Tampering with Temperature in Gan Aleph

If you ask a child in Gan Aleph what happens to an animal during hibernation season, they will tell you that its body temperature drops to below 30 degrees! After discussing the meaning of body temperature, we looked at different thermometers and tested them on our window (for outdoor temp), our bodies (for body temp) and food! The children put their knowledge of thermometers to test and conducted a science experiment using different liquids. They were each provided with a chart labeled "liquid" and "temperature". After predicting which liquid they thought would be the hottest/coldest, they took turns in small groups measuring the temperatures of cold water, apple juice, hot water, milk from the refrigerator and oil. They read the number displayed on the thermometer and wrote it on their chart. We determined which liquid had the highest temperature and was therefore the hottest and which one had the lowest temperature.