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The Culture of Calendars / Dona Herweck Rice ; Editor : Seth Rogers

By: Contributor(s): Series: Smithsonian STEAM readers ; History & culturePublisher: Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, Inc., [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 32 pages : colour illustrations, colour photographs ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781493866953
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23 529.3
Contents:
It's about time -- Why timekeeping matters -- Maya and their remarkable calendars -- Tzolk'in -- Other cultures and calendars -- In and out of time -- STEAM challenge -- Glossary -- Index -- Carrer advice.
Summary: The use of calendars dates back thousands of years. Why are we driven to record time, and what would happen if we did not? Who created the concept of calendars? Why do different cultures use different calendar systems? And why are calendars so important to us? It is about time we found out!
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Book Perpustakaan Alor Setar RFIDTI Pinjaman Kanak-kanak K 529.3 RIC (Browse shelf) Available A01645358

Includes index

Includes questions read and respond

It's about time -- Why timekeeping matters -- Maya and their remarkable calendars -- Tzolk'in -- Other cultures and calendars -- In and out of time -- STEAM challenge -- Glossary -- Index -- Carrer advice.

The use of calendars dates back thousands of years. Why are we driven to record time, and what would happen if we did not? Who created the concept of calendars? Why do different cultures use different calendar systems? And why are calendars so important to us? It is about time we found out!

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