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Understanding Time Zones Grade 12 - Tourism Grade 12 Study Guide

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Understanding Time Zones
Developed by E.Engelbrecht

WHAT DOES THE CAPS REQUIRE?
CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT POLICY STATEMENT

9 Map work and tour planning 

World time zones: 

  • Concepts: Time zone, UTC, Greenwich, hemispheres, equator and seasons, standard time, local
    time, the international date line, the 24-hour dock (00:00-23:59), latitude, longitude
  • Introduction to a world time zone map .
  • Concept Daylight saving time (DST). Reasons for this practice
  • The impact of time zones and daylight saving on travel planning and travelling 
10  Map work and tour planning

Calculations of world times when travelling between countries: 

  • Calculations to determine arrival time and departure time with and without DST and flying time (a time zone map must be provided. Learners are not required to know which countries apply DST)
  • Concepts: jet lag and jet fatigue. Symptoms of jet lag. How to minimise and ease the effects of jet lag

WORLD MAP & CARDINAL POINTS

world map and cardinal points

EARTH REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN

earth revolves around the sun

ROTATION OF THE EARTH

rotatiopn of the earth

DAY AND NIGHT ON EARTH

day and night on earth

DEMONSTRATING TIME ZONES

demonstarting time zones

LINES OF LONGITUDE

lines of longitude

24 LINES OF LONGITUDE

24 lines of longitude

THE 0º LINE OF LONGITUDE

the o line of longitude

GREENWICH

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greenwich

INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE (IDL)

idl

TIME ZONE MAP

time zone map

THE 24-HOUR CLOCK

24 hour clock

TIME DIFFERENCES

time difference

TIME ZONE LINE

time zone line

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST)

A way of making better use of the natural daylight by setting your clock forward one hour during the summer months, and back again in autumn.
dst

Daylight saving time is in use between March and April and ends between September and November as the countries return to Standard Time.

JET LAG / JET FATIQUE

jet lag

JET LAG / JET FATIQUE

jet lag 2

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