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.
Lesson Plan
Michigan Reach Out

Michigan Reach Out!: How to Read a Thermometer

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Basic instructional activity provided for by "Michigan Reach Out!" for students learning to read a thermometer.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students will learn the physics definition of temperature, how temperature is measured and how to convert the units of temperature...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: Measurement: Temperatures

For Students 3rd - 4th
On this interactive site students learn to link temperature to everyday life and read informal scales on a thermometer.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc Skillswise: Measuring: Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about reading and comparing temperature in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Website
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Temperature

For Students 10th - 12th
Read and view examples and formulas about temperature, its measurement by thermometers, and its relationship to thermal equilibrium.
Activity
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Collaborative Projects: International Boiling Point Project

For Students 9th - 10th
An Internet project designed to determine the greatest influence on the boiling point. After reading the project instructions and performing the experiment, submit your data and compare your results to other classes from around the world.
Unit Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Heat Sources Feeling Hot Hot Hot!

For Students 3rd - 8th
How does temperature vary in the sunshine and shade. Find out as you participate in this lab activity. The resource also has some online thermometers for you to read.
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1300: Daniel Fahrenheit

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of how the Fahrenheit temperature scale was invented, and the man who invented it, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. Includes an audio recording of this radio program episode.