Clock Tick Tock

 

Time passes – and we keep track of that time with clocks. Over time, clocks have changed. Discover the timeliness and timelessness of clocks with these activities.

 

CONNECT:

• Start with these timely facts about clocks: https://easyscienceforkids.com/clocks-time-video-for-kids/
• See the history of the first clocks at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_vKW_D4UBg
• Watch how a mechanical clock works at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_QsCLYs2mY
• Watch the amazing atomic clock at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS3MkLamhI8
• King Charles III get crowned? It took place in Westminster Abbey, which has one of the most famous clocks: Big Ben. Read these fun facts about Big Ben at https://kidzfeed.com/big-ben-facts-for-kids/

 

CREATE:

• Let the sun tell you the time by making a sun dial: https://www.generationgenius.com/activities/earths-orbit-and-rotation-activity-for-kids/
• When can a potato tell time? When it is a potato clock! Make your own potato clock by following the directions at https://www.coolkidfacts.com/how-to-make-a-potato-clock/
• Check out dozens of ways to learn how to tell time at https://www.weareteachers.com/5-hands-on-ways-to-teach-telling-time/

 

CARE:

• Getting enough sleep is important for everyone, and changing time for daylight savings can impact sleep. Get some tips to help that adjustment at https://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/sleep/Pages/daylight-saving-time-dont-lose-sleep-over-it.aspx
• Everyone has an inner clock, biological rhythms. Experiment with your inner clock at https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/clock.html
• Parents: use this age-by-age guide to teach kids time management: https://www.scholastic.com/parents/family-life/parent-child/teach-kids-to-manage-time.html

 

CAREERS:

Is it time to talk about careers? You can make and sell clocks, use clocks to time processes, and repair clocks. You can also use clocks to help people make the best use of their time. Take time to learn about some of these job opportunities.

• Identify the jobs at a clock factory by watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCxLlmRfTBk
• http://career.iresearchnet.com/career-information/watch-and-clock-repairer-career/
• https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/collections/careers-for-people-who-like-time-management/

 

 

 

It's About Time!

It’s New Year: time to think about time. How do we keep track of it? Does it really fly – or does it seem to stop at times? And is it really all relative?

CONNECT:

• What is the history of time? Walk through time at http://www.nist.gov/pml/general/time/index.cfm
• Father Time is often pictured as the old year passes. Discover the story of Old Father Time at http://www.novareinna.com/festive/oft.html
• Clocks with hands are usually analog; others are digital (such as a numbers on a LED screen). Here’s a video about analog and digital: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfyAen-bJS8
• Now bend your mind around the idea of time being relative: http://trendingsideways.com/index.php/the-theory-of-relativity-for-kids/

CREATE:

• Before there were clocks there were sundials. Find out how they work, and make your own: http://www.sundials.co.uk/
• If you’ve seen New Year’s celebrations on TV, you probably know that the new year arrives earlier in Australian than in Hawaii. Why is that? Find out at  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=widWLhIIbzs.  You can calculate the time difference between two cities using http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
• You can build a clock that runs on potatoes! Follow these videos to make your own: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Potato-Clock
• A year is calculated on the basis of one complete orbit around the sun. So your age would be different on other planets.  http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/age/ will calculate your birthday on other worlds (maybe a nice idea for parents).

CARE:

• Here are tips for better time management; you can try them out as a family: http://www.parents.com/kids/responsibility/time-management/
• Teach kids how to tell time using this interactive simulation: http://www.timemonsters.com/ or video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxZWNu72WI
• Teaching games? Need a stopwatch or countdown? Use this website: http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/
• It can be hard to live without a watch. You can donate old clocks and watches for other children to repurpose. Check it out at http://prestwickhouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/donate-old-watches-for-great-cause.html

CAREERS:

Many jobs depend on time: food and hospitality, transportation, medicine, education, sports – think of some others.  Some jobs have time as their central concern: watch makers, jewelers, astronomers and geologist (who have a different sense of time). Find out the details at:

• http://jimsmuse.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/watchmaker/
• http://jimsmuse.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/geologist/
• http://www.noao.edu/education/being-an-astronomer.php
• You might even work at the home of Greenwich Mean Time: http://www.rmg.co.uk/about/history/royal-observatory/