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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How To Measure Time

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice telling time on an analog clock. For this time measurement lesson, students use individual analog clocks to identify the hour and minute hand. Students identify how to tell time by moving the hour and minute hand.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Individual Horizontal Sundial 2: Cloud/Rain Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars create a sundial to measure local apparent time as it relates to the position of the sun in the sky. In this sundial lesson, students cut and glue gnomon to a sheet of thin cardboard.  Young scholars then set the sundial...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's Time to Make Time!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the evolution of time measurement, and explain the relationship of sunrise/sunset to length of daylight. They collect data and calculations to determine length of daylight during a given day.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Measures of Time

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of measuring time. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It" button and...
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BBC

Bbc: Revise Wise: Measures

For Students 3rd - 8th
This teaching site has interactive exercises using different types of measurement. You will measure length, capacity, area, perimeter, time, weight, temperature, and speed.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Seventh Grade Mathematics: Cycles

For Students 6th - 8th
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...
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Other

Conversions for Time Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th
This site allows you to convert various time measurements. Example seconds to days.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Line Up!

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Take the math challenge. Can you figure out how long you have to wait in line to buy a ticket? An estimation and time measurement challenge from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection. Based on real-world themes and...
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Scholastic

Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendars & Time Measure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Study the math and history involved in the development of the 12 month calendar. There are lots of links to informative time and calendar websites to assist you.
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Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Do You Measure Up?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game gives you a variety of measuring tools and measuring opportunity. For this game of chance you choose the correct tool for the job that needs to be measured. Everything you need for this game is listed and/or...
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Why We Learn About Dates and Times?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Why is it important for good mathematicians to understand the concepts of date and time? Discover the reasons in this lesson that explores the real-world connections and includes two interactive games that help build time-telling skills.
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Breaking Up a Day Into Hours

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A concise lesson that examines the concepts of time and measurement by breaking a day up into hours. The lesson lists common time referents and important time related facts to remember. Students can practice time telling skills with the...
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Breaking a Minute Into Seconds

For Students 3rd - 5th
Minutes become seconds in this lesson that focuses on time and measurement. This brief integrated lesson also explores science concepts regarding the relevance of a second. Fractions of seconds and decimals are also mentioned. The lesson...
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Other

Jay Zeebear's Day

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Move the hands on the clock and see what JayZeebear is doing throughout the entire day. There is also a digital clock that also gives same the time as the clock face.
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Breaking Up an Hour Into Minutes

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Build your measurement and time telling skills in this lesson where the hours are broken down into minutes. Lots of related vocabulary and common time referents presented. There are links available to interactive elapsed time and...