🔥
Grade 3 Science · World 8: Heat Seekers · Level 56
Celsius Too
Read °C, and compare the scales: 32 °F and 0 °C both mean water freezes.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 56
- Scientists, and most countries, use degrees Celsius, written °C. Many thermometers show both scales.
- The numbers are different, but the temperature is the same! This liquid is at 50 °F, which is also 10 °C.
- Two numbers worth remembering: water freezes at 32 °F, which is 0 °C. Water boils at 212 °F, which is 100 °C.
- A healthy body is about 98.6 °F, or 37 °C.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S3P1.b — Plan and carry out an investigation to gather data using thermometers to produce tables and charts that illustrate the effect of sunlight on various objects. (Clarification statement: The use of both Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales is expected.)