Units of Time - Powerpoint

In an engaging Powerpoint presentation designed for Year 3 Maths, students are introduced to the concept of units of time. The presentation begins by asking the learners to consider what units of time are and to identify different measures such as seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. These units are the fundamental building blocks of time measurement, similar to how metres are used for length, litres for volume, and kilograms for weight. The presentation then delves into each unit, providing relatable examples such as world records in athletics to illustrate the duration of seconds, minutes, and hours.

Further exploration into the units of time reveals that there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, and typically 365 days in a year, except for leap years which have an additional day in February. The presentation prompts students to order the units of time from shortest to longest and to place the months of the year into a table based on the number of days they contain. To aid memory, a traditional rhyme is included, summarising the number of days in each month. Finally, worksheets are provided for students to apply their knowledge, answering questions about specific dates, calculating time differences, and determining the lengths of months and years.