Curated OER
ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Lesson 2--Time and Money
Students explore the concept of clock time in the United States. They employ a list of vocabulary words to assist them in interpreting clock time. In groups, they practice telling time with regular clocks and digital clocks.
Curated OER
Modular Mathematics
Students are introduced to modular mathematics. They start by making clocks for different bases. They use their clocks to count, using the base, and then finding the mod or remainder. They explore both positive and negative numbers with...
Curated OER
Team Up for Telling Time
Students team up to compete in a variety of Internet time-telling activities. In teams of four, groups are assigned to computers and solve problems related to telling time.
Curated OER
Cat Time
First graders demonstrate telling time on clocks. They stand at one end of a field while the teacher calls out a time. They )cats) who set their clocks to the correct time try to run past the teacher (bulldog) without getting caught.
Curated OER
Spiders' Wheel
Young scholars engage in a lesson which reinforces the concepts of clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation, while developing an understanding that angles are measured in degrees. They utilize a mathematics educational program to gain...
Curated OER
Clocks and Time
Students construct clocks and then learn how to read a clock face, tell time, and determine how much time has elapsed.
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Story Behind the Science
Story Behind the Science: Pendulum Motion [Pdf]
The history of the pendulum and its importance both in timekeeping, and in how timekeeping was used to solve other problems, such as determining longitude on a map.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: The Right Time
Students learn how to tell time to the hour and half hour in this interactive web lesson.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: World's Coolest 'Clock' Is Also Accurate
Article reports on the debut of the world's most accurate atomic clock. Includes a vocabulary list.
Other
The Official U. S. Time
Get the official U.S. time from the official U.S. timekeepers, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and its military counterpart, the U.S. Naval Observatory. Java needs to be enabled to see the timeclocks. There are...
That Quiz
That Quiz: Practice Test: Time
This resource provides a practice test for students to use to test their time telling skills.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Benjamin Banneker 1731 1806
Provides an overview of the life of Benjamin Banneker in an easy to read format. Learn why he was an accomplished mathematician, astronomer, surveyor, and almanac writer.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography
This lesson plan is designed to guide students in practicing their basic arithmetic skills by learning about clock arithmetic and cryptography. Linked resources include helpful applets.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Mathematics: Cycles
Teachers can use this resource for creating interesting lessons about time and time measurement. There are articles about leap year, converting time, as well as other links for further research. An interdisciplinary project about an...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Elapsed Time
Students can practice determining elapsed time when given a start time and an end time. They can switch between digital and analog clocks.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Does Math Guide Our Ships at Sea?
Explore the history of logarithms and sailing by watching this animated video. [4:19]
Math Slice
Math Slice: Time Slice Special Test
A concise tool for assessing time concepts such as telling time and elapsed time using analog clocks. Assessment is scored online and scores are compared with scores of all test takers. Great for use as a quick assessment.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Time
An extensive collection of teacher resources to aide in teaching time. There are smartboard and PowerPoint presentations, and many worksheets and ideas for teachers. Includes activities on time, calendar, months, and days.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Time to Go
The learning activity explores how to tell time to the half hour.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Perfect Day With Scaredy Squirrel
In this lesson, the mentor text entitled Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt is used to get students thinking about how they spend their days. Then students will write the hour and minute hands on blank clocks and will writing complete...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Label the Clocks in French
Using this printable worksheet, learners practice telling time in French.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: On Time
A multimedia-rich site that examines time and our conception of it: marking time, mechanizing time, synchronizing time, saving time, and expanding time.
Other
Black Inventors Online Museum: Benjamin Banneker
Use this site to learn about Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806 CE), an African American that created the first clock built in the United States and was known as our first great Black Inventor.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Beginning, Ending, and Elapsed Time Using Two Clocks
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cursor down if needed to locate the video "Determining Beginning, Ending, and Elapsed Time Using Two Clocks." Students watch a video and then attempt practice...