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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Temperature

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about temperature in the science of physics and the scales Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin. How to convert between temperature scales and about absolute zero.
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Interactive
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Escalas Termometricas

For Students 3rd - 8th
See the relationship between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin scales with this interactive activity.
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Temperature and Thermal Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teach students the relationship between temperature and thermal energy. It also addresses the three temperature scales: Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin.
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Lesson Plan
Michigan Reach Out

Michigan Reach Out!: How to Read a Thermometer

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Basic lesson provided for by "Michigan Reach Out!" for students learning to read a thermometer.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Temperature Heat and the Sun

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students are introduced to temperature, heat and solar radiation. Students learn the methods of measuring and converting temperature between different units and identifying factors which...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Keeping Warm

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this unit children build their ideas about temperature as a measure of how hot or cold objects are and learn about thermal insulators as materials that can help to keep things warm or cool.
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Curated OER

Georgia State University: Temperature and Temperature Scales

For Students 9th - 10th
A page describing the concept of temperature and temperature scales. An interactive JavaScript form allows the visitor to investigate the relationship between the Kelvin, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. Simply enter a value and allow the...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Heat and Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
With this learning module, students will understand the difference between heat and temperature, convert temperatures among different temperature scales, and calculate specific heat.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Do You Have a Temperature?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students represent and analyze climate data. They use linear regressions to understand the relationship between temperatures measured in the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales and examine conversion factors.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Inverse of Two Temps

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students find a conversion equation that will calculate the corresponding Celsius temperature for any given Fahrenheit temperature. Students learn to graph scatter plots, analyze and graph linear equations, compute and...
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abcteach

Abcteach: Math: Measurement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teachers will find a variety of worksheets, booklets, conversion charts, warm-up activities and more on measurements. There is even one activity that could be used in a French language class which...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Transforming Data Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
It is very common to take data and apply the same transformation to every data point in the set. For example, we may take a set of temperatures taken in degrees fahrenheit and convert them all to degrees celsius. How would this...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: About Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research provides a lengthy page covering numerous topics including the difference between heat and temperature, the use of different temperature scales, thermal expansion, how a...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Measuring and Comparing Temperatures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using thermometers, students will compare differences in the temperature of various materials and locations. They will record and chart the data that was collected and present the graphs to their classmates.
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Botulism

For Students 3rd - 5th
Keep yourself safe from botulism -- "a rare disease that affects nerves and the muscles they control." This article tells how botulism spreads and how it can be prevented.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hot or Not

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity explains what a fever is and how the immune system uses it to try and protect the body against germs. The students then explore temperature further by creating a model of a thermometer and completing a temperature...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Temperature Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page which includes links to a wealth of pages detailing the conceptual meaning of temperature. A hypertext format allows the visitor to quickly gain access the desired information.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Types of Thermometers

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different types of thermometers, their applications, and how they work.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Who Invented the Thermometer?

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of the thermometer and the different types of thermometers and temperature scales that were invented.
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Website
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: What Is Weather?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Rain and dull clouds, windy blue skies, cold snow, and sticky heat? This site helps students learn more about weather and what causes it to change.
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Unit Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Seasons and Temperature: How Do We Measure Temperature?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animated interactive teaches young researchers about scales and devices used to measure temperature.
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Teachers TryScience

Try Science en Espanol

For Students 3rd - 8th
Fabulous resource for kids studying science. An excellent reinforcement for lessons covered in class or an insightful tool for students wishing to expand their knowledge of science. Allows students to visit science centers all over the...
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Article
Cuemath

Cuemath: Temperature

For Students 6th - 8th
The article explains temperature. Specifically, you will learn about the temperature scale, temperature scale conversions, and the types of instruments used to measure temperature. Included are solved examples and interactive problems...
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Temperature Conversions: Audio Book

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio book, narrated by author Mark Bishop, provides the equations needed to convert temperature. Find the conversion factors for Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. Also visit links for animations and tutorials about other chemistry...

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