1st Grade Weather Report!

In our last unit, 1st graders are investigating the weather! They are learning how to read a thermometer in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.  We first investigated temperature in the classroom, then, during next science class, we go outside to take the temperature and write a weather report!

It's hard to see where the red line
stops sometimes.

You have to give the thermometer time
to measure the temperature.

You have to be sure to only hold the sides of
the thermometer.  If you don't, you will be
taking your temperature!

Looking closely at the temperature of cold water.

Now discovering the temperature of warm water.

Writing the weather report from the garden.

Going outside to see what the temperature is.

Reading the thermometer, checking the wind!

1st Graders Report the Weather!

We have begun our final unit of the year - weather!   What better way to start learning about weather than to read a thermometer!  People use thermometers to discover what the temperature is of things: people, food and the air.  We also talked about how the temperature can be read in Fahrenheit or Celsius.

The lines on the thermometer can be hard to read.

We had two cups of water to take the temperature of. 

After practicing reading the thermometer in the classroom, we tested our skills outside in the garden.  We took the temperature of the air, looked in the sky for any clouds and tried to determine if there was any wind.

What's the Weather Like Today?

Now that we know how to read a thermometer, outside we go to our school garden!  We take the temperature and then check the sky.  Is it partly cloudy or overcast, rainy or drizzling, breezy or windy?

1st Grade and Temperature!

1st grade has started the last unit of the year: air and weather.  The have been practicing reading the temperature of water.  We wondered why most of the world reads degrees in Celsius while America reads temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. 

The cup is so warm!

Look at how fast the red is moving up!

This water is colder than the water in the other cup.