Mr Ogilvie's Maths | Measuring Time

Mr Ogilvie's maths groups tested out different methods to measure units of time.

Time is an ongoing sequence of events happening.

First, Mr Ogilvie's maths groups identified three ways to measure non-standard time. A few are: egg timers, singing, pendulums, water clocks, and sand clocks. 

Then, Mr Ogilvie's maths groups chose five activities to test the methods on. On the slideshow, they included a rough time estimate of how long the activity should take, how we measured it and what method we used.


Mr Ogilvie's maths groups did this activity to understand how to measure the units of non-standard time without using everyday devices such as: clocks, watches and more.

Mr Ogilvie's maths groups enjoyed this activity, and found it challenging to measure time without clocks and more. One thing we could work on is estimating the length of an activity accurately.

LI: to investigate the units of time.