Travel and time
I can understand that time zones can have an effect on travel.
Travel and time
I can understand that time zones can have an effect on travel.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Many flights cross time zones, leading to discrepancies between the time in the air and that of destination airports.
- Some flights cross the International Date Line moving between the western and eastern hemispheres of the globe.
- Some countries, including the UK, adjust their time in certain seasons to maximise the hours of daylight.
- Interactive flight maps can be used to investigate the complex pattern of international flights.
Keywords
Eastern Hemisphere - The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that lies east between the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line.
Western Hemisphere - The Western Hemisphere is the half of Earth that lies west between the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line.
Daylight Saving Time - Daylight Saving Time is the practice of turning the time forward by one hour in Spring to make use of longer daylight hours and back to standard time in Autumn when there are fewer hours of daylight.
Common misconception
All journeys start in GMT.
This lesson only uses journeys that begin in GMT. This is to avoid any that start in the western hemisphere, cross the Prime Meridian and end in the eastern hemisphere, which are more complicated for KS2 pupils to understand using time zone maps.
Equipment
Devices to access the internet.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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