Social Studies: Which Direction Clocks Change for Daylight Saving Time Practice
Practice springing forward and falling back
Social Studies: Which Direction Clocks Change for Daylight Saving Time Practice
Practice springing forward and falling back
Social Studies - Grade 4-5
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In many places in the United States, daylight saving time begins in the spring. Clocks move from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. Did the clock move forward or backward?
Remember the phrase, spring forward.
The clock moved forward because the time changed from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. - 2
Daylight saving time ends in the fall. Clocks move from 2:00 a.m. back to 1:00 a.m. Did the clock move forward or backward?
Remember the phrase, fall back.
The clock moved backward because the time changed from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. - 3
A family changes their clock from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the start of daylight saving time. Which direction did they move the clock?
They moved the clock forward because 8:00 p.m. is one hour later than 7:00 p.m. - 4
A student changes a clock from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. when daylight saving time ends. Which direction did the student move the clock?
When daylight saving time ends, clocks go back one hour.
The student moved the clock backward because 8:00 p.m. is one hour earlier than 9:00 p.m. - 5
Write the missing word: In the spring, clocks usually move one hour ____ for daylight saving time.
Use the word that matches spring forward.
In the spring, clocks usually move one hour forward for daylight saving time. - 6
Write the missing word: In the fall, clocks usually move one hour ____ when daylight saving time ends.
Use the word that matches fall back.
In the fall, clocks usually move one hour backward when daylight saving time ends. - 7
Maya goes to bed at 8:30 p.m. The clocks spring forward during the night. What time would the clock show after moving one hour forward from 8:30 p.m.?
The clock would show 9:30 p.m. after moving one hour forward from 8:30 p.m. - 8
Noah sees that a clock says 6:15 a.m. Before going to bed in the fall, his family moves it back one hour. What time should the clock show?
Count one hour earlier from 6:15.
The clock should show 5:15 a.m. because moving back one hour makes the time one hour earlier. - 9
Choose the correct sentence: A. Daylight saving time starts when clocks fall back. B. Daylight saving time starts when clocks spring forward.
Sentence B is correct because daylight saving time starts when clocks spring forward. - 10
Choose the correct sentence: A. Daylight saving time ends when clocks fall back. B. Daylight saving time ends when clocks spring forward.
Sentence A is correct because daylight saving time ends when clocks fall back. - 11
A community announcement says, 'Set your clocks ahead one hour tonight.' Is this most likely for the start or the end of daylight saving time?
Ahead means forward in time.
This is most likely for the start of daylight saving time because setting clocks ahead means moving them forward one hour. - 12
A calendar note says, 'Turn clocks back one hour on Sunday.' What season phrase helps you remember this change, and which direction do clocks move?
The phrase is fall back, and clocks move backward one hour.