Time Zones

A short video can be shown to your class to explain time zones. (A free subscription to the teachers' website is required to access the video.) Pairs of workers use a time zone map to solve six scenarios on a worksheet. 

In this math worksheet, students examine a map of North America with all the time zones marked. Students solve 11 time zone word problems and fill out a chart which displays shipping times.

In this time zone activity, students identify and complete 17 different problems that include reading a map of time zones across the world. First, they select a time for a US city and use integers on the legend to locate that same time...

In this geography skills worksheet, students use the provided map and chart data to respond to 17 fill in the blank questions about time zones, the military grid, and latitude and longitude.

In this time zones activity, learners read a detailed paragraph about the Earth's 24 times zones, their 15 degree width, and the increase in hours for each zone. Students study the world time zone map and then answer the four questions...

In this time zones worksheet, students complete the total length of trips for time zones and answer short answer questions. Students fill in 3 spaces in the chart and answer 3 questions.

Students solve time zone problems and chart travel around the world.  For this time zone lesson, students learn about the history of time zones and view a time zone map.  Students use the time zone map to solve time zone problems. ...

Sixth graders explore time zones, latitude, and longitude concepts using Internet sites and resources. For this time zones lesson plan, 6th graders locate major cities and countries around the world, along with identifying time...

Students make a sundial. In this time lesson, students determine the time of the day by creating a sundial. They check the time on the sundial, hourly, for one week. Afterward, they explore what happened to the shadows in reference to...

Ninth graders design travel plans for a dream vacation to another time zone within the United States and to another country. They determine departure and arrival time for each time zone. They calculate monetary exchange rates for the...