TELLING TIME RULER

摘要

Applicant has disclosed a method and apparatus for teaching young students “how to tell time” on an analog clock. In a preferred “method” embodiment, Applicant's invention comprises: inserting a ruler with twelve hinged sections (each containing indicia representing five intervals) into a substantially straight recessed channel in a first base; sliding hour, minute and second hands, located in a parallel thinner recessed channel in the base, along the twelve sections to help the student conceptualize minutes, hours and seconds; removing the ruler from the first base; pivoting each hinged section until the ruler's ends meet, whereupon the ruler's outer edge substantially forms a circle; placing the substantially “circular” ruler into a correspondingly shaped recess in a second base; and rotating hour, minute and second hands, about a pin in the second base, and around the pivoted sections to help the student conceptualize how to tell time on an analog clock.

主权项

1. A tool for teaching time telling comprising:
a. a ruler with twelve sections wherein:
i. contiguous sections are connected by hinges; andii. the ruler is substantially straight; b. a first base having a substantially straight first recessed channel into which the ruler is removably inserted; and c. at least one slidable pointer is located in a second recessed channel in the first base, wherein the second channel is parallel to the first channel.