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Investigation Question 3:
How much can air temperature change during a day?

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Assessment

Assessment

Applying Students' Understanding

 

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To check how well students have grasped the concepts of air temperature measurement, you could have them apply it more broadly. Ask them to construct a table into which they could enter daily temperatures over a longer period of time (a week, a month, three months, a year, etc.) Challenge them to come up with a plan to put temperature measurement into a school weather center. Here is an example chart for you to consider.
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Revisiting Investigation Question 3

Complete this investigation question by asking your students to reflect on "How much can air temperature change during a day?" and how their answers may have changed as a result of what they have learned. The range of temperature extremes (daily high temperature compared to daily low temperature) varies considerably for different locations. A record of the daily highs and lows for some U.S. locations can be found on the NOAA website.

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