Third grade completed their lessons on thermal energy with a lab about thermometers.  In this investigation, we watched the thermometer as the hot water cooled to determine which cup was the best insulator.  Thermometer concepts and skills were new to many of my students.  Vocabulary included Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin, degrees and scale.  We also learned freezing and boiling points of Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. To reinforce this concept at home, show your children places you use thermometers (such as your thermostat, oven, fish tanks, or car).  Show ways you use thermometers to measure the temperature of your body, air, liquids, or meat.

Click here to practice reading a thermometer.

Click here for NASA thermometer activity.

Taught this poem to our kindergarten classes. I love children’s artwork! These masterpieces were completed in Mrs. Hornsby’s homeroom.

God made the birds.
God made the bees.
God made the flowers,
And God made me!

God made the sky.
God made the sea.
God made the animals,
And God made me!

Have you seen this yet?  It was filmed with a drone by Brewer Engineering.  I am a founding teacher and it is so amazing to see how our prayers have been answered.  We are blessed!

Lab helpers come to my room each day to help me feed the fish, turtle, crabs, frogs, and ducks. I really enjoy spending some individual time with my students and it is a great opportunity to teach them how to care for our lab animals.

They are only 12 days old and just opened their eyes!