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ProCon

Daylight Savings Time

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
An entomologist named Geroge Vernon Hudson is credited with proposing Daylight Saving Time (DST) so he could better study his insects. Using the informative website, scholars read a brief introduction to the topic and then explore the...
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Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Daylight Saving Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Why in the world do we turn our clocks forward in the Spring and back again in the Fall? Share with your students the rationale and history of the Daylight Saving Time concept from Benjamin Franklin through World War I and World War II...
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Other

Time and Date: Daylight Saving Time Dst

For Students 9th - 10th
Daylight Saving Time is a way of making better use of the daylight in the evenings by setting the clocks forward one hour during the longer days of summer, and back again in the fall. To remember which way the clock goes, keep in mind...
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Time

Time: Time Explains Daylight Savings Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you really know what DST is? Why do did we start doing it, and is it still needed?
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Daylight Saving Day

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Daylight Saving Day. The history and facts about this day when we change the clocks by one hour.
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Other

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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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Over Here

For Students 5th - 8th
World War I was not fought by Americans just in Europe. Read about the many ways people at home helped the war effort. See how badly German-Americans were treated as anti-German passions were fueled.