Reveal the Timetable Quiz POWERPOINT

Years

5 - 6

Pages

9

PowerPoints, Resource

Description

Reveal the Timetable Quiz PowerPoint is an interactive and engaging resource that helps students build fluency with timetables, duration and time interpretation. Designed as a hands-on digital activity, students will love constructing and analysing a cinema schedule while developing key skills in reading and interpreting time-based data.


Students begin by placing five different movies into a blank cinema timetable across four screens. Each movie comes with a specified duration, and students must decide which time slots fit. This encourages planning, logic and understanding of elapsed time as they fill in the schedule piece by piece.


Once the timetable is complete, students answer a series of questions involving start and finish times, gaps between screenings, and real-world problem solving. As a final challenge, students are asked to write their own timetable question and swap with a peer – turning this into a collaborative and creative learning experience.


Key Learning Outcomes:

  • ✅ Read and interpret a timetable format
  • ✅ Calculate duration using start and finish times
  • ✅ Apply logical reasoning to fill in time-based schedules
  • ✅ Use timetables to solve real-world problems and create original questions

What’s Included:

  • Interactive PowerPoint with blank cinema timetable layout
  • Five movie titles and durations for placement
  • Guided questions based on the completed timetable
  • Final activity encouraging students to write their own questions

Materials Needed:

  • Interactive whiteboard or classroom display to present the activity
  • Mini whiteboards or notebooks for students to record answers and working out
  • Printed timetable handout (optional) for partner or small group work
  • Analogue or digital clocks as visual supports for time-based reasoning (optional)

How to Use:

  1. Display the PowerPoint in slideshow mode to activate interactivity.
  2. Introduce the five movie durations and guide students to schedule each on the timetable.
  3. Click to reveal each movie slot placement and discuss decision-making strategies.
  4. Answer follow-up questions involving start times, end times and gaps between screenings.
  5. Have students create their own time-based question and swap with a partner for solving.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

  • 💡 Use as a warm-up during your measurement unit on duration and time
  • 💡 Assign in pairs or small groups for collaborative problem solving
  • 💡 Extend the activity by creating a full day’s cinema schedule with multiple rotations
  • 💡 Use printed timetables for extra practise or independent follow-up tasks
  • 💡 Create a real-life connection by comparing with school or public transport timetables

Top Teacher Tips:

  • 💛 Use colour-coded pens or markers when working with time slots to help visual learners
  • 💛 Pause between question slides for students to explain their reasoning aloud
  • 💛 Differentiate by scaffolding time conversions or using simpler time blocks if needed

Reveal the Timetable Quiz PowerPoint is the perfect mix of practical problem-solving and interactive fun – helping students strengthen time management skills in a real-world context.

Additional information

Number of Pages

9

File Format

zip

Australian Curriculum Code

AC9M6M03

Australian Curriculum V9

F - 6

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