Part 6: Time zones of Canada
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Colour and label the map with the
time zones of Canada.
Are lines of latitude or lines of
longitude used to separate time
zones?
Approximately, how many
degrees are used to separate
each time zone?
If there are 360o in a circle and
there are 15o in each time zone,
how many time zones are there?
How many time zones does
Canada have?
What is the name of the time
zone that you live in?
What is the name of the time
zone for Credo Christian School in
B.C.?
Calculation of Real Time
1. It’s 8:45 AM in Halifax. What time is in:
a) Victoria? ____________
b) Calgary? ___________
c) Flin Flon? ___________
2. It’s noon in Saskatoon (that rhymes!). What time is in:
a) Bacon Cove, Nfld.? __________ b) Pleasantville, NS? __________ c) Wawa, ON? ___________
3. a) Place the nine cities in order from west to east: Edmonton, Fredericton, Halifax, Montreal,
Regina, St. John's, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver
b) Name the time zone for each city.
c) State the time, assuming that it is 1:00 pm at Hamilton, Ontario
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Time Zone
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4. When you pass a timezone boundary going EAST you __________ (add/subtract) an hour.
5. When you pass a timezone boundary going WEST you __________ (add/subtract) an hour.
6. The longitude of Skookumchuck River is 122oW. How many timezones are between Skookumchuck
and Greenwich (0o)? __________
Part 6: Time zones of Canada
Time zones YouTube Videos:
1. Real World: Longitude and Time zones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDWHM00sZJc
a) Before clocks, how did people tell time?
b) Why did the Greeks divide the globe into 360 segments?
c) How many rotations does the Earth make in a 24 hour period?
d) How far does Earth turn in one hour?
e) Every new time zone is how many degrees apart?
f) What city does the Prime Meridian run through?
g) How does the length of a day on Mercury compare to Earth?
2. A brief history of time zones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcc0bhVBiRg&feature=related
a) Why does the girl featured in the beginning of the video seem to take so long to get
to school?
b) Why does living on a time zone make scheduling difficult?
c) Why do you think the Department of Transportation decides what time a place will
be if it’s right on the border?
3. Daylight Saving History http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWtseb2-4
a) Why do we have daylight saving time?
b) When is daylight saving time? What is the rest of the year called?
c) Where do seasons not exist? Do they have daylight saving time?
d) If a country is further from the equator is it more or less likely to use daylight saving?
e) Why were the Germans the first to use daylight saving?
f) Why might daylight saving actually cost more energy?
g) What is the difference in money spent or saved on energy with daylight saving?
h) What problems arise with daylight saving?
i) Which Canadian province does not have daylight saving?
4. Where time collides http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD4cV08dd44&feature=related
a) Where is there a collision between three time zones?
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