Temperature & Thermometers
Understand temperature as how hot or cold something is, that a thermometer measures temperature, and use words like hot, warm, cool, and cold to describe how the air feels on different days
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“If your child saw a thermometer outside, could they explain that it tells us how hot or cold the air is, and describe today as hot, warm, cool, or cold?”
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- Activity. Understand temperature as how hot or cold something is, that a thermometer measures temperature, and use words like hot, warm, cool, and cold to describe how the air feels on different days
What to notice. Explain that temperature describes how hot or cold something is • Identify a thermometer as the tool used to measure temperature • Use words like hot, warm, cool, and cold appropriately to describe air temperature
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If your child saw a thermometer outside, could they explain that it tells us how hot or cold the air is, and describe today as hot, warm, cool, or cold?
Understand temperature as how hot or cold something is, that a thermometer measures temperature, and use words like hot, warm, cool, and cold to describe how the air feels on different days
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- Explain that temperature describes how hot or cold something is
- Identify a thermometer as the tool used to measure temperature
- Use words like hot, warm, cool, and cold appropriately to describe air temperature
“If your child saw a thermometer outside, could they explain that it tells us how hot or cold the air is, and describe today as hot, warm, cool, or cold?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Weather & Climate
- Age range
- Ages 5–7