Senior MB Maths

TIME

G'day Senior Unit time travellers!
Each time you see a
it means you have a task to complete

A timeline of timekeeping
http://whyfiles.org/078time/3.html

Read through the developments in timekeeping over the centuries, then:
select two of the methods described and complete a: PNI : positive things/negative things/interesting things about both.

 

International Time Zones

Why is it a different time in different places? The first of these links explains the 'why', and the second will tell you exactly the time in many different places around the world.

 Time scales and time zones
http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/world.html

Current time around the world
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Find Brisbane (our time zone), New Delhi, Singapore and Vancouver, and write down the current time in each place. Add three more cities of your own choosing. Arrange them in order, from earliest to latest.

Countdown to 2006 
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/newyear.html

How long must we wait for the party at the end of the year?

 

Daylight Savings Time

Normally intelligent people seem to get very upset over this topic. Read what Dr Karl and the WA Daylight Saving Party have to say on the topic, and then:
write down what you think. Should Queensland have daylight savings? Explain your reasons why or why not.

Dr Karl: daylight savings
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s689016.htm

Daylight saving in WA
http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/daylight.html

 

 

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