Timekeeping : explore the history and science of telling time with 15 projects / Linda Formichelli and W. Eric Martin ; illustrated by Sam Carbaugh.
Material type: TextSeries: "Build it yourself" seriesPublisher: White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, [2012]Edition: [1st edition]Description: vii, 120 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781619301368
- 1619301369
- 9781619300330
- 1619300338
- Time measurements -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Calendar -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Time -- Juvenile literature
- Time -- Measurements
- Clocks and watches
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Activity Books
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Exploration & Discovery
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / How Things Work-Are Made
- Calendar
- Time
- Time measurements
- Education
- USA
- Juvenile clock practical timekeeping
- Timekeeper (general)
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | Juvenile | TS542.5 .F66 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000053526 |
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TS542.5 .B67 1969 Clocks, from shadow to atom / | TS542.5 C76 1970 Clocks and watches / | TS542.5 .D84 2000 The clock / | TS542.5 .F66 2012 Timekeeping : explore the history and science of telling time with 15 projects / | TS542.5 .F67 2005 Tools of timekeeping : a kid's guide to the history & science of telling time / | TS542.5 .I45 1932 What time is it? : The story of clocks / | TS542.5 .J64 1969 What makes a clock tick? / |
Includes index.
Includes webliographical references and index.
Introduction: now is the time -- The birth of time -- Here come the hours -- Telling time after twilight -- What is a clock, anyway? -- Escaping the time traps of old -- Back and forth and back and forth -- Slicing the world into time zones -- Crystal clear timekeeping -- Measuring time without moving -- Time on your hands.
"[This book] travels through the past and into the future to explore how humans have measured the passage of time."--Page 4 of cover.
9-12.
Guided reading level: S.
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15 projects for children age 9-12 to learn about timekeeping
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