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Handout
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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Unit Plan
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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Unit Plan
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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Handout
Extreme Science

Extreme Science: What Is the Time?

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a walk through time as Extreme Science explains time starting with ancient calendars and early clocks to how the National Institute of Standards and Technology uses time today.
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Activity
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Our Story: All Aboard the Train!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Activities and resources, built around a reading of Jingle the Brass by Patricia Newman, for teaching young learners about the importance of railroads in American history.
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Graphic
Other

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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Website
Other

Clari Net Internet Solutions: Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what time it is now in different parts of Mexico. Feel free to browse the times in other countries and regions from this site, too!
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Website
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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Interactive
Other

Time Zones for P Cs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Time Zones for PCs provides a colorful, interactive maps of the United States and the world. Click on one of the starred cities to find out what time it is there.
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Graphic
Other

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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Graphic
Other

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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Graphic
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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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: What Time Is It In?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you figure this? If it is afternoon in San Francisco, California, what time is it in Cairo, Egypt? Explore positive and negative number values in this one page activity using time zones from different parts of the world.