Timekeeping

Explore the History and Science of Telling Time with 15 Projects

Kids, People and Places, History, Exploration and Discovery, Technology, How Things Work/Are Made, Natural World, Experiments and Projects
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Author: Linda Formichelli, W Eric Martin ISBN: 9781619300361
Publisher: Nomad Press Publication: October 25, 2012
Imprint: Nomad Press Language: English
Author: Linda Formichelli, W Eric Martin
ISBN: 9781619300361
Publisher: Nomad Press
Publication: October 25, 2012
Imprint: Nomad Press
Language: English

Timekeeping: Explore the History and Science of Telling Time travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time. From ancient civilization's earliest calendars and shadow clocks to GPS and the atomic clocks of today, kids will track the evolution of timekeeping devices, meet the inventors of calendars and clocks, and learn interesting facts and trivia. Hands-on projects and activities include making a shadow clock, using a protractor to create a sundial, measuring time using water, and creating your own calendar. Kids will understand how civilization's vague abilities to track days and months has transformed over the centuries into a sophisticated ability to keep time to the millionth of a second.

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Timekeeping: Explore the History and Science of Telling Time travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time. From ancient civilization's earliest calendars and shadow clocks to GPS and the atomic clocks of today, kids will track the evolution of timekeeping devices, meet the inventors of calendars and clocks, and learn interesting facts and trivia. Hands-on projects and activities include making a shadow clock, using a protractor to create a sundial, measuring time using water, and creating your own calendar. Kids will understand how civilization's vague abilities to track days and months has transformed over the centuries into a sophisticated ability to keep time to the millionth of a second.

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