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Investigation Question 2:
How warm or cool is it?

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Assessment

Assessment

Applying Students' Understanding

To assess how your students understand how measuring air with a thermometer is related to weather show them a local newspaper weather report and/or a video recording of a television weather forecast. Ask them to:

  • find as many connections they can between their temperature recordings and the information given in the reports and forecasts;
    A map of the US showing different temperature forecasts.

    © NOAA

    This map shows forecast temperatures for the U.S. on Aug. 15, 2006.

  • discuss why air temperature is usually shown and why people often want to know about it.

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Revisiting Investigation Question 2

Complete this investigation question by asking your students to reflect on "How can we describe temperature using numbers?" and how their answers may have changed as a result of what they have learned. While numbers can express relative temperature (1st, 2nd, 3rd), using a standard temperature scale with degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius allows for descriptions and comparisons across distances and over time.

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