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1. Countdown

   This site will calculate the seconds, minutes, or days until your birthday or any other event.

   http://www.spiders.com/portfolio/demos/countdown/

   
   

2. It's About Time

   Learn all about time, including the history of timekeeping, how atomic clocks work, and how to find the most accurate time.

   http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/time/

   
   

3. Latitude and Longitude

   Let NASA teach you about this system of lines and its relation to timekeeping including local time, time zones, the date line, the equator, and the prime meridian.

   http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm

   
   

4. Old Royal Observatory and Planetarium

   Located in London, England, this is the home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Earth's prime meridian, where longitude was determined. Check out the museum's current exhibits.

   http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/

   
   

5. Playing With Time

   See movies that show the changing world around you, go on an exploration of a place in time and find out what's happening behind the scenes, or check out the time-related activities in this exhibit.

   http://www.playingwithtime.org/

   
   

6. Quartz Watch

   Learn about the many people and inventions that contributed to the invention of the quartz watch. You can also see some cool watches.

   http://www.invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/quart...

   
   

7. Suzy's World: Time

   Cool facts, experiments, and timely investigations!

   http://www.suzy.co.nz/suzysworld/Factpage.asp?FactSheet...

   
   

8. Time

   Find information, graphics, and quizzes to teach you about the concept of time.

   http://www.mcwdn.org/Time/TimeMain.html

   
   

9. Time Service Department: U.S. Naval Observatory

   What time is it? Get official U.S. times and resources including the USNO Master Clock with RealAudio announcements.

   http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html

   
   

10. Time Travel

    Do you think time travel is possible? Find out what famous physicists Carl Sagan and Albert Einstein have to say about it on this NOVA site.

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/time/

    
    

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