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Lesson Overview: This lesson is intended to be an investigation of world time zones based on correlation with longitude.

Time Resources: This lesson is designed for a time period of 60 minutes.

Objectives: Students will be able calculate approximate time globally based on longitude information and they will be able to investigate real time global maps of time zones online.

Educational Instruction:

Reading – 10 minutes.

Activity #1, Image Manipulation and Questions - 20 minutes.

Activity #2, Describing real world time zones on Internet based maps – 20 minutes.

Quiz, unit summary quiz – 10 minutes.

Materials: Students will need access to a printer or the image within the lesson needs to be copied onto paper for the student’s use. Note book paper and pencil is needed for paragraph writing or access to a word processor is needed.

Assessment: Embedded in informal questions within the text and writing Activity #1 and formal assessment quiz inclusive of entire unit is at the end of the unit lessons.

All original materials, activities, and text were created for use this unit, "Proudly Home Made in Nevada."

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