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Time Zone Check: Time Zone Map

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive world map shows the different time zones and what the times are in major world cities. You can click on your region, then find out the time in another part of the world!
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Food Market: Area and Time Zones

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Join Maya in the food market and make patties with her while she learns about the area of triangles and about time zones.
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University of Hawai'i

University of Hawaii: Time Zones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site is provided for by the University of Hawaii. Students will learn about the purpose of time zones and then use time zone maps to calculate the time and day in a specific area.
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World Time Zone: Map With Current Time

For Students 9th - 10th
See a map of the whole world with the current time given for each time zone. Also, find time zone maps of selected areas, countries observing daylight saving time, a sun clock showing the day/night areas of the world, and what the time...
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World Time Zone Map

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a flat map of the world with all of the time zones. See what time it is on the other side of the world.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Four Standard Time Zones Introduced

For Students 3rd - 8th
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).
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Dojo: Polygons and Time Zones

For Students 5th - 6th
Students will play several learning games to explore polygons such as triangles, and how to determine the area of triangles and the different types of triangles. They will also explore time zones.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Nist Physics Laboratory: A Walk Through Time

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present. Includes information on ancient calendars, early clocks, a revolution in timekeeping, world time scales and time zones, and the NIST standards.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Looking at the Clock and Telling the Time

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to read the time on an analog clock, then answer questions using an interactive showing four world time zones. Includes...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: World Time Zones

For Students 3rd - 5th
The interactive map displays the time zones of the world. An explanation of why the world is divided into different time zones is provided.
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Expedia: Time Zone Converter

For Students 9th - 10th
Expedia.com provides a time zone converter. Check what time it is in any country or area of the world. Also, print out a time zone reference card.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: On This Day in 1918, the u.s. Passed the u.s. Standard Time Act

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A classroom activity commemorating the 1918 Standard Time Act and aiding students in learning about differing time zones. Includes lesson plans, web links and an annotated bibliography. From March 19, 2007.
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World Time Zones: Actual Time Check

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site shows the current time in 30 countries around the world. The clocks on display show that the time and day are different in different locations and that some time zones are hours ahead or behind, but others are off...
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World Time Zone: Time Zone Abbreviations

For Students 9th - 10th
What do all of those combinations of letters mean for time zones? Find out when you visit this site.
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The Official U. S. Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the official U.S. time from the official U.S. timekeepers, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and its military counterpart, the U.S. Naval Observatory. Java needs to be enabled to see the timeclocks. There are...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Matter of Time

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you wake up at the crack of dawn, or do you need an alarm clock to wake you up each morning? It may surprise you that the two are not always in synch. Nowadays, we use Standard Time to set our watches instead of Solar Time. Which...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Did Trains Standardize Time in the United States?

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated video explains the relationship between time zones and trains. If you live in the United States, you live in one of the standardized time zones. But these time zones have not always been around. In fact, it's a fairly...
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Time

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about time with definitions, history of time, time on a number line, time zones, telling time, solved examples, and practice questions.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Eiffel Tower: Time, Area and Measurement

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Take a tour of the Eiffel Tower with Marie-Clare and measure its area. Read and interpret time and look at cross-sections of 3D figures.
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Harvard University

Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Time and the Calendar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson helps students discover the importance of time and the calendar, and how they each bring order to life. Each activity is designed for students understand the passage of time, how to keep time, international time zones,...
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Time and date.com: Time Zone Abbreviations

For Students 9th - 10th
You can find out time zone abbreviations, time differences with UTC, and other useful time information.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Practice Test: Time

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This resource provides a practice test for students to use to test their time telling skills.
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World Time Zone: Countries: Territories Operating Daylight Savings Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to find the countries and territories operating daylight savings time and when it starts and ends.
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Clari Net: Local Times Around the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on a continent, and then a country to find out the current time. Includes date, time, latitude and longitude, local time zone, and whether or not the country is on standard time or daylight saving time.

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