What you need
- Activity cards
- Stopwatch or watch with second hand
- Activity card props
What to do
Have you ever said that you can’t make your bed because you don’t have time? Will this excuse hold up to the test of time?
- Choose four cards.
- Sort the cards by the amount of time each activity will take.
- Guess how many seconds it will take you to do one of the activities. Then do the activity while someone times you.
- Use what you’ve learned to make a guess about another activity.
What to ask
- How did you sort the cards?
- Did it take a longer of shorter amount of time than you thought?
- Why do some things seem like they take a long time?
- Why do other things seem to make “time fly?”
- Was measuring time in minutes the best unit for the activities?
What’s next?
- Keep a log of how long it takes you to get ready for school.
- Make a list of things that go by fast and things that go by slow. Time them and compare how fast or how slow they are.