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Grade Range: K - 11
<i>Here is Today</i> offers a visual look at time. Click Okay+ to the next step in time - from today to this month. Click again to go to the year, and keep moving through eras of geologic time until the creation of the universe millions of years ago. Each step includes an arrow pointing to this day in relation to the rest of the timeline.
In the Classroom
View on your interactive whiteboard or projector to help students visualize and gain perspective of events over time. Here is Today would be great to use when studying dinosaurs, in biology class, in Earth science or geology units, or just as part of a philosophical discussion on the world today. This is a great tool to share with students where "our time" fits into the continuum of the earth’s rn’life." This site could be used with younger students as well. Share the easier concepts (day, month, year) visually during your calendar math lessons. Extend the concept of proportionality by having older math students create simple visual timelines to scale showing their own life vs the life of the United States and other major, longer periods.
At Home
Explore time using this site with your student. Does your son or daughter have an interest in dinosaurs or a specific period in history? Share where we are now versus to that time period. Use this continuum to make time an easier concept.
Tags
calendars, 20th century, earth, timelines, cells, geologic time,
Subjects
Biology/Life Science, Earth Science/Geology, History & Culture: World, Math, Mind Stretchers, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies,