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Make Your Own Temperature Scale
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
Students learn about the difference between temperature and thermal energy. They build a thermometer using simple materials and develop their own scale for measuring temperature. They compare their thermometer to a commercial thermometer, and get a sense for why engineers need to understand the properties of thermal energy.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
- Collection:
- TeachEngineering