MinutePhysics
Can Humans Really Feel Temperature?
Explore thermal energy with this short episode. Jiggling molecules and hand-drawn animation help to explain that just because something has a lot of thermal energy, it doesn't necessarily feel hot to the touch. This is an ideal addition...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Heat
Raise the temperature in your class with this hot film! Cartoon teens discuss thermal energy, the conservation and transfer of energy, three methods of heat transfer, conductors, and insulators. The publisher effectively packed every...
Khan Academy
Solving for F in Terms of C, Linear Equations, Algebra I
The instructor uses the temperature formula to illustrate how the variables can be manipulated to solve a problem.
Khan Academy
Solving for F in Terms of C, Linear Equations, Algebra I
The instructor uses the temperature formula to illustrate how the variables can be manipulated to solve a problem.
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...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Tools of Measurement
From temperature and mass, to length and volume, there are many different types of measurement. Expose young learners to a variety of measurement tools using this slide show of real-life pictures. Go through the presentation one image at...
Steve Spangler Science
Colorful Convection Currents - Sick Science! #075
Use this demonstration to help your class understand convection currents. Learners put food coloring in bottles, one with hot and the other cold water, and see what happens. This is a terrific way to make this idea come alive. Once they...
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
Colorful Convection Currents
Use this demonstration to help your class understand convection currents. Learners put food coloring in bottles, one with hot and the other cold water, and see what happens. This is a terrific way to make this idea come alive. Once they...
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
Temperature and Heat: A Discussion
Temperature and heat are not the same thing. The differences are explained visually in a science classroom and with animated graphics. The narrator speaks slowly and clearly, making this ideal for younger scientists. Use in your middle...
Curated OER
Different Temperature Scales
HSW presents the different temperature scales for measuring heat. Use this video with "Temperature and Heat: A Discussion" to introduce your middle school scientists to heat measurement. The narrator speaks slowly and clearly, but the...
Curated OER
The Race for Absolute Zero
When atoms are cooled to extremely low temperatures, the atoms begin to act like waves, overlap, and technically lose their identity! In this condensed introduction to the Bose-Einstein condensate, an MIT physicist explains how. Use it...