Time Travel Adventure: Learning to Tell the Time

Time Travel Adventure: Learning to Tell the Time

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to tell the time using both analogue and digital clocks.

What do you already know about telling the time?

Starter: Time Travel Trivia

Test your knowledge with some fun time-related trivia questions!

Introduction: The Time Traveler's Tale

Listen to the exciting story of Timmy, a young time traveler who must learn to tell the time to navigate through different eras.

Slide 3: Analogue Clocks

An analogue clock has hour hand, minute hand, and second hand. The hour hand is shorter, the minute hand is longer, and the second hand is the thinnest.

Slide 4: Analogue Clock Practice

Practice reading analogue clock times by looking at the clock faces and writing down the time.

Slide 5: Digital Clocks

A digital clock shows the time using numbers. It displays the hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds.

Slide 6: Digital Clock Practice

Practice reading digital clock times by looking at the numbers and writing down the time.

Slide 7: Combining Analogue and Digital

Now let's combine analogue and digital clocks to reinforce our understanding of time.

Slide 8: Summary and Review

Recap what you've learned about telling the time using analogue and digital clocks.

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.