Clocks
Web Link: Math Clock by The Math Learning Center
Flexibility: This applet allows for multiple clocks to be used at the same time. Its major features are:
The ability to have multiple clocks at one time. You can have geared clocks (hands move together) or free-moving clocks (hands move one at a time).
Clocks can have hours, hours and 5-minute increments, roman numerals, or no numbers at all.
There is an ability to divide the clock up into a fraction circle. Helps to make the jump from a quarter of an hour to 15 minutes. These fractional segments can be coloured in.
There is a digital clock option that can be added to each clock, allowing students to make connections with the time and the hands.
The hands can be labelled minute and hour.
The clocks can run, as well they can track time elapsed.
There is a number pad, textbox, and pen to add information to the canvas.
The canvas can be saved and shared with an eight-digit alphanumeric code. The codes remain valid as long as they are accessed every 18 months.
User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch-friendly.
Browsers: Works with all major browsers.
Web Link: Interactive clock | Visnos
Flexibility: This is probably the most advanced clock in this listing. Its features include:
Being able to swap between real-time and a moveable clock.
All three hands (second, minute, hour) are on this clock.
There is a digital clock, 12 or 24-hour format, that can be turned on or off.
There is a counter on the bottom, in time mode, that tracks how many minutes and hours pass as the clock hands turn.
There is a randomization button to set the clock to a random time.
There is an angle mode that allows the user to see the arcs (and their degree measurement) between the minute and hour hand. There is also the ability to use a protractor instead.
There is a fraction mode that allows the clock to be broken into fraction circle segments and a counter at the bottom tracks the minutes and simplifies the fraction.
In terms of inclusivity, there is a style setting in which every colour can be set. Students with visual imparities or colour blindness would benefit from this feature.
There is a second manipulative from Visnos that has two clocks here.
User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch-friendly,
Browsers: Works with all major browsers.
Web Link: Time | Free Virtual Manipulatives | Toy Theater
Flexibility: Simple analog clock that tells the current time. A digital clock can be added in 12 or 24-hour mode. You cannot move the minute or hour hand. There are also two other simple clocks like this from Toy Theater. A stopwatch (digital), and a classroom timer.
User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch Friendly.
Browsers: Works with all major browsers.
Web Link: Interactive Clock | Telling Time | Analog & Digital | Toy Theater
Flexibility: A clock with moveable hands. You can enable and disable the minute and hour hands. On top of this, you can enable a dotted line that extends the hands to the numbers. There is a digital clock that you can enable, in 12 or 24-hour format, for reference. The clock can also change colours.
User Interfaces: Mouse and touchpad friendly. Touch-friendly.
Browsers: Works with all major browsers.