Math Lesson: Gráfica de información de temperatura
Lesson Plan
1 hour 15 minutesGrades1Mathematics
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Written by Maria Lanni, Sustainable Jersey for Schools
About this lesson
In this lesson, students collect temperature data, graph data, and analyze their findings.
Inquire: Students discuss their observations during an experiment with a thermometer.
Investigate: Students interpret data in temperature graphs.
Inspire: Students build a paper thermometer and collect data about their community’s weather patterns.
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- Student DocumentOpen
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- Student Data BookOpen
- Vocabulary CardsOpen
Teaching tips
Suggestions
- The Investigate and Inspire sections can be taught and completed over several days or during an extended math block.
- Teacher can bring different kinds of thermometers to the classroom so students can observe and explore. Suggestions include wall, digital, oral, digital ear, forehead, app-based, pacifier, mercury glass, oven and grill, refrigerator, and laboratory thermometers.
Prerequisites
- This is lesson 3 of 3 in our 1st grade Spanish Math Unit: Gráfica del estado del tiempo.
- Teachers can have construction paper cut out in advance for the paper thermometer.
- Teacher should gather the following materials for the thermometer experiment: two containers, one with warm water and the other with cold water, a thermometer.
- Teacher should gather the following materials for the Inquire activity: A4 printer paper, red construction paper, scissors, glue, ruler, and marker.
- Students should have a basic understanding of the symbols >, =, and <.
Differentiation
- Use the Actividad de extensión in the Student Document to practice decomposing two-digit numbers. Then, students can share their work in pairs. This can be used as a formative assessment.
- Students can do the extension activity in the Student Document to practice analyzing data and using the >, =, and < symbols.
- Students can use sentence starters and sentence frames for the group discussion questions.
- Students can collect temperature data for more than five days to organize and represent a larger amount of data. See the Extension Activity in the Student Document. Additionally, students can analyze and interpret what they observe in their graph using the extension class discussion questions in the Teacher Document.
From the scientist review
Uno de los factores climáticos clave para la investigación es la temperatura, y en esta lección, los estudiantes aprenderán sobre la importancia de la temperatura así como cómo recopilar datos de temperatura observados y analizar cómo afecta a las actividades humanas. Revisamos la lección y determinamos que pasó nuestro proceso de credibilidad científica.
One of the key climatic factors to research is temperature, and in this lesson, students will learn about the significance of temperature as well as how to gather observed temperature data and analyze how it affects human activities. We reviewed the lesson and determined that it passed our science credibility process.
One of the key climatic factors to research is temperature, and in this lesson, students will learn about the significance of temperature as well as how to gather observed temperature data and analyze how it affects human activities. We reviewed the lesson and determined that it passed our science credibility process.
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About the teacher writers
Maria Lanni
Maria Lanni is an educator with 26 years of teaching experience in Peru and the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education from Antenor Orrego University in Trujillo, Peru, a Master of Education from the National University of La Libertad in Trujillo, Peru, and a Master of Education in Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language (ESL) from William Paterson University in New Jersey.
Sustainable Jersey for Schools
Sustainable Jersey is a network and movement of municipalities, schools and school districts working collectively to bring about a sustainable New Jersey. Acting with state agencies, non-profit organizations, foundations, academia and industry, Sustainable Jersey researches best practices for what communities could and should do to contribute to a sustainable future.
