Temperature

Learning Context

Purpose: To teach about temperature and thermometers.

Goals:
• The students will be able to write an explanation for how a thermometer is used
• The students will be able to use a thermometer
• The students will be able to answer questions relating temperature to real life

Enduring Understanding:
• Thermometers are the tool used to measure temperature
• Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is
• Degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius are the two standard units of measurement for temperature

Essential Question:Why is it important to have standard units of measurement?

Guiding Questions:
• What tool is used to measure temperature?
• What is a temperature of a hot day in degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius?
• What is a cold day temperature in degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius?
• What is Fahrenheit and Celsius?

Objectives to be achieved:
1.0 The students will be able to read a thermometer in Fahrenheit and Celsius.
2.0 The students will be able to write that a thermometer is the tool that measures temperature .
3.0 The students will be able to write the temperature for the freezing point.

Grade Level and Ability:
All seven students in this class have IEP’s. There are four students which are at the fourth grade level and therefore will be taking the Fourth Grade New York State Science exam this year. The other three students are at a third grade level and will not be taking the exam until next year. This lesson will be focused as a learning experience toward the fourth grade students and just as an introductory lesson for the third grade students.

Overview of What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do:
In order for the students to meet the stated objectives of this learning experience, the students need to:
• Know that a thermometer is the tool used to measure the temperature.
• Freezing point is 32 degrees Fahrenheit 0 degrees Celsius.
• Read a thermometer in both Fahrenheit and Celsius.
• When the “red” is high on the thermometer it means the temperature is hot, when the “red” is low on the thermometer it is cold.

Classroom Layout:
To assist the reader in understanding the set up of the classroom and where the learning takes place, an attachment can be found by clicking the link above.

Classroom Rules:
The classroom rules and procedures are reviewed with the students before the lesson begins. These rules can be found in the attachment link above.

Procedures and material management for interactive bulletin board

Partnership Procedures:
• Pirate reads the question
• Crewmates record their answer
• Pirate checks answer
• Discuss

Material Management
• ONLY the person wearing the pirate hat is allowed to talk or touch the board
• The hat gets passed after EACH question

Not following the rules and procedures results in loss of 1 treasure (penny)
Following the rules and procedures results in one gold chocolate token