Matariki

Matariki Teaching Activities

Measuring time

1. Why do we bother to measure time in days, months and years

    2. Why are there so many ways of measuring time?

  3. What are at least two things that these calendars seem to have in common?

  4. What are at least 2 major differences between the different calendars described

  5. According to the Muslim and the Jewish calendars, what year were you born in?

  

Answers:

  5.Islamic Calendar= Sun 1st May 2005

     Jewish Calendar= Sun 1st May  2005

      NZ  Calendar=Mon 1st May 2005

  

  4.They both have different names for their months

 

  3.That they all measured in days, months and years

  

  2.Because we have different times and days all over the world

 1.because we need to keep track of it all so we remember things? And sometimes people have upcoming schedules and should know just what month, year and days.