1. Bellwork Open your textbook to page H9 in the front. 1. What time zone do you live within? 2. What two states do not observe Daylight Savings Time? 3. How many different time zones are there in the United States? Put your homework on the top right hand corner of your desk.

2. Time Zones of the World

3. Essential Question How do you read and interpret a time zone map? 7.3.17

4. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ Have you ever experienced a problem caused by changing time zones?

5. Time Zones Facts The earth is divided into 24 time zones. The earth is divided into 24 time zones. They run along the earth’s longitude lines. They run along the earth’s longitude lines. Eastern time zones are ahead of western time zones because the sun rises there first each day. Eastern time zones are ahead of western time zones because the sun rises there first each day. The first time zone begins at the Prime Meridian. The first time zone begins at the Prime Meridian.

7. Phrase to remember Left it loses Right it Raises