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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 8I: Heating and cooling
Section 2: b. What's the temperature?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • that there are different kinds of thermometer

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Demonstrate or arrange for groups to use different thermometers to measure a range of temperatures.
  • select an appropriate thermometer for a set of measurements

Points to note

  • Possible examples include sensors with dataloggers, digital display, bimetal strip, thermocouple, as well as liquid-in-glass.

Sections in this unit

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1. a. What's the temperature?
2. b. What's the temperature?
3. a. How do things get hotter or colder?
4. b. How do things get hotter or colder?
5. c. How do things get hotter or colder?
6. d. How do things get hotter or colder?
7. e. How do things get hotter or colder?
8. a. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
9. b. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
10. c. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
11. d. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
12. e. How do materials change when they are heated and cooled?
13. a. How can we reduce energy waste?
14. b. How can we reduce energy waste?
15. Checking progress
16. How can we explain change of state?
17. Reviewing work