Curated OER
Poor Richard's Almanack
Learners discover what "Poor Richard's Almanack" is and identify at least one element of good writing used by Benjamin Franklin and his work. They then identify what makes some of Benjamin Franklin's sayings applicable today and create a...
Curated OER
Time Zones
Students are able to read and also use a variety of timetables and charts. They perform calculations with time, including 24-hour clock times and time zones. These are very important concepts that Students probably have to bear in mind...
Curated OER
Time Zones in the United States
Eighth graders explore how to use the time zones in the United States and internationally. They use elapsed time to solve problems. Students calculate the time in various places in the United States. They discuss the 6 time zones in the...
Curated OER
Lending a Helping Hand
Students research the work of North American NGOs and select one to support with a financial contribution as a class. In this philanthropic research lesson plan, students consider the work of Benjamin Franklin, defining good citizenship...
Curated OER
Summertime Health Activities
Students play together and learn together. In this early childhood lesson plan, students partake in any of the 10 listed here in order to explore healthful activities and foods.
Curated OER
Learning Lesson: The Shadow Knows I
Students examine the elevation of the sun to discover the changes in seasons. They observe and measure the length of their shadow. They compare this measurement to one taken four months later.
Curated OER
Life of a Logger
Students are introduced to the work and lives of 19th century lumberjacks through a living history slide show presentation. They compare and contrast life 150 years ago with the present. Students describe the history of logging in...
Curated OER
Making Sense of Things: The Human Body and Senses
Young scholars conduct an experiment to evaluate the accuracy of their senses.
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
Web Exhibits: Daylight Saving Time
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Daylight Saving Time
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes how Daylight Saving Time began and provides some practice in figuring out what time it is.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 3 10 14: Daylight Saving Time Begins This Weekend
Article reports on the change to daylight savings time.
Other
Time and Date: Daylight Saving Time Dst
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...
Time
Time: Time Explains Daylight Savings Time
Do you really know what DST is? Why do did we start doing it, and is it still needed?
Other
World Time Zone: Countries: Territories Operating Daylight Savings Time
Use this site to find the countries and territories operating daylight savings time and when it starts and ends.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Daylight Saving Day
Kids learn about Daylight Saving Day. The history and facts about this day when we change the clocks by one hour.
US Navy
Usno: Daylight Time
From the U.S. Naval Observatory, a brief history of daylight savings time including information of the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which changed the date from the first Sunday in April to the second Sunday in March starting...
Other
California Energy Commission: Saving Time, Saving Energy
The California Energy Commission explains the history of Daylight Saving Time and why we "spring forward, fall back." There is lots of trivia included about time, a chart giving the start and end dates through 2015, and links to much...
Youngzine
Youngzine: Week of 11 05 12: An Hour More of Zzzz's..yay!
On Sunday, November 4 at 2 a.m, clocks in U.S were set back by an hour as Daylight Savings came to an end. What is DST? Who first proposed the idea? Is it practiced around the world? Let's take a look in this video. [0:37]
Harvard University
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Time and the Calendar
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,...
NASA
Climate Kids: 10 Interesting Things About Energy
Discover 10 very interesting things about energy, including conservation, fossil fuels, daylight savings time, hydropower, wind energy, solar power, greenhouse gases and BTUs (British Thermal Units).
Other
The Official U. S. Time
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Portable Sundial
In this activity students will investigate the accuracy of sundials and the discrepancy that lies between "real time" and "clock time". They will track the position of the sun over the course of a relatively short period of time as they...
Languages Online
Languages Online: El Horario Retrasa Los Relojes
Learn and practice vocabulary in a news article that deals with daylight savings time in Europe. Provide the correct vocabulary for two exercises that cover the same news article. Then check your answers after you have finished each...
Other
World Time Zone: Map With Current Time
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...