Object: A thermometer.

Good morning, boys and girls. How are you feeling today? Everybody feels fine. That’s good. But suppose you didn’t feel so good, and your body ached, and your ear hurt, and everything seemed to be going around in a circle? Then what would you tell someone if he asked you how you felt? [Let them answer.] That’s right, sick. Now if you were really sick, and I sure hope that you don’t get sick, your mother or father would take you to the doctor. At the doctor’s office a nurse would say hello to you and then, before you could hardly answer, she would put something in your mouth. Do you know what she would put in your mouth? [Let them answer.] Right, a thermometer. What does that do? It tells that doctor what your body temperature is, a…