CBSE · Class 6 · Science · Chapter 7

Temperature and its Measurement

Understand temperature and learn how clinical and laboratory thermometers are used safely and accurately.

5 lessons 40 min
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Lessons in this chapter

  1. 1How Do We Know How Hot Something Is?Discover why touch can mislead us and how temperature makes hotness measurable.
  2. 2Measuring Body TemperatureUse a digital clinical thermometer thoughtfully and make sense of body readings and temperature scales.
  3. 3Reading a Laboratory ThermometerLearn how a liquid-column thermometer works and how its range and divisions determine what it can read.
  4. 4Measuring Water and Air TemperatureApply careful thermometer reading to water, a room and daily weather records.
  5. 5Chapter Summary and PracticeConnect every chapter idea and practise selecting, reading and interpreting temperature measurements.
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