Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Temperatures

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
As a middle school assessment task, learners first examine line graphs of monthly temperatures for two locations, and then match box plots to each line plot.
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Use Temperature

For Students 5th - 6th
In this temperatures worksheet, students read 7 clues and use their answers to fill in the temperature chart. All problems pertain to the rise and fall of temperatures in five cities.
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Our City's Temperature

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a thermometer to record temperatures from their homes throughout the city, and then hypothesize reasons for the temperature variations. They use a weather graph worksheet that's imbedded in this lesson to orgainize their data.
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Measuring Temperature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how to determine temperature on a thermometer. They read and discuss an informational handout, discuss examples of Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, and complete a worksheet.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Temperature

For Students 4th - 5th
For this temperature problem solving worksheet, learners read a story problem about the temperature variations in one day. Students answer 4 questions in which information they know is organized and a plan is made to calculate the...
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Temperature and Negative Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this intermediate temperature and negative numbers worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer questions regarding temperature.
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Temperature and Negative Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this intermediate temperature and negative numbers learning exercise, students record differences in temperatures and choose the best estimates for temperatures. Students also respond to 2 test prep questions regarding temperature.
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Temperature and Negative Numbers

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this intermediate temperature and negative numbers worksheet, students record the temperatures on 4 thermometers. Students also respond to 6 short answer questions regarding temperature.
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Behavior Of Substances At Different Temperatures

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are involved in a lab experience to look at the concept of heating up various materials to see how they react to an increase in temperature. They make observations and record them in a lab journal. Then students discuss...
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Air Temperature and Kinetic Energy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use a NASA website do activities which help them better explain how air temperature and kinetic energy are related to aircraft propulsion.
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Keeping Warm: Temperature Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this temperature worksheet, students write the highest and lowest temperature shown thermometers can read, then write the temperature shown on each.
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Measurement (Grades 3-5)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Third, fourth, and fifth graders participate in measurement centers. They visit six different centers: standard and linear measurement, clocks, weight, volume, temperature, and converting measurements. They complete a data collection...
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Cold, Clouds, and Snowflakes

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore satellite data and graphing. In this weather data analysis math and science lesson, students analyze NASA satellite data to draw conclusions about geographical areas where precipitation might have happened. Students...
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Light and Day

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Pupils explore the concept of collecting data as they collect data on their graphing calculator about time, temperature, and light. Learners plot the data and create histograms and box and whisker plots to analyze the data.
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Hot Under The Collar

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Pupils try to get a collar on temperature with a short assessment item that asks them to compare two different methods in converting Celsius to Fahrenheit. Individuals try to find out when an estimation provides conversions that are...
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Temperature Conversions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this temperature conversions instructional activity, students are given the equations to convert from one unit of temperature to the other. They solve four problems using these equations.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Temperature: Reteach

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this temperature worksheet, students solve 3 word problems based on a model of information about a day's temperature. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Wind Chill

For Students 3rd
In this temperature worksheet, 3rd graders study and analyze a table containing different temperatures associated with different wind speeds and answer 4 fill in the blank answers and 2 multiple choice questions.
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Standard Deviation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students find city temperatures and analyze their means to find the standard deviation. They calculate the standard deviation of monthly temperature means.
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Heating the Atmosphere

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students construct a thermograph for maximum and minimum temperatures for the 2-week period. They illustrate how the earth's atmosphere is heated by convection and conduction currents and evaporation of water.
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Weather Report Chart

For Teachers K - 4th
Students complete a weather report chart after studying weather patterns for a period of time. In this weather report activity, students measure temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed, and wind direction for a month....
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Stellar Observations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the uses of spectroscopy and the operation of the Hubble space telescope.  In this astronomy lesson students complete a lab activity that includes graphing star color and temperature.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Integers

For Students 4th - 6th
In this problem-solving learning exercise, students practice problem-solving 2 mathematical word problems involving integers and 4 key steps.
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What Temperature Is It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils use the internet to research information on the average maximum and minimum temperature for a city in their state. They create spreadsheets and enter data to analyze the information, focusing on averages, maximums, minimums and...