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Beverly Lynds
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This item is a primer on the topic of temperature, written by middle school teachers participating in Project Skymath. It was developed to provide K-8 teachers with a deeper understanding of heat, transfer of heat energy, and the basics of thermodynamics. It begins with a brief history of thermometers and temperature scales and builds to discussions of Maxwellian Distribution and the Boltzmann constant.
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This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.
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Topic: Heat and Temperature
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