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Create a water clock to pair with “The Warlord’s Alarm” book. You will need: a bell, a popsicle stick, a string, plastic cup with a small hole in the bottom, water, two rulers, a heavy but floatable button, and a small bin to lay them across. Place two rulers on top of bin wide enough to hold your cup, but separated to allow the hole underneath the cup to fit between the gap. Set the cup on top. To one end of a short string tie a bell and the other a heavy button. Lay the popsicle stick across the top of the cups and hold the bell on it while letting the button dangle. Fill a plastic cup with water and once the button floats, let go of the bell. Time how long it takes the water to trickle out the bottom, the button to sink, and pull the bell with it. Explain how this and other methods could help people have alarms before clocks.
You can also add a marble to the end of a string to learn about pendulums and how they work.
You can also discuss types of clocks like sand clocks, grandfather clocks, timers, stopwatches, analogue & dialogue clocks, and others.
Finally, create your own paper plate clock as well.
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