Greenwich Mean Time Lesson Plans

1. Return to European Lesson Plans Table of Contents
move16.gif (21021 bytes) Phone Home: Understanding Latitude, Longitude, and Time Zones Lillian J. Fleming Illinois Geographic Alliance Summer Institute, 1998 Preview of Main Ideas World Geography at Wilbur Wright College seeks to have students recognize and understand human efforts to understand Earth. Connection with the Curriculum Both latitude and longitude help us understand Earth. While l...

2. Sun Spot Analysis
...ng Examples Provide Feedback Sun Spot Analysis Activity and Starting Point page by R.M. MacKay. (more info) Clark College, Physics and Meteorology. This material is replicated on a number of sites as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service Project Summary Introductory students use Excel to graph monthly mean Greenwich sunspot numbers from 1749 to 2004 and perform a spectral analysis of the data using the free software program "Spectra". Short answer and thought questions related to the graphical data are asked throughout the assignment. Learning Goals SpectraSunSpots Graph Learn about the past sunspot record. Graph mo...

3. Naval Warfare in the American Revolution
...need to know in order to determine his position? Answer: Tidal and current directions and speeds, and local magnetic variation. C. This kind of navigation, or reckoning of position, is referred to as ?dead? reckoning. 1. ?Dead? is a corruption of ?ded,? from ?deduced? reckoning. 2. Here, ?deduced? means calculated. D. By using a variety of tools such as the quadrant, sextant, or octant, a sailor could also ?fix? his position by ?shooting? the sun at noon. 1. The sun is always shot at noon, when the sun is at its zenith. 2. A sailor could read his latitude either directly off the sextant arc or by subtracting it...

4. Greenwich and World Time Zones
time_43.GIF (12104 bytes) Greenwich and World Time Zones Mary Ann Kurke Illinois Geographic Alliance Summer Geography Institute, 1998 Preview of Main Ideas Wait a minute! Although we would all like to stop the clock on some occasions, time waits for no one. This lesson will help students understand how the basis of tim...

5. Latitude and Longitude
...n Plan 7 http://www.phy6.org/Stargaze/Llatlong.htm + + (5) Latitude and Longitude An introduction to coordinates on a sphere: how latitude and longitude define locations on Earth, and similarly, how declination and right ascension define locations on the celestial sphere. Also introduces systems of time-keeping, e.g. local solar time, time zones, universal time and the international date line. + + Part of a high school course on astronomy, Newtonian mechanics and spaceflight by David P. Stern + + This lesson plan supplements: "Latitude and Longitude," section 5: on disk Slatlong.htm, on the web http://www.phy6.or...

6. Teachnet Disseminator Grant: Irene Velazquez: Recreating New York
...te a KWL chart. Websites This site provides information about 34th Street. http://www.34thstreet.org/partnership/index.php This site provides information about New York City. http://manhattan.about.com/od/familyfun/ activities_and_resources_for_manhattan_families / This site gives information about Greenwich Village such as shopping and dining locations, and Washington Square Park. http:/nycgv.com This site gives information about 42nd Street's history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Street This is a search engine that allows students to find information and images for their projects. http://www.google.com Sta...

7. Time Zones
Time Zones Author Jane Morgan (jmorgan.cds@tuhsd.k12.az.us) Grade Level 6 - 12 Duration 1+ class period Last Update 06/27/2001 National Geography Standards Element Standard Standard ID Element One: The 1 How to Use Maps and Other Geographic Representations, Tools, and World in Spatial Technologies to Acquire, Process,...

8. Time and Time Again
...s First News Snapshot Sunbeams Issues in Depth By SETH MYDANS On This Day in History (Go to Article.) Crossword Puzzle Campus Weblines Education News Get Our Lessons By E-mailPrinter-friendly Version Newspaper in Education (NIE) Teacher Resources Classroom Thursday, December 9, 1999 Subscriptions _ Time and Time Again Calculating Time Zone Differences and the Arrival of the New Millennium Around the World Student Connections Author(s) News Summaries Alison Zimbalist, The New York Times Learning Network Daily News Quiz Word of the Day Grades: 6-8, 9-12 Test Prep Subjects: Geography, Mathematics Question of the Int...

9. Adventures in Time and Place: World Regions Grade 6/7, Chapter 21: Write a Diary Entry
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Return to McGraw-Hill Social Studies Adventures in Time and Place Web-Linked Lesson Plans Adventures in Time and Place: World Regions Grade 7 book Write a Diary Entry Connection to Adventures in Time and Place: World Regions Grade 6/7 Unit 6: Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 21: West Africa Lesson 4: Arts and Recreation Web Link Description Invite students to explore an impo...

10. Time Lesson Plan
fishing for neutrinos Time Lesson Plan Investigation: Time Objectives: Practice reading a clock (either analog or digital) Realize that time varies in different parts of the World Describe how night and day are a result of the rotation of the Earth Describe how light and darkness vary by season at the poles of the Earth Describe how differe...