Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Does the Temperature of the Great Lakes Change Over Time?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity allows students to use water surface temperature, bathymetric data, and weather data to look at trends in the water temperature of the Great Lakes.
Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Smartgraphs: Graphs Tell a Story

For Students 6th - 9th
Students match a word story to the correct set of graphs involving temperature change over time.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Temperature: Using a Thermometer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will record the high/low temperature daily throughout the school year and observe the change over time (phenology). They will analyze the data monthly and make predictions about the temperature.
Lesson Plan
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Greenhouse Gases [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan in which students observe and contrast thermal properties of three major greenhouse gases. Using simple, readily available materials, students collect temperature change over time for dry air, water-saturated air, carbon...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Works Best in a Radiator?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the importance of heat transfer and heat conductance. Using hot plates, student groups measure the temperature change of a liquid over a set time period and use the gathered data to calculate the heat transfer that occurs....
Lesson Plan
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Feeling the Heat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students learn about the urban heat island effect by investigating which areas of their schoolyard have higher temperatures. Then they analyze data about how the number of heat waves in an urban area has increased over...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Summer Monsoon in India, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of the Indian subcontinent and the Central Asia region showing the typical rainfall distribution patterns during the summer monsoons, keyed to show areas of rainfall ranging from very light to, according to this text, the...