Stopwatch
An online stopwatch for the classroom: large digits on the projector, laps with splits and a lap list to copy or save, for races and experiments. It needs a free teacher account.
This is the Stopwatch from OpenEduCat Board, where it sits next to everything else you use in a lesson.
Key facts
- Laps
- Up to 100, each with its own time and the split
- Keys
- Enter starts or stops; L takes a lap
- Lap list
- Copy it, or save it as a text file
- Where it runs
- This page and OpenEduCat Board
- Languages
- English
- Price
- Free
- Account
- A free teacher account; students never sign in
Ways teachers use it
- Sports practice: press Lap as each runner crosses the line.PE
- Science experiments: time each try, then save the lap list.Science
- Reading fluency: time a passage and take a lap at each page.Primary
- Lining up: a time for the class to beat tomorrow.
How to use it
- Add the Stopwatch from the widget bar.
- Press Start, and press Lap to note each lap.
- Press Stop when the activity ends.
Templates with this widget
OpenEduCat Board puts this stopwatch on one page with a timer, a name picker and groups, for the projector.
Free account. Sign in once on each device; the board then works offline. The time and the laps you take here travel with you.
- No student accounts.
- No ads.
- Data-processing agreement on request.
Questions
Is this an online stopwatch I can show on the projector?
Yes. Press Start and the digits count up in large type; Full screen on this page fills the screen with them.
Can I record laps?
Yes. Press Lap, or L on the keyboard, while it runs. Each lap keeps its own time and the split, up to 100 laps.
Can I keep the lap times?
Yes. Export laps in the settings copies the lap list and saves it as a text file.
Can it show hours?
Yes. Under Display in the settings, pick hours, minutes and seconds, or minutes, seconds and tenths, or seconds only.
Running a whole school? OpenEduCat for schools keeps it on one platform.
See OpenEduCat for schoolsCounted per page. Report a problem for bugs.