Time Zones & Day/Night

Why is it night in Australia when it’s morning here? A map of the Earth with the Sun above it and the night side in shadow shows how day, night and time zones work.

  • 9–12 years
  • Read aloud
  • No ads
  • EN · БГ · РУ · УК
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Time Zones & Day/Night, a screen from the game

What your child learns

  • Why day and night happen
  • Time zones and the time in other cities
  • East and west, and how the Earth turns

How to play

Say whether it is day or night in a city, move the Sun until it’s midday somewhere, then work out what time it is in another city when it’s 12:00 in one. Four right answers finish a level.

Levels

  1. Level 1Day or night in a city?
  2. Level 2Move the Sun to midday there.
  3. Level 3What time is it in another city?

A tip for parents

Call or message someone far away and work out together what time it is there.

Works on phones, tablets and computers, with nothing to install. No ads and no tracking.

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