Daylight Saving Time
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Why do we use daylight savings time & who invented it?
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How Stuff Works: Time
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Complete five-part explanation of time & how it's measured, including information about clocks, time zones, and calendars.
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Making a Horizontal Sundial
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Learn how to make a sundial. Instructions are for beginners, intermediate, or advanced, & work for either the northern or southern hemispheres.
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Science Museum - Atomic Clocks
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Talks about how different types of atomic clocks work, & the history of their invention.
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The Hourglass
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[ Kids/Teens ] - The University of Houston College of engineering, describes how an hourglass works & also gives interesting facts about this timekeeper.
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Local Times Around the World
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Find out what time it's anywhere in the world.
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Latitude & Longitude
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[ Mature Teens ] - Introduction to latitude & longitude, a way of calculating exactly where you're anyplace on earth & a way to tell time.
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Time
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[ Kids/Teens ] - Just how do we measure time & what has Greenwich England got to do with it?
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On Time
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[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Learn about the history of time measuring devices in this on line Smithsonian Institute exhibit. Page discusses how the accuracy of watches & clocks affected people's perception & usage of time.
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NPR : 'Seize the Daylight'
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Talks about the complicated politics & curious history of daylight standard time.
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Countdown
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[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Calculate the exact time in days, hours, minutes & seconds from now until your birthday or any other event.
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World Time Converter
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Provides on line times converter & brief information about GMT/UTC.
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What Time Is It!
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[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Gives the current time, synchronized by NIST. Close to 100 different time zones supported, as well as the ability to select the default time zone.
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Industrious Clock
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[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Clock using video of a hand drawing to display the time.
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Discover - Time Machine
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[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Article explores a clock designed to keep accurate time for 10,000 years.
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National Geographic Kids Magazine: Water Clock Experiment
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[ Kids/Teens ] - Demonstrates how water clocks can be often used to keep time.
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Time Travel
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Is time travel possible? See what Carl Sagan & Einstein had to say about time travel in this NOVA special.
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A History of Time
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[ Teens/Mature Teens ] - A two-part article that discusses physicist's evolving view of time.
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US Library of Congress - How does an hourglass measure time?
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[ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Answers questions about how an hourglass keeps time & what are the contributing factors determining how long an hourglass lasts.
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