Heat and Temperature  

Experiments for Kids:

Converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit and Kelvin:
     https://www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm
     Conversion and animal temperatures

Heat and Insulation Lessons - https://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/keeping-warm/lessons-and-activities-about-heat-and-insulation

Things Heat Up - http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/when-things-start-heating-up/
Temperature Changes Everything - http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/temperature-changes-everything/
Heating and Cooling of Food Coloring - http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/hot-and-cold-colors/

Passing the Heat Along lesson plan from SMILE - https://smileprogram.info/ch9508.html
Heat  - lesson plan from SMILE - https://smileprogram.info/ph9615.html

Warm Me Up! - http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=2460

Heat of Air and Soil - https://www.globe.gov/documents/348614/15c96d8c-507c-4097-98d7-73d8f555dd03                            http://www.njagsociety.org/uploads/1/7/0/5/17057112/comparing_soil_and_air_temperature_lesson_plan_ls_wb.pdf
https://undsci.berkeley.edu/lessons/heating_cooling.html

Hot Stuff - Grade 3 - https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2299
The Heat Is On - Grade 3 - https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2461 
Insulators - Grade 6 - https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2295
Heat and Color - Grade 6 - https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2519
Solar Oven - Grade 6 - https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2536
Too Hot to Handle - Grade 6 - https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2537
Temperature/ Thermometers - Grade 4 - https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2481

Solar Activities - https://www.kathimitchell.org/energy.htm#Solar Energy

Testing Heat and Temperature - https://www.metrofamilymagazine.com/simple-science-experiment-heat-vs-temp/
https://www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com/simple-heat-experiment/
https://sciencenotes.org/glow-stick-science-experiment-ideas/#:~:text=Snap%20three%20glow%20sticks.,the%20rates%20of%20chemical%20reactions

Heating and Cooling Grade 2 - https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/heating-and-cooling-video-for-kids/
Heat Transfer Grade 6 - https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/heat-transfer-of-thermal-energy-video-for-kids

Lessons for Teachers:

Heat, Temperature, and Conduction
    https://www.acs.org/middleschoolchemistry/lessonplans/chapter2/lesson1.html
    http://www.compadre.org/precollege/static/unit.cfm?sb=7&course=1
    https://educators.brainpop.com/bp-jr-topic/heat/

Heat and Energy Resources from the Exploratorium
   https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/subject/heat-and-temperature
   https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/subject/heat-and-temperature?page=1
   https://annex.exploratorium.edu/xref/phenomena/heat.html
   https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/hand-held-heat-engine

Heat Transfer Activities and Games

Utah Education Network
   https://www.uen.org/core/science/sciber/TRB6/VI.shtml
   Gr. 3 Heat and Light activities - Things Are Heating Up - It's Hot
   Gr. 4 Heat and Temperature - https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/9830
   Gr. 6 http://www.uen.org/core/displayLessonPlans.do?courseNumber=3060&standardId=1258&objectiveId=1259
         https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/16198
         https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/2322
         https://www.uen.org/lessonplan/view/21569         

How Thermometers Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/therm.htm  

Tutorial About Temperature - Sky Math - for middle school teachers -
Sky Math
https://scied.ucar.edu/activity

Global Temperatures - https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/global-temperatures
US Temperature Records - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_and_territory_temperature_extremes

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