Lesson 56 of 84 · Land and Water
Lesson⭐ 30 XPMeasuring Temperature (Part 2)
Land and Water.
🎯 Your mission
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
⚡ The twist
Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.
Mind = Blown
🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.
What You'll Learn
A thermometer measures how hot or cold the air is. We use degrees to describe temperature.
Key Words
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Steps
Read about Land and Water with a partner or grown-up.
Keep a weather journal for 5 days. Each day draw the sky and write the temperature.
Watch carefully. What happens?
Draw and write about what you learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
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Where you see this in real life
This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.
For the dinner table
“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”
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