Read a Thermometer

How hot or cold is it during a day? You can find out by measuring the temperature on a thermometer. Temperature is measured in both centigrade and Fahrenheit. With just a little practice, it's easy to read both.

Materials

• printed copy of the "Thermometer", below
• heavy cardboard
• scissors
• ruler
• yarn, white and red
• paste

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 thermometer will begin to print.

Instructions

1. CUT out the thermometer.
2. PASTE it to the heavy cardboard, and cut away the extra cardboard to the size of the thermometer.
3. PUNCH OUT the two black dots on the top and bottom of the thermometer.
4. MEASURE the distance between the two holes.
5. CUT a piece of white yarn and a piece of red yarn, both two inches longer than the distance between the two holes.
6. TIE the white yarn to one end of the red yarn.
7. On the side with the numbers, THREAD the yarn through the top and bottom holes, making sure the red piece is at the bottom and the white on top.
8. TURN the thermometer to the back, and loosely tie the yarn ends together.
9. MOVE the yarn up and down to show different temperatures on the face of the thermometer.
10. PRACTICE reading the temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. If it's 80 degrees Fahrenheit, how many degrees Celsius is it?

Thermometer

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