Timekeeping: Explore the History and Science of Telling Time with 15 Projects (Build It Yourself) - Softcover

Formichelli, Linda; Anderson, Maxine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1619300338 ISBN 13: 9781619300330

Publisher: Nomad Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Linda Formichelli is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in several youth and science publications including Ack!, Delta Education, Odyssey, Yes, and Zillions. She is the author of Becoming a Personal Trainer for Dummies, Renegade Writer, and a coauthor of Tools of Timekeeping. W. Eric Martin has written articles for more than 50 publications and has provided dictionary entries for Thomson Gale's World of Computer Science. He is a coauthor of Tools of Timekeeping. They both live in Blackstone, Massachusetts.

Sam Carbaugh is the illustrator of Amazing Math Projects You Can Build Yourself, Discover the Desert, Food: 25 Amazing Projects, George Washington: 25 Great Projects You Can Build Yourself, and Robotics." He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

From the Back Cover

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. Timekeeping meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

From the Inside Flap

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. Timekeeping meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

Reviews

Gr 5-8-This title digs into the concept of timekeeping and shows not only the complexity, but also the malleable system that is just another creation of humankind. Readers will understand the reasons behind the International Date Line, prime meridian, daylight savings time, and other timekeeping systems. Written in a conversational tone with cartoon illustrations and clock-shaped "Did You Know?" fact boxes, it is an approachable and fascinating read that includes 15 projects ranging from simple to complex that, for the most part, can be completed with household materials. Kids can use a penny and a quarter to illustrate the difference between a solar and sidereal day, they can build a sandglass with a couple of plastic bottles, or discover how GPS works with three friends, a field, and a quarter. There are activities that will yield a number of amazing facts, such as the 300 different time zones that existed in the U.S. in the 1800s, and mind-blowing concepts, such as J. William Cupp's metric time system. Make time for this title.-Heather Acerro, Rochester Public Library, MNα(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nomad Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1619300338
• ISBN 13: 9781619300330
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Carbaugh Samuel
• Number of pages: 128