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Simple Science: Taking Temperatures

For Students 9th - 10th
The innovative resource investigates endothermy and ectothermy. Students compare body temperature of a snake and rat before and after exposure under a heat lamp. The activity has an interactive online version and a printable data sheet.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Temperature Regulation of the Human Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the methods the human body uses to regulate body temperature. Includes links to the four external heat transfer mechanisms (radiation, conduction, convection, and evaporation of perspiration).
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Worried Sick: Temperature and Stress

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the physiological effects of stress, and investigate the techniques of Tibetan monks to regulate their body temperature. Attach a thermistor to your fingertip to see if relaxation techniques can produce changes in body temperature.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Radiation Cooling of Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the means by which the body regulates its temperature. The role of radiation in this process is explained. An equation for calculating the rate at which energy is transferred by radiation is presented. Also, an interactive...
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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Hot Stuff

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students practice estimating Fahrenheit temperatures using a thermometer in this interactive web lesson. Boiling, freezing, and human body temperatures are used as benchmarks for estimating.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Wood Frogs Survive Winter by Freezing Their Bodies

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about a species of wood frog that is able to survive cold temperatures by partially freezing its body. Includes video.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Functions of the Integumentary System

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here all about how the integumentary system functions: such as protecting the body from invasion by microorganisms, chemicals, and other environmental factors; preventing dehydration; acting as a sensory organ; modulating body...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fever!

For Students 3rd - 9th
This video describes the role of the brain in regulating body temperature and how sometimes fever is employed to fight off infection.
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Temperature Time Warp

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial by Bill Nye explains why cold-blooded creatures need a warm environment to survive.
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Temperature Time Warp

For Students K - 1st
In this activity, learners explore the behavior of cold-blooded animals by observing what happens when they change a fly's temperature.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Homeostasis: Blood Sugar and Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, student-paced lesson on homeostasis in the human body, focusing on blood sugar and core temperature. Students work their way through illustrated and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a...
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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Be a Scientist

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students practice estimating Celsius temperatures using a thermometer in this interactive web lesson. Boiling, freezing, and human body temperatures are used as benchmarks for estimating.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Body Cooling Rate of Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make two models to stimulate the cooling rate of different skin surface areas. They use a Temperature Sensor to measure the cooling rate of the models. The students also compare the cooling rates of the models to determine the...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Experiments: Staying Warm Winter Experiments

For Students 2nd - 4th
A lot of your body heat escapes from your head. Wearing a hat stops some of this heat loss. Try this simple experiment to prove it.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Perspiration Cooling of Body

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses perspiration in the context of physics.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Homeostasis in Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
Homeostasis is the regulation of internal conditions inside cells or organisms, to create the optimum conditions for biological function, including body temperature. Links to a video and test are provided.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Atlantic Ocean

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the features, size, salinity, temperature, ocean floor, currents, and tides of the Atlantic Ocean.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Why Seeing Ice Powers Sends Shivers Down Your Spine

For Students 6th - 8th
Article reports on the effect that seeing images of extreme cold can have on the physical body. Includes video.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
With the help of simple, teacher-led demonstration activities, students learn the basic concepts of heat transfer by means of conduction, convection, and radiation. Students then apply these concepts as they work in teams to solve two...
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Globio

Glossopedia: Chocolate

For Students 3rd - 8th
Chocolate begins as a seed of the tropical cacao tree. It has been a prized taste sensation for more than 2,500 years. One reason chocolate is so nice to eat is that it melts just below body temperature. So it really does melt in your...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Heat Generation in Brown Fat

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "Heat Generation in Brown Fat" and complete the related five-question quiz.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mammal Endothermy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how mammals maintain their body temperature.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Energy and Heat Balance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the human body regulates temperature and explain the significance of the metabolic rate.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Skin Structure and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive, self-paced lesson on the body's largest organ, the skin. Students learn information and watch descriptive animations to aid in understanding, answering review questions throughout the activity. A self-check quiz follows...

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