Thermometers resources

Task: Answer questions about how a thermometer works. Assessment focus: expansion of water on heating.

Task: Select the most suitable thermometer to use for different purposes and answer two questions about scale. Assessment focus: making measurements decisions.

This practical task requires students to record temperatures of various areas in the school and to suggest reasons why some areas are warmer or cooler than others.

In this practical task students predict, and then measure the temperature of water from a range of familiar sources.

Task: Match items to the correct temperature. Assessment focus: temperature.

Students are provided with a diagram of a thermometer and they answer questions on its use, how it works, and then read the temperatures from four thermometers.