Investigating the Temperatures in Your Home
There is a wide range of temperatures on earth — from desert hot to arctic cold. What are the temperatures like where you live? Go on an temperature scavenger hunt with your child to discover the many ways you measure temperatures inside and outside your house.
Before You Play
Go to Wild Kratt’s Creaturepedia to learn about the different regions on earth. Encourage your child to imagine what the temperature is like at different regions. Is hot, cold or temperate? How might the animals and people adapt to live there?
Materials
Directions
Talk with your child about the different places in and around the house where temperature is measured, and about the different kinds of thermometers used to measure these temperatures.
Walk together as you search for these thermometers. Some examples are: a thermostat that shows room temperature, an oven thermometer, a refrigerator thermometer, an outdoor thermometer, and a body thermometer.
Record the different thermometer readings on a piece of paper. Compare the temperatures you found. Use comparative vocabulary such as hot, warm, cool, and cold. Ask questions such as:
- Which temperature is the hottest?
- Which temperature is the coldest?
- What is the difference between these two temperatures?
Look at the weekly weather forecast for your neighborhood.
- How does today’s temperature compare to tomorrow’s temperature?
- Calculate the differences between the two temperatures.
- Which two days in the week have the biggest difference? Which have the smallest?
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