Curated OER
Gazillions!
Second graders determine the total value of a collection of coins. They convert money and make money exchanges. Students create and solve money-story problems. They demonstrate the ability to summarize conversations and discussions.
Curated OER
It's About Time
Young scholars create their own timeline. In this social science instructional activity, students write the important events that happened in their lives on their timeline and then compare their timeline to Earth's timeline.
Curated OER
Community Philanthropy
Students define philanthropy and recognize philanthropic deeds. In this philanthropy lesson, students define the word philanthropy and learn vocabulary words related to it. Students then read a story, make flash cards, and draw a picture...
Curated OER
Let's Think About... Change
Students observe various examples of "change." They mix paint to cereate new colors, eat bread and then toasted bread, and match baby pictures with pictures of how the same people look in the present. Finally, they watch a bouquet of...
Curated OER
Sunny Delight
First graders explore completing experiments through the scientific method.
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Time Zones
Fifth graders locate different time zones. In this time zones instructional activity, 5th graders label the different time zones. Students research the different ways man has kept time throughout history. Students also compute the...
Curated OER
How Much Electricity Do You Use Each Year
Students relate the usage of common household appliances to coal usage. They examine the example of how much coal is used each year by a typical family of four to operate various appliances.
Curated OER
Modular Arithmetic on the Planet of the Eights
Students explore modular arithmetic involving base eight. They participate in an activity where society functions around the numbers one through eight. Students explain how life will operate with only these numbers.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Time and Clock Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your time skills. Sheets focus on elapsed time, telling time on analog clocks, calendars, and converting time.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Timekeeping
Why do we need calendars and clocks? To survive in this complex society, you need to track what others are doing and when they're doing it. You also need to know what's happening in the natural world. This article discusses how/why...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Calendar Activity
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a one-page start of day activity using the calendar and clocks.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Nist Physics Laboratory: A Walk Through Time
An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present. Includes information on ancient calendars, early clocks, a revolution in timekeeping, world time scales and time zones, and the NIST standards.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Clocks Teaching Time
This site from The Franklin Institute presents a number of activities, games, exhibits, scavenger hunts, resources, links related to clocks and telling time.
Other
Time and date.com
This is a free site which began with the World Clock, and has grown to include many other wonderful tools for learning about time and date. what makes this site distinctive, is its ability to manipulate the perspective internationally to...
NumberNut
Number Nut: Why We Learn About Dates and Times?
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.
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...
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.
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...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Time
A comprehensive guide for learning all about time with definitions, history of time, time on a number line, time zones, telling time, solved examples, and practice questions.
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: What Is the Time?
Take a walk through time as Extreme Science explains time starting with ancient calendars and early clocks to how the National Institute of Standards and Technology uses time today.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Divisions of Time
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews basic time telling vocabulary. It introduces the history behind the months of the year and the origin of names of the months. It also demonstrates how to figure elapsed time.
Math Aids
Math Aids: Time Worksheets
Great resource to practice and strengthen math skills pertaining to time. Math worksheets are printable, may be customized, and include answer keys.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Math Templates
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of templates including a blank calendar, digital/analog clocks, elapsed time model clocks, hundreds chart - complete, blank, and hidden numbers.
Treehut
Suzy's World: What Is Time?
This site from Suzy's World and Suzy Cato provides a brief definition of what time is and early methods of measuring time. Also includes two time experiments and tells you how to figure out your age in hours.