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The Problem People are are so busy, trying to fit everything into a 24 hour day. The idea of daylight saving time appears to extend the day time hours during the late spring, summer and early fall, but does it really provide extra time? Is it really needed?  Your task is to investigate DST and decide.

Teacher Resources

• Teacher Instructions
• Leading Questions for Class Discussion
• Making DST Safe for Children (bonus discussion material)
• Grading Rubric for Student Responses

Student Resources

• Stimulus Item #1 — “Daylight Saving Time” (article)
• Stimulus Item #2— “Visual Representation of DST” (graph)
• Stimulus Item #3— “Daylight Saving Time Explained” (video)
• Lower elementary alternate stimulus: Daylight Saving Time Information (article to be read aloud)
• "Thought-Gathering" sheet: Daylight Saving Time

For students to access the Stimulus Items directly on their own computers or devices, they can go to http://www.pblproject.com/students (Login: warmups ; Password: student)

***Remember, these Weekly Warm-ups are just a small part of the PBL Project, and we offer exercises for your specific grade and subject area.  For a temporary password to the entire PBL Project website (www.pblproject.com), please e-mail me (Ben Bache) at ben@pblproject.com and I will create one for you to review.