1. Time – whole class Immersion 1
Look at the Screen It 2017 poster. How does it portray time in a variety of different ways?
What words and phrases do we associate with time? On sticky notes, write a different word, phrases or idea on each note. 2 2
Stick your responses on the wall or whiteboard. Let’s group similar responses and discuss.

2. Note to Teacher:
There are 9 whole class immersion activities. Pick and choose which ones you want to do with your class as there isn’t enough TIME to do all of them 
I haven’t used all the ideas from the Screen It resource pack so have a look if you want to explore other time-related concepts.

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Humans have been measuring time for at least 30,000 years. We started looking at the stars to help with farming, travel and organising ourselves. Inventions for measuring time started to pop up around 3000 BC, with sundials (also known as shadow clocks) appearing around 1500BC. Devices varied from place to place, as did the method of measuring time itself. 1
Watch this great video from The British Museum about the history of time and clocks
What new things did you learn? 2

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Chronometry is the scientific term for accurate time measurement, and refers to the study of modern electronic time-keeping devices. These include electric clocks, watches, and the most accurate time keeping devices of all – atomic clocks.
Learn about the evolution of measuring time by watching this video on ABC Splash Leap second 1 2
What new things did you learn?

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Film and animation emerged from optical illusion toys that relied on timing to work effectively. For example, if you have ever made a flipbook, you might already know that if you flip the pages too slowly, you won’t get the illusion of movement, and if you flip it too quickly, your eye won’t even be able to see what’s happening!
Create your own optical illusion toys and experiment with timing.
You could try making one (or all) of these:
‒ Bird in a cage (exploratorium.edu/xref/exhibits/bird_in_cage.html)
‒ Benham’s disk (fizzicseducation.com.au/Free+experiments/Human+Body/Benhams+Disk.html)
‒ Thaumatrope (thekidshouldseethis.com/post/ )
‒ Flip book
‒ Zoetrope (instructables.com/id/Make-a-zoetrope-or-20/) 1
Note to Teacher – have a look through the links to decide which would be most suitable, depending on resources and time.

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Watch this video to learn about Australia’s time zones as well as the history of time zones (splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/ /time-zones).
Discuss these questions:
‒ Why are time zones important?
‒ What is the name of the place and country that all time is worked out from? Why is that the place when days start in New Zealand?
‒ Why do some people in South Australia want their time zone changed? Why do others not want it to change?
‒ Test your knowledge and understanding of time zones with the Night and Day quiz (
‒ Research the debate on the pros and cons of Daylight Saving and participate in a class debate on the issue. 2

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We may not be able to see plants grow just by looking with our eyes, but if we use cameras to capture change over time we can start to see some really interesting things take place. Time-lapse is a way of capturing this. Filmmakers fix a camera to one spot to capture the movement in front of the lens. Often documentaries use time-lapse. 1
Watch two clips that include time-lapse from David Attenborough:
‒ First Flight (smithsonianchannel.com/videos/stunning-time-lapse-of-a-dragonfly-growing-wings/48717) shows a dragonfly transformation before your eyes.
‒ Plants (youtube.com/watch?v=kX2RtDE9BBw) shows what happens in six months in a woodland. This sequence was in fact shot over two years, it has 96 layers and 15 tracks and is one of the 2
Create your own time-lapse video. Using your device, select the time-lapse setting. Set up your device somewhere you think will capture an interesting passing of time. Be careful that no one will knock the device and if you are outside keep an eye on the weather.

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Often we hear situations described as being a race against time or the clock, meaning that there is a limited time to achieve something. The winners of many individual sports too are judged using the measurement of time, teachers are always advising students on how best to manage time, and life often gives us deadlines when it comes to school projects, tests, and all sorts of things. It seems that we are always racing the clock, but some people do this for a living. 1
Research athletes who have set world records for being the fastest at their sport. You can find information about the incredible achievements of Olympians and Paralympians on the Guinness Book of Records website (guinnessworldrecords.com/2017/olympics). 2
Investigate interesting and quirky world records associated with time.
(For example, Cream Puff set the record for being the oldest cat ever guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-cat-ever).