Is That Temperature Reasonable?

Choose sensible temperatures for things (a hot day, ice water, soup) in both scales.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 57

Scientists check whether a measurement makes sense. Use benchmarks you know.
A hot Georgia summer day might be 90 °F. A snowy day is below 32 °F, the freezing point.
In Celsius, a warm spring day is about 25 °C, and ice water is close to 0 °C.
So if a thermometer in your hot cocoa says 20 °F, something is wrong! Hot cocoa is much hotter than freezing.

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.)