A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of time zones around the world to complete a classroom time zones display.
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One More Time Around the World
60 mins
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Suitable for years:
3 - 4
Curriculum
VC2M3M03
Recognise and use the relationship between formal units of time, including days, hours, minutes and seconds, to estimate and compare the duration of events <ul> <li>estimating how long it would take to read a set passage of text, and sharing this information to demonstrate understanding of formal units of duration of time</li> <li>planning a sequence of events based on estimates of the duration of each event; for example, planning a set of activities for a class party by estimating how long each game or activity will take</li> <li>reading or setting the time on digital devices to the minute or second; for example, setting an online timing device to count down from a set time, or setting the time on a digital clock</li> <li>using sand timers and digital timers to measure and check estimates of short durations of time, such as one minute, 3 minutes and 5 minutes</li> <li>exploring how cultural accounts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples explain cycles of time that involve the sun, moon and stars</li> </ul>
VC2M3M04
Describe the relationship between the hours and minutes on analog and digital clocks, and read the time to the nearest minute <ul> <li>representing and reading the time on an analog clock using the markings and the positions of the hands, to the nearest minute mark or 5-minute interval</li> <li>reading and connecting analog and digital time, interpreting times, and recognising and using the language of time, for example, 12:15 as a quarter past 12, or 15 minutes past 12; 12:45 as a quarter to one or 15 minutes before one o’clock; and 10:05 as 5 minutes past 10</li> <li>reading analog clocks throughout the day, and noticing and connecting the position of the hour hand and the distance the minute hand has travelled during the current hour</li> </ul>
MA2-NSM-02
Represents and interprets analog and digital time in hours, minutes and seconds
ACMMG062
Tell time to the minute and investigate the relationship between units of time
Author
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