Grades 1–3
What Gives Off Heat?
Color the seven things that give off heat, X the five that do not, then fill in a sentence about friction.
Science worksheet · Heat and temperature
Hot or Cold?
Cut out ten cards and glue each one under hot or cold.
- Grade level
- Grades K–2
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Heat and temperature
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Heat and temperature, Conductors and insulators, How heat moves
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Glue each card under hot or cold.
Words on this sheet
HotColdhot cocoasoupice creaman ice cubean ovensnowthe sun
Teacher tip
Use a warm mug and an ice pack so kids can feel the difference.
How to use it
- Let kids feel a metal spoon and a wooden spoon in warm water.
- Read a thermometer together before and after.
- Let partners compare answers and settle any differences with a book or a video.
Watch for
Coats don’t make heat. They keep body heat in.
Talk about it
- Which material kept the ice coldest?
- What did you notice that surprised you?
Take it further
Design a lunch box that keeps food cold the longest.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More heat and temperature worksheets
Grades 3–5
Which Spoon Gets Warm?
An experiment: put metal, plastic and wooden spoons in warm water and find out which carries heat best.
Grades 3–5
Keep It Cold Challenge
Wrap ice cubes in foil, cloth, newspaper and nothing, check them every 15 minutes and find the best insulator.
Grades 4–5
Conduction, Convection or Radiation?
Learn the three ways heat moves, then sort nine examples.
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