Exquisite Excursions

In this time zones activity, students use a formula along with information found on Google Earth to calculate time zones around the world. Students complete 12 word problems.

Pre algebraic learners will be able to master conversion of fractions, decimals, and percents in no time when they use the illustrations on this resource.

In this time zones activity, students review the chart with the United States' time zones. Students use the time zone clocks to find the correct times in each problem.

It's assessment time! Determine your young mathematicians' understanding of elapsed time with this brief, five-question quiz.

Keep track of a state's population. After a brief discussion on how population data is used for funding, individuals look at population changes over time. Pupils find the population of two states using three different censuses. They then...

Visualize methods of finding percents. Classmates find a percent of a quantity using two methods including a visual model in the 26th lesson in a series of 29. By the end of the lesson, scholars find percents given a part and the whole...

Fifth graders locate different time zones. For this time zones lesson, 5th graders label the different time zones. Students research the different ways man has kept time throughout history. Students also compute the differences in time...

This QuickTime movie provides, in part 1, a great introduction to time zones. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept.

Pupils investigate the times zones around the world. They discuss situations when it is important to know the time in different parts of the world and how to find it.

Watch the instructor change a percent into a decimal and multiply it by the original number to determine the percent. One idea would be to embed this video in a PowerPoint presentation, or assign it as homework with your flipped...