YEAR 5 MATHS FOCUS
MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY
Time
Learning Experiences
Time
TIME
OUTCOME
A student:
MA3-13MG:
uses 24-hour time and am and pm notation in real-life situations, and constructs timelines
TEACHING POINTS | Australia is divided into three time zones. In non-daylight saving periods, time in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania is Eastern Standard Time (EST), time in South Australia and the Northern Territory is half an hour behind EST, and time in Western Australia is two hours behind EST. |
| Typically, 24-hour time is recorded without the use of the colon (:), e.g. 3:45 pm is written as 1545 or 1545 h and read as ‘fifteen forty-five hours’. |
| LANGUAGE | Students should be able to communicate using the following language: 12-hour time, 24-hour time, time zone, daylight saving, local time, hour, minute, second, am (notation), pm (notation) |
EXPECTATIONS OF ATTAINMENT
Compare 12- and 24-hour time systems and convert between them (ACMMG110) | tell the time accurately using 24-hour time, e.g. ‘2330 is the same as 11:30 pm’ {Literacy} |
| – describe circumstances in which 24-hour time is used, eg transport, armed forces, digital technologies {Communicating, Critical and creative thinking} | |
| convert between 24-hour time and time given using am or pm notation {Literacy} | |
| compare the local times in various time zones in Australia, including during daylight saving |
Determine and compare the duration of events | select an appropriate unit to measure a particular period of time |
| use a stopwatch to measure and compare the duration of events | |
| order a series of events according to the time taken to complete each one | |
| use start and finish times to calculate the elapsed time of events, eg the time taken to travel from home to school |
Learning Experiences
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