Classroom Timer

A big, readable countdown for the projector. One-tap presets, a colour warning at ten seconds, and nothing to install.

05:00

Timer paused.

Quick set

Free. No signup, no account, nothing to install.

This classroom timer is built to be read from the back of the room. The digits scale to the width of the board, the progress bar shows time left at a glance, and the colour shifts to amber in the last ten seconds so students look up without being told.

One-tap presets cover the intervals teachers actually use — one, two, five, ten, fifteen and twenty minutes. The classroom timer counts against the wall clock rather than counting frames, so it stays accurate even if you switch tabs to your slides.

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick an interval

    Tap a preset — 1, 2, 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes — or set your own before you start.

  2. 2

    Project and start

    The classroom timer fills the board. Pause and resume as the lesson needs.

  3. 3

    Pair it with points

    Run the classroom scoreboard on the same board to award points when the timer stops.

Live and printable, not one or the other

Screen-only tools

Many free classroom timer sites bury the countdown in adverts and cookie banners.

Printable templates

A sand timer cannot be seen past the second row and cannot be paused.

Wapins

A clean full-width classroom timer with no adverts, no signup, and a scoreboard one click away.

Frequently asked questions