What it is: I’m actually doing a two for one post today because both sites have a great math manipulative tool. The first is an online analog clock. Students can explore the clock by moving the hour and minute hands in five minute intervals, minute intervals, 15 minute intervals, and hour intervals. There is no associated game with the clock, it is simply a tool to help your students get familiar with the analog clock. The second site is all about rulers and measurement, The Ruler Game. The Ruler Game teaches students how to read a ruler. Students can also practice their ruler reading skills with this game. Students can practice reading the ruler in sixteenths of an inch, eighths, quarters, halves, and whole inches.
How to integrate Analog Clock and The Ruler Game into the classroom: The Analog clock site is a great one for students to visit when they are learning about the analog clock. In the computer lab or projector classroom, have the students interact with the clock and make observations about what happens as they click the different increments. Talk about the way the clock works as a class. Call out a time and have the students match the time called with the clock on their computer. If you have access to a projector, play as a whole class and have students come up one at a time to demonstrate different times as a class. Bookmark the Analog Clock on your classroom computers as a math help center. The Ruler Game is a great way to help students understand how to read a ruler. Use it individually in a computer lab setting or use it as a math center in the one or two computer classroom. In either setting, this game will have your students reading measurement in no time. They will love trying to beat the clock!
Tips: The ruler game is not compatible with some web browsers, test it on a student computer before using in class… no one likes introducing a cool new tool to students only to find out that it doesn’t work at school!
Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Analog Clock and The Ruler Game in your classroom.
