Summary
Sid visits relatives in a cold, snowy place during the winter holidays — a big difference from his own warm, sunny home. The temperature mystery leads Sid and his family to investigate why different places feel so different and how a thermometer measures that difference.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Sid discovers that the same holiday can feel completely different depending on where you live.
- How was the weather different at Sid's relatives' home from his own? What clues told him it was cold?
- What tool do scientists use to measure temperature? What does it tell us?
- Why do you think different places have such different weather at the same time of year?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: temperature, thermometer, weather, warm, cold, measure.
Try it: Check today's temperature outside using a thermometer (or a weather app). Record it for three days in a row. Did it change? Draw a simple bar graph of your results.