Calculating Time Travel The North Carolina Geographic Alliance

Calculating Time Travel The North Carolina Geographic Alliance

Time Zones • The world is divided into 24 time zones. The North Carolina Geographic Alliance http: //geo. appstate. edu/NCGA

Time Zones • The world is divided into 24 time zones. • Approximately how many degrees of longitude divide each time zone? The North Carolina Geographic Alliance http: //geo. appstate. edu/NCGA

Time Zones • The world is divided into 24 time zones. • Approximately how many degrees of longitude divide each time zone? • Hint: The world is divided into 360⁰. The North Carolina Geographic Alliance http: //geo. appstate. edu/NCGA

Time Zones • The world is divided into 24 time zones. • Approximately how many degrees of longitude divide each time zone? • Hint: The world is divided into 360⁰. • Ans: approximately 15⁰ per time zone The North Carolina Geographic Alliance http: //geo. appstate. edu/NCGA

Meet the Map The Prime Meridian is 0⁰ longitude

Meet the Map The Prime Meridian is 0⁰ longitude The International Date Line is 180⁰ longitude

Meet the Map The Prime Meridian is 0⁰ longitude The International Date Line is 180⁰ longitude Color coded time zones

What happens when you travel across the International Date Line?

Gain a Day What happens when you travel across the International Date Line?

Gain a Day Skip a Day What happens when you travel across the International Date Line?

2 If it is 2 pm on Tuesday in New York, what day and time it is in Los Angeles?

2 If it is 2 pm on Tuesday in New York, what day and time it is in Los Angeles?

Gain a Day If it is 9: 00 am on Friday in LA, what day and time is it in Sydney? Skip a Day

Gain a Day If it is 9: 00 am on Friday in LA, what day and time is it in Sydney? Skip a Day Hint: Add 18 hours

Gain a Day If it is 9: 00 am on Friday in LA, what day and time is it in Sydney? Skip a Day Hint: Add 18 hours Ans: 2: 00 am on Saturday

Gain a Day If it is 6: 00 pm on Saturday in Sydney, what day and time is it in Rome – if you travel west? Skip a Day

Gain a Day If it is 6: 00 pm on Saturday in Sydney, what day and time is it in Rome? Skip a Day Ans: It is 10: 00 am on Saturday

Gain a Day If it is 6: 00 pm on Saturday in Sydney, what day and time is it in Rome? Skip a Day It is 10: 00 am on Saturday What day and time if you travel east from Sydney to Rome?

Gain a Day If it is 6: 00 pm on Saturday in Sydney, what day and time is it in Rome? Skip a Day Ans: Same time! What day and time if you travel east from Sydney to Rome?

9 If your 10 hour flight departs Rome at 9: 00 am on Sunday, what day and time will it be when you land in Denver?

An If your 10 hour flight departs Rome at 9: 00 am on Sunday, what day and time will it be when you land in Denver? Hint: add the change in time zones to the time for the flight

An If your 10 hour flight departs Rome at 9: 00 am on Sunday, what day and time will it be when you land in Denver? Hint: add the change in time zones to the time for the flight Ans: 11: 00 am on Sunday

Gain a Day Skip a Day If it is 7: 00 am on Tuesday in Japan, what day and time will it be in Chicago?

Gain a Day Skip a Day If it is 7: 00 am on Tuesday in Japan, what day and time will it be in Chicago? Ans: 10: 00 pm on Monday