Activity
Make an hourglass, water clock, candle clock, and sundial.
STEM Exploration Lesson
Telling Time: Timekeepers
Grades: 2-3
Time: 30 minutes
Overview
Make different time keeping devices.
Materials
Goals
Objectives
Next Generation Science Standards
Materials
- Timer
- Hourglass or:
- 2 plastic bottles
- sand or salt
- tape
- screwdriver or nail
- Water Clock
- plastic bottle
- scissors
- marker
- food coloring (optional)
- Candle Clock
- playdough
- lighter/matches (ASK AN ADULT FIRST!)
- birthday candle
- paper plate
- push pin
- ruler
- Sundial
- straw
- flashlight
- paper plate
Goals
- Make and compare different timekeeping devices.
Objectives
- Make an hourglass, water clock, candle clock, and sundial;
- Keep track of time using the different timekeeping devices; and
- Compare the accuracy of the different timekeeping 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.
