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Doing time
These resources from New Zealand offer a variety of activities for teaching time. There are activities on converting from 12- to 24-hour time, reading an analogue clock, managing time zones and many more.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | Time, 24-hour, 12-hour, Analogue, Digital, Time zone, Pm, Am, Past, Elapsed, Second, Hour, Minute |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Time |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8M04
Solve problems involving duration, including using 12- and 24-hour time across multiple time zones |
| Numeracy progression |
Measuring time (P5)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | nzmaths |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Free-for-education material. |
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