Webinars SET A - Grade 5-6 - Sunday@4:30-5:30pm EST-Recording Webinar 6

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Video Summary

This Math Kangaroo webinar focused on understanding time through clocks and calendars, targeting fifth and sixth graders. The instructors, Sarah Siggy and Aadav, emphasized engagement via chat despite students being muted. They explored concepts such as the difference between calendar time (days, months, years) and clock time (hours, minutes, seconds), including leap years and the 24-hour clock format. Problems included calculating relative speeds of clock hands, converting units of time, and using ratios and multiples. Participants solved practical scenarios like calculating time intervals (e.g., movie duration, a pigeon’s flight), and reasoning about age differences and clock strikes.<br /><br />A key challenge was a question involving a malfunctioning 24-hour digital clock where students deduced the current time and projected future time with broken display parts. Other problems required establishing angles between clock hands and understanding days of the week from given statements. The webinar highlighted the importance of breaking down word problems carefully, using diagrams, and understanding time increments such as the hour hand’s movement per minute.<br /><br />The instructors encouraged backup plans for technical issues and stressed that mistakes are part of learning. They recommended practicing with past Math Kangaroo contests to improve pacing and problem-solving under timed conditions. Overall, the session combined time concepts, problem-solving strategies, and critical reading skills to prepare students for math contests, reinforcing conversions, proportional reasoning, and logical thinking with a fun, challenging approach.

Keywords

Math Kangaroo

time concepts

clocks and calendars

fifth and sixth graders

24-hour clock

leap years

time intervals

clock hands angles

proportional reasoning

problem-solving strategies