Time Requirements: Approximately 90 minutes Outcomes: Low Functioning Students: 1) Identify and describe the concepts of hot and cold 2) Correctly label and describe the uses of a thermometer 3) Read thermometers using both scales Average Functioning (Most) Students: 1) Read thermometers using both scales 2) Convert from one scale to the other 3) Identify the temperature at which water boils and freezes expressed in both scales 4) Describe the relationship between temperature and diffusion High Functioning Students: 1) Read thermometers using both scales 2) Develop/discover conversion formulas for Centigrade to Fahrenheit and Fahrenheit to Centigrade 3) Convert from one scale to the other 4) Identify the temperature at which water boils and freezes expressed in both scales 5) Describe and understand the relationship between temperature, diffusion, and molecular movement Materials/ Resources: Seven or eight thermometers with both Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales Twenty-eight or thirty-two medium-sized beakers Approximately two gallons of distilled water Seven or eight ounces of red or blue dye Equipment to heat the distilled water Ice cubes and a refrigerator to cool the distilled water Worksheets for student use in recording, converting, and determining formulas Lesson Introduction: Today we're going to be learning about temperature and how it's measured.
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