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Time Zones

Directions:

What are people doing in various places of the world as you wait for whatever you're waiting for? That depends on where they're located, of course. See if your child can guess what time it is in the countries listed below, if it is 4 P.M. Eastern Standard Time:

Algiers, Algeria 9 P.M.
Amsterdam, Netherlands 9 P.M.
Bangkok, Thailand 3 A.M. (next day)
Cairo, Egypt 10 P.M.
Canton, China 4 A.M. (next day)
Copenhagen, Denmark 9 P.M.
Galapagos Islands 3 P.M.
Hong Kong 4 A.M. (next day)
Jakarta, Indonesia 3 A.M. (next day)
Khartoum, Sudan 10 P.M.
Melbourne, Australia 7 A.M. (next day)
Moscow, Russia 10 P.M.
Ottawa, Canada 3 P.M.
Reykjavik, Iceland 8 P.M.
Seoul, Korea 5 A.M. (next day)
Tegulcigalpa, Honduras 2 P.M.
Tokyo, Japan 5 A.M. (next day)
Vancouver, Canada NOON
Zurich, Switzerland 9 P.M.

Wow, just think: If you were halfway around the world, all this waiting would be over and everybody would already be sound asleep!

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© 2005 by Steve and Ruth Bennett. Excerpted from 365 Unplugged Family Fun Activities with permission of its publisher, Perseus Books Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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