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Time zones (years 8 and 9)
From the AMSI TIMES project, this resource explains the content knowledge needed for time in the Australian Curriculum. There are exercises and references too.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Content knowledge |
| 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 | AMSI |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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