Vocabulary Lesson
Telling Time
Grades: 2-3
Time: 10 minutes
Overview
Learn about and explore how to measure time with different timekeeping devices.
Materials
Goals
Objectives
Next Generation Science Standards
Materials
- Computer or other device with internet + speakers
- “Lesson Vocabulary: Timekeepers” handout
Goals
- Understand that there are multiple ways to tell time; and
- Understand that people all over the world and throughout time developed ways to tell time; and
- Learn about the development of timekeeping technologies.
Objectives
- Define time, interval, elapsed time and kukui nut;
- Learn about how people keep track of time by observing patterns;
- Read about different time keeping devices.
Next Generation Science Standards
1-ESS1.A.:
Patterns of the motions of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.
Video Lesson
Learn about how people have kept track of time throughout history, and see examples of different timekeeping devices.
Reading Passages
Read about different timekeeping devices people in history have used.
