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Meteorologists
Fourth graders investigate the work of a meteorologist and then take on the identity of one to make reports on clouds and temperature.
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Plants Help Keep a House Cool!
Students experiment with tree shading and house colors to see how to reduce the temperature of a home.
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DOES A FLUCTUATION IN TEMPERATURE IFFECT THE GROWTH AND SURVIVAL RATE OF AQUATIC PLANTS?
Students determine if different temperatures effect the growth and survival rates of aquatic plants and evaluate the optimal temperature for the growth of aquatic plants.
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The Accuracy of Climate Data
Students use maps to determine how accurate climate data really is. They also answer questions using a table of data.
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Sky Watching
Students trace how weather patterns generally move from west to east in the United States.
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Fahrenheit vs Celsius
Students make a thermometer and write a paragraph about how they did it.
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Measurement
First graders participate in various activities dealing with measurement, length, volume, and temperature. They identify the need for standard units of measure, sort and classify objects, measure distances, and use a thermometer.
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Plot! Analyze! Draw your Conclusions!
Students download data reported from the Global Sun Temperature Project website. They graph and analyze the data looking for trends and patterns. They prepare a class report with their observations and post it to the website.
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Class Final Report - Global Sun Temperature Project
Students reflect on the data they have analyzed during the Global Sun Temperature Project. They use the project website as a resource for their observations, draft a class report and post it on the Internet.
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C. B. Atlas Animations: Temperature Experiments
Learners investigate cooling rates of shallow and deep water, analyze Chesapeake Bay temperature information, and interpret effects of temperature variations on living organisms.
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Clouds That Warm, Clouds that Cool
Students investigate the effects of clouds on surface temperature. They measure temperature during the day and night and record and analyze their data.
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Getting Warmer
Learners examine how different materials absorb energy from the sun. They conduct various experiments and complete a temperature change graph.
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Going Through A Phase
Students are introduced to remote sensing equipment used to gather information about the moon. They learn basic facts about the moon such as size, landforms, temperature and gravitational influence on the earth's tides.
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Molecules And Temperature
Learners explain that molecules are in everything living and nonliving. They explain that molecules are too small to see but we can watch their movement.
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Temperature Changes Everything
Students determine the effect of temperature on the motion of particles.
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Taking In The Heat
Students discover that different textured materials can absorb more heat than others. Students work with thermometers, clocks, and graphs.
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Temperature and Solubility
Pupils experiment to see how the solubility of a solid changes as water temperature changes. They graph the results of the solubility tests.
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A Real Difference
Fifth graders use the Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers to compare temperature readings. They use the Internet to find the temperatures of selected cities. After data is collected for five days, 5th graders graph the temperatures.
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Specific Heat and Insulation - Temperature Changes
Learners expand their knowledge of how temperature changes between air and soil. They also examine how natural grass cover insulates the effects of the sun's direct radiation.
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How Hot Is It?
Fourth graders practice estimating temperatures. They practice in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
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Temperature Stories
Students create a story that matches the provided temperature data. They use graphed temperatures as the plot for their creative writing story.