Tick-Tock: Creating Your Own Clock

Tick-Tock: Creating Your Own Clock

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to create a simple working clock using basic materials and components.

What do you already know about creating a clock?

Understanding Time

Time is an essential concept that helps us organize our day. It is represented by hours, minutes, and seconds.

Materials Needed

To create a simple clock, you will need a cardboard base, clock hands, a clock mechanism, and markers.

Assembling the Clock

Attach the clock mechanism to the cardboard base and position the clock hands according to the desired time.

Understanding Clock Mechanism

The clock mechanism is the heart of the clock, responsible for keeping time and moving the clock hands.

Decorating Your Clock

Use markers to decorate the cardboard base and add numbers or designs to make your clock unique.

Setting the Time

Adjust the position of the clock hands to match the current time and learn to read the clock accurately.

Show and Tell

Each student will showcase their unique clock and explain the creative elements and timekeeping features.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.