Sixth Grade Science
3/29 - Chapter 11 is about thermal energy and heat. There are 3 lessons in this chapter. In the first lesson the students are learning about temperature, thermal energy and heat. The vocabulary words are temperature, absolute zero Fahrenheit scale, Celsius scale and the Kelvin scale. Our first lab was called "How Cold is the Water." The students compared the sensations they got from water at different temperatures. Please encourage your child to do the flashcards on page 373.