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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- exploring how cultural accounts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples explain cycles of time that involve the sun, moon and stars
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Measuring, Reading and Understanding Time Teaching Slides
Teach understanding time with this teaching slide deck, designed to help students explore duration, read analogue and digital clocks and confidently work with units of time.
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Class Party Planner — Estimating Time Project
Teach estimating time with a real-world class party planning project.
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Year 3 Estimating Time Activity — Detective Challenge Worksheet
Strengthen time estimation skills with a hands-on Time Detective Challenge.
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How Long Does It Take? – Seconds, Minutes & Hours Worksheets
Estimate the duration of time it takes to complete an action with a pair of Seconds, Minutes, or Hours? Cut and Sort Worksheets.
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Time to the Minute Quiz - Year 3
Practise telling time to the minute with an engaging Year 3 Telling Time Quiz game.
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Time Maths Investigation - The Sands of Time
Engage in a mathematics investigation about measuring time, embedded in a real-world context.
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Guess and Test Duration Task Cards Activity
Build understanding of duration of time with this engaging task card activity that helps students estimate, measure and compare how long everyday tasks take.
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How Long Does It Take? – Sorting Activity
Identify activities that take about an hour, minute, or second with a sorting activity.
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Estimate the Time - Maths Worksheets for Year 3
Help your students understand and estimate time in seconds and minutes with a trio of Time Estimation maths sheets for year 3.
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Hours, Seconds & Minutes - Estimating Time Sort
Estimate activities that take about a second, minute, hour, and week with a printable units of time sorting activity.
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What Can You Do? Year 3 Estimating Time Printables
Help your students understand time increments with a pair of cut-and-paste maths worksheets for year 3.
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Interactive Clock for Teaching Time (Analogue and Digital)
Teach time with an interactive digital clock designed to add a hands-on element to this important primary school lesson!
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Understanding Time – Year 3 and Year 4 Unit Plan
This numeracy unit addresses telling time to the minute, the relationship between units of time, converting between units of time and using 'am' and 'pm' notation to solve simple time problems.
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The Sands of Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply their knowledge and understanding of time to a real-world context.