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How Clocks Work

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Students discover time pieces and complete telling time activities. In this time lesson, students complete a worksheet about what make a clock keep time. Students watch a video about time and clocks as well as a video about an Egyptian clock. Students then discuss timekeeping elements from the video and record the types of clocks they see in a third video. Students discuss the clocks. Students do a time conversion activity using digital, analog, sand, and numerical versions.

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clocks, time, time intervals

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clocks, telling time, time pieces, one minute intervals, math
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2nd - 5th
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Math
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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