Temperature & Thermometers
Understand temperature as how hot or cold something is, that a thermometer measures temperature, and use words like hot, warm, cool, and cold to describe how the air feels on different days
Lesson
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“Temperature & Thermometers means knowing temperature is how hot or cold something is, and thermometers measure it. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Simple thermometer (or picture)
- Word cards: hot, warm, cool, cold
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Temperature is how hot or cold. A thermometer measures it. Today feels cool.
Optional challenge. For Temperature & Thermometers, compare indoor vs outdoor feel with two words.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: definition; thermometer job; feel word; support used. This session samples temperature words, not mastery of measurement science.
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Temperature & Thermometers means knowing temperature is how hot or cold something is, and thermometers measure it. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes ordering hot→cold words, reading a thermometer picture, then checking one fresh feel word.
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Start practiceTemperature & Thermometers practice
Use hot/warm/cool/cold and name what thermometers measure.
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NASA Climate Kids · Practice link — not the full lesson
Weather and Climate
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Weather and Climate supports Temperature & Thermometers. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Public NASA Climate Kids page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
NASA Climate Kids. “Weather and Climate.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Explain that temperature describes how hot or cold something is
- Identify a thermometer as the tool used to measure temperature
- Use words like hot, warm, cool, and cold appropriately to describe air temperature
“If your child saw a thermometer outside, could they explain that it tells us how hot or cold the air is, and describe today as hot, warm, cool, or cold?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Weather & Climate
- Age range
- Ages 5–7