Students then create and solve word problems based on the celebration of the new millennium at different times around the world. Examine how the current system of telling time affects our lives. Solve word problems that require calculation between your time zone and those of other cities around the world. Develop word problems that require calculation between your time zone and those of other cities around the world, and write explanations of how to find the answers.
Students then share their answers.
Read the last three paragraphs of the article. On the board, write your city's sunrise and sunset times for January 1, 2000. Distribute global time zone maps with countries and time differences marked clearly, and explain to students that they will be using these maps and their math skills to answer word problems about the dawn of the new millennium around the world. Place a globe at the front of the room and a map of the world nearby. Call on six students.