Tools of Timekeping
Travel through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time throughout history, from ancient civilization's earliest calendars and shadow clocks to the atomic clocks of today.
Kids will track the evolution of timekeeping devices, meet the inventors of calendars and clocks, learn interesting facts and trivia, and work on 15 hands-on projects and activities to understand how civilization's vague abilities to track days and months has transformed over centuries into a sophisticated ability to keep time to the millionth of a second.
Eclectic Homeschool Association— "This book brings time into your home school in a totally new way…. Tools of Timekeeping will have kids begging to take time for…time. An excellent addition to any studies, this would be a particularly pleasurable way to enhance summer learning."
Practical Homeschooling magazine—"Tools of Timekeeping will take you on a fast-paced journey through history from the point of view of timekeeping devices."
Library Media Connection—"Valuable both for research and for interdisciplinary units where time concepts are included. Recommended."
Curriculum Connections—"Information-packed resource."
School Library Journal—"An ambitious effort that succeeds in making sense of an often difficult-to-understand concept. "
Eclectic Homeschool Online—"An excellent addition to any studies, this would be a Particularly pleasurable way to enhance summer learning."
Children's Literature—"An excellent resource and learning tool in the classroom."
KLIATT Reviews—"A mind-opening introduction to methods of computing and comparing time calculations. . written in a spirited style."
Jude Isabella, Editor of YES magazine, Canada's Science Magazine for Kids—" A fascinating glimpse into humanity's efforts to tame time."
Terry Devitt, Editor of The Why Files, "The Science Behind The News"—"A wonderful resource full of worthwhile activities. What fun!"
Gifted Education News, December 2005—"A wonderful example of how to clearly organize information about history, technology and science to appeal to the curiosity and learning capabilities of gifted students."
Richard Paselk, Ph.D., Curator, Scientific Instrument Museum at Humboldt State University—"An excellent book to help families explore the past and future of time and timekeeping."
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