1. Which city is currently the warmest? 3. What is the range of temperatures? 5. What is the time difference between Birmingham and Bangkok. 7. It takes 11 hours to fly from Bangkok to Birmingham. If you take off at midday from Bangkok, what time will you arrive in Birmingham (local time)? |
2. What is the mean (average) temperature of these four cities?
4. Estimate the temperatures inside and outside your classroom right now. 6. What will be the time in Boston when it is half past midnight in Brisbane? 8. Can you guess which two cities in the world have the biggest time difference? |
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The temperature and times given are current (live) data so we are unable to provide answers to all of the questions.
1. Which city is currently the warmest?
3. What is the range of temperatures? 5. What is the time difference between Birmingham and Bangkok?. 7. It takes 11 hours to fly from Bangkok to Birmingham. If you take off at midday from Bangkok, what time will you arrive in Birmingham (local time)? |
2. What is the mean (average) temperature of these four cities? 4. Estimate the temperatures inside and outside your classroom right now. 6. What will be the time in Boston when it is half past midnight in Brisbane? 8. Can you guess which two cities in the world have the biggest time difference? |
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Here is the URL which will take them to a related student activity.
Transum.org/go/?to=Temperature
There are now extensive weather records for recent years available on the Internet. Students could find this data, organise it, apply their knowledge of probability and produce their own weather forecast for the next week.
Here are some examples of the data that can be easily used in students' projects:
Alternatively the level of air pollution in cities around the world might make a good topic for investigation. Data showing the AQI (Air Quality Index) is available at AQIcn.org.