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Some practical activities to help learners to tell the time on a 12 hour or 24 hour clock and to work out the lengths of time intervals.
JUST A MINUTE
How long is a minute? What can we do in a minute?
You will need: a stopwatch, paper & pencils (or other recording implements).
Activity 1: Estimate a minute
Sit with your head on your arms so that you will not be distracted. When the timekeeper says […]
Match the times shown on the clocks to the times written in numbers.
Put them in order earliest to latest.
Pick 3 of the times, perhaps your favourite times of day. Make up a story about what happens at those times.
Download the clock cards here and the times cards […]
Match the times shown on the clocks to the times given in words.
Put them in order.
Pick 3 of the times, perhaps your favourite times of day. Make up a story about what happens at those times.
Download the clock cards here and the times in words cards here.
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If all these times are between noon and midnight match the times given on the 12 hour clock with the times given on the 24 hour clock. Put them in order.
Download the 12 hour times cards here and the 24 hour times cards here.
Now match all the […]
The graph shows the distance along a race track for two racing cars as they approach a bend in a race. Copy the table below, take readings from the graph and fill in the table for the first 10 seconds.
How far does each car go in the 3rd second? How far […]
Try a few of these:
Do human beings live for as long as a million hours?
If you have been alive for a million seconds, how many birthdays have you had?
What year was it one billion minutes ago?
How long would it take to count to a million […]
The hour and minute hands of my clock are at right angles.
How many degrees does each hand move forward in one minute? How long will it be before they are at right angles again?
Be careful, it will not be at half past three!
See the AIMSSEC Notes for Teachers.
This problem […]
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