If you want to look more into Time and the Keeping of Time and the different Calendars, check out the activities on this site by clicking on the link below.
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/Chap3/Chapter3.html
make an Hour Glass, A Water Clock, a Candle Clock or even an Atomic Clock. Look into Time Zones, Zodiacs, The Lunar Calendar, the History of our Calendar and invent your own calendar....Lots of activities here. Enjoy!
Also seeing we are learning about Persian History and today it is more refered to as the Muslim Empire you might want to check out the Islamic Calendar... a really neat read.
Click on this link below to go to the Islamic Calendar.
http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-islamic.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/Chap3/Chapter3.html
make an Hour Glass, A Water Clock, a Candle Clock or even an Atomic Clock. Look into Time Zones, Zodiacs, The Lunar Calendar, the History of our Calendar and invent your own calendar....Lots of activities here. Enjoy!
Also seeing we are learning about Persian History and today it is more refered to as the Muslim Empire you might want to check out the Islamic Calendar... a really neat read.
Click on this link below to go to the Islamic Calendar.
http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-islamic.html