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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students perform various activities to demonstrate knowledge of time zones. They connect with an interactive map to discover what time zone they are in. They create clocks out of paper plates and simulate different time zones. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students work together to identify the accuracy of sundials. They track the position of the sun and create a shadow plot. They discover the difference between real time and clock time. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students examine the Earth's rotation and revolution and how it relates to time. They discuss the need to standardize time and practice calculating time and day for any location. They complete a fact sheet about time to end the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students study the six time zones in the United State in the direct instruction portion of the lesson. They problem solve using the information about time zones and daylight savings time. After the direct instruction, they proceed to guided practice and independent student practice using the concepts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students examine how to use time zones in the United States and international time zones. They discuss and solve problems involving daylight savings time, A.M. and P.M., international time, the international date line, and elapsed time and solve a variety of problems independently. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students examine how to measure time, and specifically focus on using time zones in the United States and international time zones. As a class, they discuss international time, the international date line, and elapsed time. Students then solve problems dealing with time differences in a variety of locations around the world. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students explore time zones. They apply information about time zones and elapsed time to solve problems. Students explore the time zones in the United States. calculate the time zones in various places within the United States and examine how to calculate the rate of change in time. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students explore how to use the time zones in the United States and internationally. They use elapsed time to solve problems. Students calculate the time in various places in the United States. They discuss the 6 time zones in the United States. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students observe and demonstrate how to measure and calculate time using time zones in the United States. They read and discuss a chart of the U.S. time zones, solve a variety of problem as a class, and independently solve time zone problems and discuss the solutions as a class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students examine how to calculate the time in various time zones in the world and determine why this is an important skill. In the direct instruction section, they practice figuring the time in different zones by adding or subtracting the proper number of hours. They also examine AM and PM, and 24 time, and the International Dateline. In guided practice they problem solve by applying the concepts and finally, complete independent student practice. Full Review »
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