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BTEC Travel and Tourism Unit 3: Preparation for P4 Time zones

What are lines of longitude? http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0015-longitude.php

What is the Greenwich Meridian Line (or Prime Meridian) and where is it? http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/wholives/whosin.htm

What is Greenwich Mean Time? http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0821775.html

What is Daylight Saving Time and which countries use it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

What are time zones? http://schoolwaxtv.com/nasa-kids-science-news-time-zones

What is the International Date Line? http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=International%20Date%20Line

Calculating time City Country Time in London Time in the place Paris Barcelona New York Los Angeles Chicago Perth Sydney Moscow Vladivostok Omsk http://www.kidscosmos.org/science/world_time.php - time zone calculator