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Wally Schirra pre-launch

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades 5-8

Type

Lesson Plans / Activities

Students will construct a soda-bottle thermometer that is based on the principle that most substances expand and contract as their temperatures change. This experiment also demonstrates the principle of heat transfer.

Building a Thermometer

This activity is brought to you by a partnership with NASA and The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program through NASA’s Science Activation program.