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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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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.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Your Body Temperature Tell the Time of Day?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have ever had to adjust to a new time zone, you have noticed that it takes a while before you start to feel normal again. By shifting your sleep and activity schedule, you have altered the pattern of your body's circadian rhythms....
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Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Sir Sanford Fleming (1827 1915)

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find the story of how and why time zones came about and the Canadian who developed the system that has become so important around the world. Be sure to read the "Incidents and Anecdotes" section to find interesting facts...
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Just Maps: World Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
An index of maps and flags of countries throughout the world. Also provides political maps, time zones, population, and religious maps of every region of the world.
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Time and date.com

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a free site which began with the World Clock, and has grown to include many other wonderful tools for learning about time and date. what makes this site distinctive, is its ability to manipulate the perspective internationally to...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Time Travel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this NOVA lesson to discuss the nature of time and the grandfather paradox. Examine time from different perspectives by plotting ages on a timeline, estimating how long a minute is and imagining going back in time to change something...
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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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The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Clocks Teaching Time

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This site from The Franklin Institute presents a number of activities, games, exhibits, scavenger hunts, resources, links related to clocks and telling time.
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Australian Tourism: Facts and Planning

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the official website for Australian tourism. It presents facts about Australia's geography, weather and climate, time zones, currency, and plants and animals, accompanied by excellent imagery. A useful feature of this page is...
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Time and date.com: The World Clock Time Zones

For Students 9th - 10th
This website has a variety of time resources. You can find a major city and its time. If you click on that city it will give you lots of information.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Timing the Tides

For Students 3rd - 5th
Have you ever been to a tide pool during low tide? Some intertidal animals in the low tide zone are left in a tiny pool of water when the tides go out. Other intertidal animals that live in high tide zones may be left to dry out during...
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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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British Council

British Council: Learn English Kids: One Moment Around the World

For Students 2nd - 8th
Listen to a story that helps you understand time zones around the world. The story begins at 5:00 in the morning in London; as you read or listen to the story, you are asked to determine what time it is in other parts of the world using...

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