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Time Zones

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students 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.  Students use the time zone map to solve time zone problems. ...
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Time Zones

For Students 4th - 6th
In this time zones worksheet, students complete the total length of trips for time zones and answer short answer questions. Students fill in 3 spaces in the chart and answer 3 questions.
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Time Around the World

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the characteristics of a time zone map. They read and interpret time zone maps. Students compare the time in various time zones. Students solve time zone problems.
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Time Zone Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this time zones worksheet, students use a formula along with information found on Google Earth to calculate time zones around the world. Students complete 12 word problems.
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Time Zones

For Teachers 7th - 12th
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...
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Time Zones in the United States

For Teachers 8th
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...
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Time Zone Math

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students calculate the different time of the day that different countries see the sun. They convert between different time zones. There are 3 questions with an answer key.
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Time Zones (1)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this time zones worksheet, students complete a table for the time differences in London and Beijing. Students must calculate that both locations are eight hours apart.
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Time and Time Again

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the effects of time zone differences on how we function as a global community, focusing particularly on the turn of the millennium as a way for students to calculate time zone differences.
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Minnesota-China Connections:What Time Is It?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students calculate the time difference between Beijing, China and their local community. They discuss how time difference affects intercultural communication.
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It's About Time!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the potentials, both positive and negative, of adapting an international 'Internet time' system. They create and solve word problems that require them to translate between the current time system and Internet time.
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Making The Geologic Time Scale Real

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students construct a geologic timeline the size of a football field. They work in small groups to calculate the yardage for significant events in the Earth's history and then as a class pace out all of the events.
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'Tis a Long, Long Way to Tipperary!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners practice finding the location of cities across the world by using an interactive Web site, and figure out the world's time and the value of time zones the world over.
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The Sun's habitable Zone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the average surface temperature of planets. They use the Planet Temperature Calculator to find the average temperature. Students explore how the distance from the sun affects the Earth's average surface temperature. They...
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Not Your Average Average

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover that if a distance is traveled in two or more segments at different average speeds, you cannot average the average speeds. Instead the total distance traveled must be divided by the total elapsed time. Students practice...
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Magnetic Storms

For Students 7th - 11th
In this magnetic storms worksheet, students use a graph of data collected over time showing the magnitude of a magnetic storm. Students use the data to solve 6 problems about the graph and they determine the strength of the storm at...
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Money Math for Teens

Debt Elimination - Power Tools for Building Wealth

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
What does it mean to be wealthy? Your learners will consider how carrying debt affects budgeting, and learn about the debt snowball strategy and how is it used in the concept of eliminating debt in order to build wealth.
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The Deadly Van Allen Belts?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Van Allen Belts worksheet, learners read about the deadly affects of the high energy particle clouds located around the Earth. Students answer 4 questions about the dosages of radiation astronauts receive in the zones of the Van...
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Lunar Meteorite Impact Risks

For Students 9th - 12th
In this lunar meteorite impact learning exercise, students read about the dangers of meteorite impacts while exploring the moon. Students solve 7 problems including finding the area of the side of the moon that faces the Earth,...
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Aquaculture

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine an experiment in which 2 types of commercial fish are fed a new type of fish feed and a commercial fish feed which costs ten times as much. They calculate in the fish grow as well with the cheaper fish feed and then...
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Principles of Flight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the principles of flight. For this flight lesson, students construct a model plane and investigate the forces acting on the flier. They will measure the thrust and calculate the stored energy.
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The Euro: Classroom Exercises – Exchange Students Going to Europe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore ever-changing exchange rates. For this euro/dollar exchange rate lesson, students plan a trip to Europe and calculate their costs in euros and dollars.
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How Far!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders perform basic calculations using time. They read and construct a variety of scales, timetables, and charts. Students devise and use problem solving strategies to explore the situation mathematically.
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Track's Slippery Slope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers graph data of sports figure running time using x-axis y-axis to find slope of trend line, mathematically find the interpolated and extrapolated values for data points. Using the information they make predictions.