Lesson Plan: Measuring Temperature
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to measure temperature in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit and calculate temperature change.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- use a thermometer to read a temperature in degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit,
- estimate temperatures using given reference points,
- calculate temperature changes within the same unit of measurement.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- reading temperatures in degrees Celsius,
- reading temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- converting temperatures between degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit,
- negative numbers.