Materials worksheet, below chart chart paper marker pencils Procedure Discuss and chart ways one keeps track of time. Lead students to think not only about people, but animals and nature as well. Discuss and chart the need and importance for keeping track of time. Download, reproduce and distribute the worksheet for students to complete either independently or in groups after the class discussion. Follow Up, Extensions and Modifications Students can chart out the day in hours and write and draw pictures of what they do at different times of the day.
Younger students can create a booklet of pictures of their day in time.
Students could choose a place in the world, such as China, and compare what someone their age would be doing on the same day and time to see the differences in time zones and draw and write about it. Students can design new clocks and calendars. Students can write fictional stories or poems about time. Students can explore early man's attempt at keeping track of and for telling time. Students can make sun dials on the school grounds.