See also:

  • http://www.spiders.com/portfolio/demos/countdown/
    Countdown [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Calculate the exact time in days, hours, minutes and seconds from now until your birthday or any other event.
  • http://www.mrdowling.com/601-daylight.html
    Daylight Saving Time [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Why do we use daylight savings time and who invented it?
  • http://discovermagazine.com/2005/nov/cover
    Discover Magazine: Time Machine [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Article explores a clock designed to keep accurate time for 10,000 years.
  • http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/instruments/pendulum.html
    The Galileo Project - Pendulum Clock [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Describes Galileo's work on pendulums and the pendulum clock.
  • http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Time_1.html
    A History of Time [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - A two-part article that discusses physicist's evolving view of time.
  • http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1469.htm
    The Hourglass [ Kids/Teens ] - The University of Houston College of engineering, describes how an hourglass works and also provides interesting facts about this timekeeper.
  • http://www.howstuffworks.com/time.htm
    How Stuff Works: Time [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Complete five-part explanation of time and how it is measured, including information about clocks, time zones, and calendars.
  • http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html
    Industrious Clock [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Clock using video of a hand drawing to display the time.
  • http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
    International Standard Date and Time Notation [ Mature Teens ] - International Standard ISO 8601 specifies numeric representations of date and time. It helps to avoid confusion caused by the many different national notations.
  • http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm
    Latitude and Longitude [ Mature Teens ] - Introduction to latitude and longitude, a way of calculating exactly where you are anyplace on earth and a way to tell time.
  • http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
    Local Times Around the World [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Find out what time it is anywhere in the world.
  • http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Classroom/Lessons/Sundials/sundials.html
    Making a Horizontal Sundial [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Learn how to make a sundial. Instructions are for beginners, intermediate, or advanced, and work for either the northern or southern hemispheres.
  • http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sunclock.html
    Making a Sun Clock [ Kids/Teens ] - Before there were clocks, people used shadows to tell time. Learn how to make your own sun clock!
  • http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4572036
    NPR : 'Seize the Daylight' [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Talks about the complicated politics and curious history of daylight standard time.
  • http://americanhistory.si.edu/ontime/
    On Time [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Learn about the history of time measuring devices in this online Smithsonian Institute exhibit. Page discusses how the accuracy of watches and clocks affected people's perception and usage of time.
  • http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/stories/atomic_clocks.aspx
    Science Museum - Atomic Clocks [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Talks about how different types of atomic clocks work, and the history of their invention.
  • http://www.mrdowling.com/601-time.html
    Time [ Kids/Teens ] - Just how do we measure time and what has Greenwich England got to do with it?
  • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/time/
    Time Travel [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Is time travel possible? See what Carl Sagan and Einstein had to say about time travel in this NOVA special.
  • http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/hourglass.html
    US Library of Congress - How does an hourglass measure time? [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Answers questions about how an hourglass keeps time and what are the contributing factors determining how long an hourglass lasts.
  • http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
    A Walk Through Time [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present.
  • http://www.whattimeisit.com/
    What Time Is It! [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Gives the current time, synchronized by NIST. Close to 100 different time zones supported, as well as the ability to select the default time zone.
  • http://www.logan.ws/articles/when_does_daylight_savings_time_occur.asp
    When Does Daylight Savings Time Occur [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Explanation of when and why we have daylight savings time.
  • http://www.gkindia.com/bitsol_time/
    World Time Converter [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Provides online times converter and brief information about GMT/UTC.