Resources for Teaching About Clocks

The Story of Clocks and Calendars
by Betsy Maestro
this book was our main resource

The overview of our Clocks & Calendars block:

CALENDARS

Lesson 1 - Solar vs. Lunar Calendars (pp.10-11, 14-16)

Lesson 2 - Days of the Week (p.17)

Lesson 3 - Months of the Year (pp.24-26)

CLOCKS

Lesson 1 - Reading an Analog Clock

Lesson 2 - Sundials (pp.34-35)

Lesson 3 - Sand and Water Clocks (p.35)

Lesson 4 - Time Candles (p.35)

Lesson 5 - Pendulums (pp.36-37)

Lesson 6 - Pocket Watches (pp.36-37)

Lesson 7 - Time Zones (pp.40-41)

Lesson 8 - Elapsed Time

Lesson 9 - Sundials, reprised (pp.12-13, Field Trip)

Suggested Additional Resources:

Lesson 1 - Reading an Analog Clock (Montessori Teaching Clock from Hello Wood, The Clock Exercise from Nienhuis, Time Telling Game from eeBoo)

Time Telling Game


Thunderstorm
by Arthur Geisert

Lesson 2 - Sundials

Anno's Sundial by Mitsumasa Anno (pp.8-9)


Sundials: Their Theory and Construction
by Albert Waugh

Lesson 3 - Sand and Water Clocks

The Elephant from Baghdad
by Mary Tavener Holmes


The House of Wisdom
by Florence Parry Heide

Lesson 4 - Time Candles

A Child's History of the World by V.M. Hillyer
chapter 45 - "A Light in the Dark Ages"
chapter 46 - "Getting a Start"

Lesson 5 - Pendulums

Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Live of Great Mathematicians
by Luetta and Wilbert Reimer
chapter 6 - Gaileo Galilei - "Seeing Isn't Believing" (pp.45-49)

Lesson 6 - Pocket Watches

Ticktock Banneker's Clock
by Shana Keller

Lesson 7 - Time Zones

Lesson 8 - Elapsed Time

The Three Little Pigs
by Paul Galdone

The King, the Dragon, and the Witch by Jerome Corsi


Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time
by Steve Jenkins

Lesson 9 - Sundials, reprised (Field Trip)

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