System of measurement (Pounds,Ounce,Miles, Fahrenheit), which is used in the USA, Liberia, and Myanmar. The rest of the world follows the Metric System for measurement (Kilogram, Litre, Kilometre, Celsius). Students struggle with this issue in all aspects of their daily lives, from mundane activities such as checking the weather app, buying milk, currency conversion and measuring distances, to more complex tasks such as setting the thermostat in their house. It is difficult for them to understand the units and get a sense of measurement.
The App will help the students in following ways:-
i) It provides live weather updates in both Fahrenheit and Celsius simultaneously. This helps create a one-to-one mapping in the mind between both scales, which aids in developing a sense of measurement.
ii) While traveling by car, the app displays the current speed in both miles per hour and kilometers per hour simultaneously, using the accelerometer and GPS location.(To Be Implemented in Future).
iii)It includes converters for Fahrenheit to Celsius, miles to kilometers, ounces to litres, and pounds to kilograms.
iv)It provides a Database list of American Slangs.