Feeling the Heat

Pupils record temperatures at different locations around campus. They examine the results and draw conclusions about how materials and colors affect the amount of heat produced. They also analyze Los Angeles' temperature records over a 100-year span and participate in a human bar graph of the data. This lesson plan is loaded with background information, resource links, and a data collection worksheet for your convenience. It is a terrific lesson plan for exploring heat and the weather. 

Concepts

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absorption, climates, heat, temperature

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Additional Tags

absorption, climate, heat, materials, temperature, urban area, science

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Resource Details

Grade

5th - 8th

Subjects

Science

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

2 hrs

Instructional Strategies

Collaborative Learning

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Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

BY-NC-SA: 3.0