World Math Day

Today and Tomorrow is World Math Day. How can it be today and tomorrow - well, that all has to do with time zones. World Math Day is March 4th as soon as it is March 4th at the International Dateline and goes until it is no longer March 4th anywhere in the world, so somehow that makes it almost 48 hours. I

I just discovered this website today from a friendly email from Math Mammoth and since it is a free event I quickly decided to sign my kids up after reading Maria's blog post.

I let them practice today - and it was a hit. Rebecca accumulated 785 correct answers, Emily 446, and Isaac 84. It was amazing, they are all excited to get up tomorrow and begin competing in the real competition just as soon as they can.

It is really a neat thing that they can compete in real time with other kids from around the globe, it even shows them where on the globe they are located. I found a great interactive time zone map at WorldTimeZone.com where we can check out the time zone's around the world in either 24 hour or 12 hour format. You can get a printable map here. This would also be a great week to talk about Daylight Savings time.

Time Zones from Brain Pop
Daylight Savings Time from Brain Pop
Daylight Savings Time from HowStuff Works
A Change in Time from Science News for Kids

You can sign up for a free 5 day trial from Brain Pop. We used it a few years ago through our virtual school and really enjoyed Brain Pop. However, you may want to preview some of the health videos before letting your kids watch them.

Hint Hint: A membership to a site like this would be a great christmas present from Grandparents.