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Age Range: 7
Skills/Subjects:
Related Episode:
Go to Your Room, D.W.
Related Books:
Time To. . . by Bruce McMillan
Time Flies by Eric Rohmann
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A Minute in Time
How much can you do in a minute?
Materials
- clock or watch (with second hand)
- egg timer
- markers
- paper
Directions
Children may think a minute is a really brief amount of time. To help them develop a more accurate sense of time, ask them to find out much they can do in a minute. They may be surprised!
- Discuss: Ask your children to rest quietly for one minute. Time them with a watch, clock, or egg timer. Ask: How did it feel? Longer or shorter than you thought?
- Brainstorm: Help children create a list of things they can do in one minute. Encourage them to think up a wide variety of activities (e.g., How many fish can they draw in a minute? How many times can they write their names? How many jumping jacks can they do?).
- Try it: Have your children try the activities on their list. Before starting each one, have them predict how much they think they can do in one minute.
- Wrap up: When time is up, discuss the results. Ask: Did your "active" minute seem to pass faster or slower than your minute of rest?
With a Group
Let teams or partners choose tasks to estimate and test, taking turns being the timer and the experimenter. Then meet as a whole group to discuss the results.
Adapted from the WGBH Web Activities
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