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Hoppin' on the Elapsed Time Line

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Time flies when you're teaching math! Okay, maybe not for everyone, but this lesson will have your young mathematicians calculating elapsed time before you know it.
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Interpret Clock Time

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Save yourself a few minutes of planning with this elementary math lesson on elapsed time. Through a series of collaborative and independent learning activities, children explore different real-world situations as they learn how to...
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Telling Time

For Teachers K - 1st
First graders play a fun game while learning to tell time. This BBC site is well designed. They enjoy it while learning a lot. Playing in pairs would be lots of fun.
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Telling Time to 5 Minutes

For Teachers 2nd
In this second grade lesson your class will practice telling time. The goal is to tell time to five minutes using an analog clock. Your young students count by 5 minute intervals and discuss elapsed time. 
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Use Google Maps to Teach Math

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Capture the engagement of young mathematicians with this upper-elementary math lesson on measuring time and distance. Using Google Maps, students first measure and compare the distance and time it takes to travel between different...
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WNBA Supermom and Elapsed Time

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video of an WNBA athlete to learn about calendar scheduling and elapsed time. In this time management lesson, students watch the video for the WNBA athlete. Students record tips about time management and then complete...
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Telling Time: Elapsed Time

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review time telling skills and are introduced how to determine the time before or after an interval of hours. They then determine the time at the end of an interval of hours and minutes and solve problems about elapsed time.
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Schedules and Elapsed Time

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students answer questions about elapsed time in the calendar. In this elapsed time lesson plan, students discuss a schedule that is given to them, and then answer questions about time passing on a March calendar page.
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Figuring Elapsed Time

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students tell time. In this elapsed time lesson, students review how to tell time to five minutes. Students solve problems where they must determine the elapsed time.
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Right on Time

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The hour is nigh for your class to practice equivalency problems in the form of time-zone conversions. They write equations to describe elapsed time and apply problem solving strategies, including writing a plan, to solve the problems.
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My Time!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore how to tell time by looking at their daily schedule. Everyone's days start out the same (with school), but what does each learner do after school? How do they spend their time? 
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What Does Time Have to Do with it?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate time. In this investigative lesson, students run through an obstacle course using standard timers. They record the time and apply this knowledge to problems in math. Students record their predictions, and graph...
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Television Schedule Time

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students consider the concept of elapsed time by examining television schedules. They list five television shows and highlight them in a newspaper, marking down the beginning and ending time of each show. They use clocks to figure out...
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Basic Units of Time

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review fundamental concepts of time such as A.M. and P.M. and learn about elapsed time. In this Unit of Time lesson, students review the basics of how to tell time and then are given examples to figure out how much time has...
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Time Zones in the United States

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore how to use the time zones in the United States and internationally. They use elapsed time to solve problems. Students calculate the time in various places in the United States. They discuss the 6 time zones in the...
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Hickory Dickory Doc Tell Time

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover time keeping by reading clocks.  In this time-telling instructional activity, students read the story Hickory Dickory Dock, and discuss the measurements of time we use.  Students complete worksheets in which...
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Measurement

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore a strategy for finding elapsed time by using a number line. They identify what elapsed time means. Students investigate a concrete visual representation of time to compute elapsed time. They read, " The Grouchy...
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Elapsed Time

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate time, distance and speed. In this math lesson, 6th graders convert elapsed time into hours, minutes, and seconds. They analyze a marathon to find data on elapsed time.
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How To Measure Time

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice telling time on an analog clock. In this time measurement lesson plan, 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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How to Calculate Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners complete a worksheet. In this calculations lesson, students learn factual information about computing time with clocks, calendars and eras. Learners show their knowledge by completing a worksheet.
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Not Your Average Average

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover that if a distance is traveled in two or more segments at different average speeds, you cannot average the average speeds. Instead the total distance traveled must be divided by the total elapsed time. Students practice...
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Estimation Zone

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore estimation. They estimate distance, weight, temperature and elapsed time. Students record their estimates and justify their estimations wtih a written response. After estimating, students take the actual measurements of...
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Time Flies When Math Is Fun

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders pracdtice telling time with a demonstration clock.
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Representing Trigonometric Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Discover the classic example of periodicity: Ferris wheels. Young mathematicians learn about trigonometric functions through Ferris wheels. They match functions to their graphs and relate the functions to the context.

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