3.2 Temperature

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• Leerjaar 2

Temperature

Learning objectives

• You can describe how you can meassure the temperature of the air around you.
• You can list parts of a liquid thermometer
• You can explain how a thermometer works
• You can describe a digital thermometer
• You can explain what the measurement range of a digital thermometer is
• You can give a thermometer a graduated scale in degrees Celsius using the melting point of ica and the boiling point of water. 

Measuring

Temperature is measured with a thermometer.

Temperature is a quantity and is measured in degrees Celsius

Liquid thermometer

* liquid thermometers

* clinical thermometers

capillary tube

reservoir

graduated scale

At which temperature does water boil?

Digital Thermometer

Works with a sensor. 

Sensor converts temperature into an electrical signal

Electronics convert this signal into a number

Homework

Chapter 3 section 2

Homework

Do 12 up and untill included 17, 19

Summarize 3.3 (+ Plus part)

Prepare experiment: scaling a thermometer