Graphing the temperature

How does temperature change over a few days? Weeks? Months? Use the temperature graph below to record temperature patterns over a long time.

Materials

• printed copy of the "Temperature Graph", below
• crayon or marker
• daily newspaper or local weather report showing current or daily temperatures.

To print this page:

1. PLACE the mouse pointer on the File menu at the top of the screen.
2. CLICK and HOLD the mouse button down while DRAGGING the pointer to Print.
3. RELEASE the mouse button. The print dialog box is displayed.
4. PRESS RETURN. The temperature graph will begin to print. Print one temperature graph for each day.

Instructions

1. MAKE 5 copies of the Temperature Graph.
2. WRITE the day on the top of the first graph.
3. START from the bottom of the Fahrenheit or Celsius side of the graph (depending on the temperature data collected from the newspaper or local weather) and COLOR up until you reach the current temperature. Then do the same on the other side of the graph, coloring up to where the color stopped on the first side.
4. READ the degrees Fahrenheit, and the degrees Celsius. Are the numbers the same? Is the temperature the same?
5. GRAPH the temperature in your neighborhood for several days by REPEATING steps 2-5. Compare the temperatures from week to week.

    

   Which day was the warmest? Which day had the coolest temperatures?

   Which week was the warmest? Which week had the coolest temperatures?

   "Temperature Graph"
   

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