Review the Academic Content Standards related to this lesson. Examine how the current system of telling time affects our lives and how the existence of time zones affects communication, transportation, and business. Create an equation for calculating the Internet time on your classroom s clock. Solve word problems that require translation between the current time system and Internet time. Develop word problems that require translation between the current time system and Internet time, and write explanations of how to find the answers.
Students then share their answers.
Then, calculate the current time. Challenge students with word problems that require them to translate between the current time system and Internet time, as in the examples below. Have a global time zone map handy for students reference to the different global time zones. Ask students to come up with other examples. As you translate the times, discuss what difficulties and benefits the Internet time system may have.