AC9M8M04
Year 8
Mathematics
AC9M8M04 | Year 8 Mathematics: Measurement
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor solve problems involving duration, including using 12- and 24-hour time across multiple time zones
Strand
Measurement
Substrand
Measurement
This content descriptor sets out learning for Year 8 Mathematics. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration using digital tools to investigate time zones around the world and convert from one zone to another, such as time in Perth, Western Australia compared to Suva in Fiji or Toronto in Canada
- • Elaboration recognising the challenges of planning regular virtual meeting times for a company that has both international staff and staff within different states and territories, and the impact daylight savings has due to multiple time zones, explaining the mathematical language used to communicate current time such as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)+8, AEST, ACST and AWST
- • Elaboration planning an international travel itinerary that covers destinations in different time zones across Asia
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