Student Link Page
Latest update to this document: 2 December 2002
This student link page has a few links on it that would benefit students learning how to read a clock. If a student is having a hard time in class, these sites would hopefully help them learn the clock-telling concept better.
This site answers the question, "How can I tell time that has minutes in it?" Dr. Math attempts to answer this question by drawing clocks and using reasoning geared toward second grade students to help them understand the concept of 60 minutes and reading those minutes on a clock. Dr. Math takes the student step by step in order to learn the clock concept, and this site also gives activity ideas for the students to do so they can learn how to read a clock with more ease.
A second grade class made very creative themed clocks that were put on the internet in a form of a quiz for other second graders around the world to take. This site is a "quiz yourself" site that students can go to to practice telling time. The student must simply click on a name, and a page will pop up with that student's clock on it. Then a simple story problem will presented, along with three different times. The student would then click on an answer, and a page would come up saying if they got the answer right or wrong. This site would be better for more advanced students who can do some arithmatic along with telling time because some of the problems are asking for more than what time the clock reads.
This site is good for younger children to help them get familiar with the clock and the time of day. This has Jayzee Bear showing what he would be doing at certain times of the day that the child chooses on the clock. The child simply has to click and drag the minute hand on the clock to whatever time he/she choses, and then Jayzee Bear will pop up on a certain time and be shown doing whatever is normal for that given time.
Kid Klok could be helpful for the teacher or the student. The concept is simple: pick a time from the numbers listed and the clock with that time will load on the page so you can see what the clock would look like. This site would be helpful for students so they can practice telling time, and if they don't know what a time would look like, it would only take seconds for them to find out.
Links
Link to Northern Michigan University
A. Barker: abarker@nmu.edu