This Printable Thermometer shows Fahrenheit and Celsius scales side by side, giving 2nd grade students an easy classroom tool for tracking temperature and weather. Print, mark, and reuse all year long.
A read a thermometer worksheet for 3rd Grade: students find the temperature on four Fahrenheit scales, then solve multi-step temperature problems. Answer key included, so measurement practice is ready to print and quick to check.
This Reading Thermometers Worksheet has 2nd graders read four Fahrenheit thermometers to the nearest two degrees, then color two more to match a given temperature. Answer key included for fast, no-prep measurement practice.
This what's the temperature worksheet gives 3rd grade students four Fahrenheit thermometers to read and three temperature word problems, with an answer key included, so reading a scale finally clicks.
The Right Temperature Worksheet has 2nd graders read four Fahrenheit thermometers and match a temperature to three weather pictures. An answer key is included, so it works as no-prep morning work or a quick measurement check.
This average state temperatures graphing worksheet has 4th graders read a scaled bar graph of monthly temperatures, then find the average of four of them. Answer key included, so data practice takes no prep.
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This Celsius to Fahrenheit worksheet gives 5th Grade students eight conversion problems, a dual scale thermometer to read in both units, and a temperature word problem. An answer key is included.
This reading a thermometer worksheet gives 2nd graders four Fahrenheit scales to read and three real-life pictures to match to a temperature. Answer key included, so practice is quick to check and ready to print.
This hot and cold activity lets children sort 12 picture cards onto a Hot and Cold mat to learn about temperature. For kindergarten to 2nd grade, answer key included.
Thermometers Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 4th grade students a two page non-fiction passage about how thermometers measure heat, four multiple choice questions and a written response. An answer key is included.
This Thermometer Differences Worksheet has 3rd graders read Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers and subtract to find each change in temperature, with an answer key included.
This weather warning vocabulary worksheet helps 4th graders tell an advisory from a watch from a warning, and adds forecast, humidity and thermometer. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science review.
This save the snowman temperature activity has 2nd-4th grade students hunt for snowman cards, read each thermometer and decide if the snowman melts. Answer key included.
This thermometer reading worksheet has 5th grade students read Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers and solve multi-step temperature problems. An answer key is included for quick checking.
This temperature actions worksheet helps 3rd grade students match hot and cold temperatures to the right activities, then solve a snowy-day story problem. An answer key is included for quick checking.
This temperature word search worksheet has 3rd grade students find six hot and cold words, then match each word to its meaning. An answer key is included for quick checking.
This Degrees on a Thermometer Worksheet has 4th graders read Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers and solve temperature change word problems, with an answer key for quick checking.
In this dressin for the season seasons activity, PreK to 1st grade kids sort clothing picture cards by hot, cold and rainy weather. Answer key included.
This Enjoying the Temperature Worksheet has 3rd grade students read Fahrenheit thermometers by fives and solve temperature word problems about outdoor fun, with an answer key included for quick checking.
Warm up to some real science!
Kids learn that temperature tells us how hot or cold something is, and that a thermometer measures it in degrees. Young kids compare hot and cold and choose the right clothes for the weather. Older kids discover how a thermometer works: the liquid inside expands and climbs as it warms, then shrinks back down as it cools. They connect temperature to changes they can see, like ice melting above 0°C (32°F) and water turning to steam when it boils. The click comes when kids realize heat is what makes so much of the world change.
Kids learn temperature best by feeling it, measuring it and watching it change things.
Set out pictures or real objects (an ice cube, a mug of cocoa, a sunny window ledge) and kids sort them hot to cold. Then add a thermometer and check a few. Feeling first, measuring second.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withHot and Cold ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Give each kid a printable thermometer with a slider strip. Call out "a snowy day" or "a pool party" and kids slide the red line to match. It shows how the line moves up and down.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withPrintable ThermometerWorksheetsOpen it →Read a thermometer reading every morning as a warm-up for a couple of weeks. A few seconds of practice each day keeps kids fluent with tricky scales.
Why it works: short practice spread over several days beats one long session, according to a large review of learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withReading a Thermometer WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Temperature is everywhere, from the playground to the freezer.
ActivitiesMatch outfits to the season and temperature. Snow boots at the beach? Not today!
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WorksheetsDecide which things need to be hot, warm or cold, like soup, a bath or ice cream.
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WorksheetsLearn words like heat wave and frost, then give a pretend weather report.
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The liquid inside gets bigger when it warms and smaller when it cools. As it expands, it climbs the tube, and the marks tell you the temperature in degrees.
Put ice cubes in a sunny spot and a shady spot and time which melts first. Kids can measure the temperature in both places and explain the difference.
Temperature tells how hot or cold something is. Heat is energy that moves from warmer things to cooler things, which is why a cold drink warms up on the counter.
Kindergarten and 1st grade kids compare hot and cold. By 2nd to 3rd grade they read thermometers, and older kids explore how heat changes matter.
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