Geo Skill #2- Time Zones
1.
Look at the time zone map of Canada (next page). Please list below the names of the time
zones from west to east. Please record the current time in each of the time zones.
Time Zone
Current Local Time
2. In which time zone are the Northwest Territories in? _________________________
3. What time zone is Ontario in? ______________________________________
4. What 2 time zones only have ½ hour between them?
_______________________________________________________________
5. How many times zone does Nunavut have? ___________________________
6. Convert the following time changes.
a. If it’s 7am in Toronto, ONT, what time is it in Regina, SASK _______________
b. If it’s 11pm in St. John’s, NFLD, what time is it in Quebec City, QUE? ________
c. If it’s 10am in Calgary, ALB, what time is it in Vancouver, BC? ______________
d. If it’s 7pm in Victoria, BC, what time is it in St. John’s NFLD? ______________
e. If it’s 1pm in Winnipeg, MAN, what time is it in, Fredericton, NB? ___________
f. If it’s 2pm on Saturday in Edmonton, what time and day is it in St. John’s NFLD?
______________
NHL TIME ZONE CHALLENGE!!!!
Name: ___________________
You have been hired by the 2016 NHL Entry Draft committee to help the people in the
hometowns of some of Canada’s top prospects be able to watch the draft live. You will have to find
out where each hometown is geographically (latitude and longitude) and figure out what time zone
they are in and what time the draft starts (local time)
Part A: Scouting Report
Your task is to determine the latitude and longitude coordinates of some of your players
respective birthplaces, and the time in the corresponding time zones. You can use the atlas(Canada
Index) or ipads(google earth) to find the latitude and longitude.
PLAYER
Pierre-Luc Dubois
Tyler Benson
Travis Barron
Evan Fitzpatrick
Dylan Coghlan
Julien Gauthier
Patrice Cormier
Kale Clague
Luke Greek
Jake Bean
Tanner Kaspick
CITY, COUNTRY
(OR PROVINCE)
St. Agathe-des-Monts, QC
Edmonton, AB
Brampton, ON
St. John’s, NL
Nanaimo, BC
Pointe-aux-Tremblers, QC
Moncton, NB
Regina, SK
Halifax, NS
Calgary, AB
Brandon, MB
LATITUDE
AND
LONGITUDE
46°N 74°W
TIMEZONE
Eastern
Part B: Draft Day
The draft is being held in Buffalo, New York in 2016 (Eastern Time Zone) and it starts at
1:00pm. You will need to figure out what the start time will be for each hometown if they are
watching it live.
CITY
Edmonton, AB
Brampton, ON
St. John’s, NL
Nanaimo, BC
Pointe-auxTremblers, QC
TIME
ZONE
Central
VIEWING
TIME
11:00am
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CITY
Moncton, NB
Regina, SK
Halifax, NS
Calgary, AB
Brandon, MB
TIME ZONE
VIEWING
TIME
Part C: Travel Itinerary (Bonus)
TSN is covering this event and want to send some reporters to the hometowns to get
reactions from the residents as their hometown prodigy gets drafted. You must create a flight itinery
for these reporters. With six possible time zones, this can be very confusing. The chart below is
your plane ticket for the Leafs first road trip of this season. Please complete the missing spots.
Flight
Toronto to
Edmonton
Departure Time
(Local Time –
where the plane
departs)
5:00 pm
-
Toronto to Halifax
Toronto to Regina
Toronto to St.
John’s
Toronto to
Nanaimo
10:00 am
noon
Duration
Arrival (Local Time –
where the plane lands)
4 hours
7:00 pm
Explanation-- 7:00pm in Edmonton is
9:00pm in Toronto (2 time zones
away)
1.5 hours
12:30 am
1:00 pm
2.5 hours
4.5 hours
2:30 am