Identify misconceptions that many might have about heat sources.

Gloves do not give heat, but will insulate or hold in any heat that is in your hand.

Learn heat transfer by designing a refrigerator.

Second graders will record and track weather patterns through the year.

By the end of this lesson, students will describe the weather for each season. They will also describe how the weather affects the plants, animals, and people during each season. Activities include taking a weather walk, charting daily...

Learn how to differentiate between heat and temperature.

Learn why things in direct sunlight are warmer than things that are not in as much sunlight.

Discover what happens to the circumference of a balloon when it is placed in dry ice, kept at room temperature, and when it is warmed by a hairdryer.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will describe how the macroscopic properties of a thermodynamic system such as temperature, specific heat, and pressure are related to...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students will learn the physics definition of temperature, how temperature is measured and how to convert the units of temperature...

A White House announcement on the effect of El Nino on world climate.

An Internet project designed to determine the greatest influence on the boiling point. After reading the project instructions and performing the experiment, submit your data and compare your results to other classes from around the world.

Understand the role of the sun as the source of heat and light for living things on earth.

Third graders will understand that heat may be produced when objects are rubbed together.

In this activity, young scholars use a graph to make a hypothesis about the difference between urban heat in New York City streets and in Central Park.

Students explore the relationship between weather and climate by graphing weather temperature data and comparing with climate averages.

Children will learn about and explore measurement to successfully design a dog house for his or her cutout paper dog. Each section of this weeklong adventure is introduced by a video clip or online game that encourages children to...

Download these free worksheets to sharpen your skills in converting units. Sheets focus on converting between a wide variety of measurement units including mass, length, volume, temperature, time, and many more.

Download these free worksheets to sharpen your measurement skills. Sheets focus on temperature, conversion, area and perimeter, volume, and more.

Caleb works in a Hamburger restaurant and he can really use your help measuring temperature and comparing the areas of things in the restaurant.

Learn about 2D shapes and temperature with King Toot.

See the current and past weather conditions of Alaska. Take a look at a webcam set up in Fairbanks, Alaska for current conditions.

This interactive resource from NASA shares scientific projections about temperatures of the future.

See what the average winter and summer temperature is predicted to be in your town in 2050.