Measurement of Time

WEEK 3

Topic: Measurement of Time

Subtitle: Time

Objectives: At the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Define time
2. State two instruments for measuring time
3. State metric unit of time

Instructional material: picture chart, clock and stopwatch

CONTENT

Definition of time

Time is the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues.

Instruments for measuring time include the following, ancient period people or know time using the sun rising and its setting, the moon's length of the shadow, star, cock crow and hourglass. In modern times, that’s this era we use the clock, stopwatch, hourglass or calendar.

These instruments can be anything that exhibits two basic components: (1) a regular, constant,…