Temperature Conversions

Write down the high and low temperature in Fahrenheit for 3 days in a row. Using the Web site below, convert those temperatures into Celsius and Kelvin. Put all information into a spreadsheet with headings. Write a formula to find the average for each category and add that to your spreadsheet.

Take all temperatures and averages and put them into a graph to be inserted into your document.

  1. Temperature Conversions
Lesson Name:   Temperature Conversions
Objective:   Students will convert the high and low temperatures for 3 days into Celsius and Kelvin and put all the information into a spreadsheet. Students will also formulate averages for each category and make a graph containing all this information.
Grade:   (6-8) Lesson Login:   temp_conversions-a
Additional disciplines:
Computer Skills
ELA
Science
Materials:
Computer with Internet access
Spreadsheet software
Printer
For AIS instruction, this lesson has been modified as follows:
In the Allowed Sites, the students have been linked directly to the converter for temperature.

In the directions, students have been asked to record the temperature for 3 days instead of 5.
Click here for the original version of this lesson.