"What time is it?"

1. "What time is it?" Adapted from : http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles3/

2. History Throughout history, time has been determined by using the reflection of the sun, the phases of the moon, and other calendars such as Stonehenge. Stonehenge, built over 4000 years ago in England, where used to tell ancient civilizations the time of the day and year. Ancient peoples used lunar eclipses, sun rays, the position of the sun, and other seasonal or celestial events to determine the time. People used these stones to tell the time of the day. Stonehenge

3. In 46 BC Julius Caesar decided that the calendar year should have 365 days, but every fourth year there should be an extra day, which would be a leap year. He adapted this basis because if the year was divisible by four then it was to be a leap year. In 1582 Clauvius proposed the Gregorian Calendar to Pope Gregory with an average year of 365.2425 days and 97 leap years every 400 years. The year was not to be a leap year unless it were divisible by 100 and 400. Today time can be easily determined by reading a clock, watch, or even easier by a digital clock. 

4. Units of Time The common units for measuring time in the customary system are seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, month, and years. It takes about a second to say "one." It takes about a minute to watch a TV commercial. It takes about two hours to see a movie at a theater, or 3 to watch Titanic.

5. Seconds 12-Hour Clock Minutes 24 -Hour Clock Hours Days Weeks Months Years 2:00 A.M. 0200 5:30 A.M. 0530 11:45 A.M. 1145 12:00 Noon 1200 2:00 P.M. 1400 5:30 P.M. 1730 11:45 P.M. 2345 12:00 Midnight 2400 From the smallest unit of time to the largest, they appear: Many foreign countries and all branches of the military services use a 24-hour clock to determine their time. Some employees may also use a 24-hour clock to record your work hours. The 24-hour clock does not use A.M. or P.M., instead all hours are counted on a 24-hour basis from midnight to midnight. Times are shown as 4 digit numbers without using a colon. Zeros are added if necessary to make a 4 digit number. Hours from 1 P.M. to 11:59 P.M. are found by adding the hour to 12.

6. 1 minute (min.) = 60 second (sec.) 1 hour (hr.) = 60 minutes (min.) 1 day = 24 hours (hr.) 1 week (wk.) = 7 days 1 year (yr.) = 52 weeks (wk.) 1 year (yr.) = 12 months (mo.) Conversion Chart MEASURES OF TIME • When converting any unit of measurements if you want: • To change to a larger unit, divide. • To change to a smaller unit, multiply.

7. 1. The amount of time it takes to take a shower 15 minutes 15 hours 2. The time it takes to wash one load of clothes 45 minutes 45 seconds 3. The time it takes to cook a turkey 6 minutes 6 hours 4. The time it takes to build a house 18 months 18 years 5. The time it takes to change the oil in a car 20 minutes 20 days Quick Practice

8. Write the equivalents. 13 months = _______year _____months 46 hours = ______minutes 34 minutes = _______seconds 68weeks = _____years_____weeks 987 day =______years _____months _____weeks___days