US Department of Agriculture
A Flash of Food Safety Calibrating a Thermometer: Ice Water Method
When food is prepared or held at improper temperatures, harmful bacteria can grow inside of the food making it unsafe to eat. Using an accurate food thermometer to monitor food temperatures can help ensure the safety of your food. It is...
Bridgeman Arts
Footage of the Supermarine 525. Includes a world speed record attempt by Mike Lithgow, 1953
Clip from a Vickers Supermarine black and white film, First of the New, chronicling the development of Vickers aircraft design. Shows designers at Supermarine headquarters under the management of Joe Swift and R J Mitchell, clips of the...
Bridgeman Arts
Test flight of the record-breaking Supermarine Swift in the North African desert, 1953
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Record breaking Supermarine fighter, The Swift.
American Chemical Society
How Do We Tell Temperature?
Explore the science behind thermometers. Rather than measuring temperature, thermometers track the movement of heat from hot to cold. The installment of the ACS Reactions series examines the chemical response that make thermometers work.
Teacher's Pet
Chemical Systems and Heat
Are you feeling the heat to find a great resource that teaches about thermal energy transfer? Try an engaging video! Chemistry pupils explore the concepts and calculations involved in chemical systems. The narrator shows examples and...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Tell Temperature
Weather watchers are introduced to temperature scales using step-by-step animated slides. The Home set explains the Fahrenheit scale on a thermometer, while the Watch Out! set introduces Celsius. A Try It! tab contains two guided...
Steve Spangler Science
Water Thermometer - Sick Science! #039
What a terrific way to explore temperature! Little scientists can use this resource to make their own large thermometer and measure hot and cold liquids. They can then come up with their own experiment ideas or discuss how it might be...
Curated OER
How To Make a Simple Bulb Thermometer
Nearly 400 years have passed since the thermometer was first created! But guess what? The principles are still the same. It works based off of expansion and contraction. Have small groups create thermometers and test them out in...
Curated OER
Measuring Instruments for Physics-THERMOMETER
Asian music plays softly in the background as a woman in a lab coat explains how a thermometer works and how to use one. Names of instruments used are presented in English and Chinese. Rather than show the video in class, it makes more...