Wikijunior talk:How Things Work/Time

References: Time Atomic_Clock

This isnt 8-12 year old stuff this is high school stuff espaically this page you may want to boost the age up a lot time very theoretical stuff I would reccomend getting rid of it all together.


 * Can you provide more insight about the herr theoretical stuff that a 8-12 years old can't understand about that page ? --Panic 18:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

"The world is not certain that time is powered by anything. Then again, maybe it is.

Shortly before you were born it was discovered that time is not fixed. In other words. An hour here is not the same as an hour somewhere else. How can this be?

Some people believe that time began when Matter and Anti-Matter bumped into each other and created a huge amount of energy and light. If you had been there it would have sounded like a big bang. Anyway, Matter won the fight and that is what you are made of. If Anti-Matter had won, you would be made of something different. No one really knows what would have come before time but the universe was probably a very quiet place with nothing to see."

That stuff isnt it makes sense but its theory and not stuff 12 year olds would understand.

This module is a train wreck. I know saying that goes against Wiki policy, but it is.....it needs a'lot of work. If the goal is to aim this toward kids ages 8-12, then a'lot needs to be done here. I'll pitch in. Buddpaul 23:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

This could be a great module....clocks and watches (and maybe calendars) should be addressed. Buddpaul 00:12, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

At the very least, get rid of the standard sections. They do not apply, and will make the page constricted and uninformative.Palmtree3000 22:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I read this page and understood it and I'm a 5th grader.

Perception-Based Description of Time
Someone added this to the article.
 * On the other hand some people believe that time does not actually exist outwith your own perception. Allow me to explain:- 1) Time is merely a measurement system devised by people to help us all to become more efficient in our day to day life style. 2) As we are self aware we can gather a perception of time, the longer you are self aware the longer you perceive it. 3) Time has no physical properties, everyting that exists is made from the elements, time has no elements. 4) You can't feel, see, hear, smell or taste time, you can only be aware of the passing of time. 5) The case of the pilot's clock losing a little time can only mean that some other physical force has altered the way in which the clock measures time. 6) It is impossible to change something that does not exist, so time can't be altered, and people don't get younger. 7) time is in your head, not in the physical world around you, not even in outer space. 8) Finally, time can't go backward or forward for any reason.

I wasn't sure what to do with it, but felt that it wasn't really appropriate for this article as written, being more of an argument against the bulk of the article. So I'm putting it here. -- xixtas  talk 13:21, 23 January 2010 (UTC)