Professor Dave Explains
Converting Between Temperature Scales (Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin)
If you're American, you're familiar with the Fahrenheit scale, so 30 degrees is cold and 100 degrees is hot. But in the rest of the world, nobody uses this scale! They use Celsius, and to them, 30 is pretty darn hot. Furthermore,...
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arithmetic and Pre Algebra: Comparing Celsius and Fahrenheit
This video shows how to compare Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales, and identify the boiling and freezing of each. Practice problems are available. [2:50]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Absolute Temperature and the Kelvin Scale
This video explains the three different temperature scales - Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit - and how to convert between them.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Fahrenheit: Lesson 2
In this lesson, students are introduced to the Fahrenheit scale of measuring temperature. It is 2 of 6 in the series titled "Fahrenheit."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Kelvin Temperature: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain how to convert Celcius temperature to Kelvin temperature by adding 273 units. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Kelvin Temperature."