University of Hawaii: Time Zones

Students plan a trip on the railroad.  In this railroad creation and implementation instructional activity, students listen to the song "Working on the Railroad", make a map of where the track was laid and discuss the geographical...

How and why did the United States come to have four time zones? Learn about how cities and railroad travel impacted the development of these zones. Includes video (requires RealPlayer).

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

Fifth graders locate different time zones. In this time zones instructional activity, 5th graders label the different time zones. Students research the different ways man has kept time throughout history. Students also compute the...

Students 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.

Third graders have a greater understanding of time zones, explain the basic history and purpose in the creation of time zones, and use time zone maps to calculate the time/day in a certain area.

Fourth graders examine the islands of Hawaii. Using this information, they organize it and create a map or graph that represents the data. As a class, they discuss how the watersheds on the islands are different and how people react to...

Students solve time zone problems. In this time zone lesson, students view a time zone map and learn about the 24 time zones. Students are given a worksheet where they compute the time in different areas.

This is the official website for Australian tourism. It presents facts about Australia's geography, weather and climate, time zones, currency, and plants and animals, accompanied by excellent imagery. A useful feature of this page is...

Young scholars locate 6 cities, one on each of the 6 major continents. They find distance for each leg of their journey, convert to percents, use a time zone map, and convert to foreign currencies.