Tampering with Temperature in Gan Aleph

 If you ask Gan Aleph what happens to an animal when they hibernate, they will tell you that their body temperature drops very low and this slows down their heart rate and their breathing. What does the word "temperature" mean? We spent time exploring this concept and discovered that temperature is the measure of how hot or cold something is. If something is hot it has a higher temperature than our bodies and if something is cold it has a lower temperature then our bodies. We looked at our class thermometer and saw the mercury inside. We talked about how the outdoor temperature is measured versus our bodies. The children were surprised to hear that you can also measure the temperature of foods and liquids with a special food thermometer! During center time, we put these ideas to the test. The children were presented with a chart of 5 liquids on it (cold water, hot water, apple juice, oil and milk). We took turns sticking the thermometer in the liquids and writing down the temperature. The children thought it was so interesting how the arrow in the thermometer quickly moved all the way up the numbers when we stuck it in the boiling water. We observed which liquid had the highest temperature and which the lowest. Gan Aleph tampered with temperature and enjoyed every minute of it!

Tampering with Temperature in Gan Aleph!

If you ask Gan Aleph what happens to an animal when they hibernate, they will tell you that their body temperature drops very low and this slows down their heart rate and their breathing. What does the word "temperature" mean? We spent time exploring this concept and discovered that temperature is the measure of how hot or cold something is. If something is hot it has a higher temperature than our bodies and if something is cold it has a lower temperature then our bodies. We looked at our class thermometer and saw the mercury inside. We talked about how the outdoor temperature is measured versus our bodies. The children were surprised to hear that you can also measure the temperature of foods and liquids with a special food thermometer! During center time, we put these ideas to the test. The children were presented with a chart of 5 liquids on it (cold water, hot water, apple juice, oil and milk). We took turns sticking the thermometer in the liquids and writing down the temperature. The children thought it was so interesting how the arrow in the thermometer quickly moved all the way up the numbers when we stuck it in the boiling water. We observed which liquid had the highest temperature and which the lowest. Gan Aleph tampered with temperature and enjoyed every minute of it!

What's the Temperature?

In conjunction with our unit on the winter season, Gan Daled is conducting experiments to learn about thermometers. Several liquids of varying temperatures were set out, and a thermometer placed in each. The children tried to predict which would be warmer or colder, then read the thermometer and completed a chart with the temperatures. This science experiment also incorporated many math concepts, such as measurement, comparisons, and reading and writing numbers.

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.