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Is It Hot in the Light?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make observations about the temperature of items in direct sunlight. In groups, they discuss why asphalt, brick and cement are warmer than items surrounding them. To end the lesson, they examine how heat transfers energy...
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Wind Chill!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast windmill charts to determine how cold the temperature feels in relation to actual degrees. They investigate the wind chill graphs to find the wind chill equivalent and discuss the variables affecting the...
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Selling Our Insulated Long Undies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review the information they have gathered in previous lessons on temperature. In groups, they must decide on which material they tested is the best one for long underwear. They develop a cost and determine a company to sell...
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Measurement Worksheet Maker 2

For Students 5th - 8th
In this measurement worksheet, students complete 12 conversion problems about length, temperature, volume, and more. This is also a link to make more worksheets like this.
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Mechanical Properties

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of hardness. In this physical science lesson plan, students will be using clay heated at different temperatures to study hardness based on the indention left. Students will also be identifying the variables...
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Worksheet: Phase Diagrams

For Students 10th - 12th
In this phase diagram worksheet, students complete 7 fill in the blank questions about three different diagrams. Triple point, critical pressure, and critical temperature for water and carbon dioxide are examples of items identified on...
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How to Read a Thermometer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students' temperature is measured using an instrument called a thermometer.
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Understanding Celsius

For Teachers 4th
Student read both Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures on thermometers. They covert the temperatures and write poems to show understanding.
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Hypothermia

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this hypothermia worksheet, students test room temperature water against outside wind and see what happens to a thermometer's temperature. Students follow 9 directions and answer 9 questions.
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Using a Thermometer

For Teachers 1st
First graders use their senses to formulate questions and make predictions to determine what is in the "Wonder Bag". They hold pieces of ice and examine while listing descriptors on a chart and then take their own temperature using an...
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Deep Ocean Currents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe the interactions of different temperatures of water using colored ice and a thermometer and then compare the results with global ocean current solar heating. They identify where floating ice would be found in the ocean,...
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Weather

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in a variety of mini-lessons including experiments, literature readings, physical education components, music, data gathering and recording and more to expose them to several themes of weather; i.e. water cycle,...
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Sun or Shade

For Teachers K - 1st
Students hang a thermometer in the sun and in the shade and record the results. For this sun or shade lesson plan, students hang a thermometer in sun and shade and compare the results of the temperature.
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Using a Fahrenheit Thermometer

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students answer 12 questions about Fahrenheit temperatures. Students also record the temperature of their school in the afternoon and morning.
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Converting Fahrenheit and Celsius (A)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this temperature conversion worksheet, students practice their math skills as they convert the 33 single Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures..
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Behavior and Properties of Gases

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students convert Celsius to Kelvin temperature. Students conduct three lab experiments, gas law simulations using Internet applets, lectures and demonstrations. The Laws included are Boyle's, Charles, Combined Gas, Ideal Gas, and Gram's...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe and discuss the change of water to ice and back again. In this water and ice lesson, students observe the change in temperature and what happens when water freezes and turns to ice and vice versa.
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Weather Awareness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate weather. In this weather lesson, 2nd graders discover how to read a temperature gauge, keep track of the weather, and find out how the weather affects their day. They work individually and in partners to make...
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Gay-Lussac's Law

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Gay-Lussac's Law worksheet, students determine the pressure change when a constant volume of gas is heated. Then they identify what the pressure is at standard temperature. Students also determine and calculate the final pressure...
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Wintergreen

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore plant biology by conducting a light sensitivity experiment in class. In this wintergreen tree lesson, students discuss how specific species of trees can grow in the dead of winter by identifying the amount of light that...
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Season Tiles: Ceramics Lesson

For Teachers K - 3rd
Each color holds its own feeling and these feelings are used to describe the four seasons. Youngsters create a color palate based on the four seasons, assigning various colors to each season. They each create four clay tiles, painting...
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Marine Fisheries Management

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
The many aspects to consider in Marine Fisheries are covered in this very detailed PowerPoint.  There are a large number of slides dealing with both the conditions to consider and terms regarding fisheries. It also covers the laws,...
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Meteorology

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
See how estimation is essential to making temperature weather maps. Scholars use ratios and rates of change to estimate temperatures at locations where temperature readings have not been made. They connect this idea to linear functions.
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It's Just a Phase

For Students 6th - 12th
Explore the phases of water as temperature rises. Pupils consider the idea that temperature remains constant during each phase change. An interactive exercise allows your young scientists to observe the temperature and molecular...

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