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Here's an activity to use in science, math, language, and social

studies classes.



Have your students design a personal thermometer and answer the

question, "How cold is cold?" or "How hot is hot?"



My class has been writing to a meteorologist in Florida and my

students keep telling him it is cold. To which he keeps asking,

"What does that really mean?" Cold in Florida, may mean "No

outside swimming, today." In Wisconsin, it may mean "Don't touch a

wet finger to a metal pole outside or it might stick."



To design a personal thermometer--



List location.

List season (Summer or winter)

Develop a scale of temperatures (Metric or Fahrenheit or both)



Consider present weather to be basis for information--



For example,



30 degrees Fahrenheit--Leave scarf at home.

10 degrees Fahrenheit--Find other glove in a hurry.

0 degrees Fahrenheit--My teeth are shattering so much, I think they

will break.





Well, you get the idea.



Activities--Post "thermometers" on a map given latitude/longitude

   Ask questions if details are lacking and answers aren't specific.





Contact your e-mail friends around the world and see if they will

design "thermometers" as well. Maybe responses will--warm up us

winter folks and "cool" off our summertime friends, as well as

broaden our understanding of seasons and latitudes.



I asked my class to predict how many Wisconsin days (given high

temperatures) it would take to add to 100. I won't post the

answer, but it didn't vary much from their prediction of how

many Florida high temps would add to 100. Guess I need to work on

that skill.



Looking forward to your thermometers!!!!!



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