Thursday, March 11, 2010

Daylight Saving Time




Let's see: Is it spring ahead and fall back or is it fall ahead and spring back? Right, it is spring ahead and fall back. Therefore we all "lost" an hour of sleep on Saturday night. Some of us may have gone to bed an hour earlier or slept in yesterday. It was much darker when you came to school today but the sun was up a lot longer last night. Maybe you are a little more tired today than normal. Do you think Daylight Saving Time is responsible for that?




Daylight Saving Time has a long history. Check out the link. Name one state that does not observe Daylight Saving Time (DST). I want you to discover some other facts on DST. In your post, name one state that does not observe DST, one other fact about DST and how you feel about DST. Remember to proofread!

32 comments:

specter said...

I think that the idea of daylight savings time is useless now because it was originally invented before the
invention of the incandescant light bulb with the intention of prolonging
daylight to make more work hours

Matt said...

It is clear that daylight savings IS the culprit of everyone's feeling of sleep deprivation, however I so not fully understand our reasoning for keeping it. The only thing it succeeds in doing is making it bright out when you try to rest your eyes, and dark when you try to wake up, a somewhat useless system if you ask me.

Unknown said...

I think that daylight saving, you do become more tired and lazy. This is happing probly because you are losing a hour of sleep. Also in the news, they say that more people are likly to have a heartattack during daylight saving time. I like daylight saving time because it stays lighter longer but i also hate it because I am losing a hour of sleep.

Unknown said...

Hawii and Puerto Rico do not have daylight savings time. They have standard time all year round. i like the idea of daylight savings time because it switches things up. I'd perfer more sunlight during the day and it being darker in the mornig. :)

Unknown said...

One state that doesn't observe Daylight Saving Time is Arizona. A fact about "DST" is that in the year of 2006 during Halloween the death rate was higher then has ever been, because it was darker outside. They established that "DST
" would be longer in 2007. I personally don't like the whole time changing thing, I do like that it's light outside for longer though.

Joshua Morgan said...

The one state that does not have daylight savings time is Arizona. The other three parts of the navajo nations do however. I dont like dst for one reason I get a hour less sleep. I like it because it gets dark later therefore i have dislikes and likes about it.

Quesha12 said...

i thought the information was interesting. I learned something new about DST and some other things I didn't know about. The information posted was very benefitial to my learning.

Unknown said...

One state that does not observe daylight savings time is Hawaii. What I think about daylight savings time is that its very tiring. The fact about it is that you will lose an hour of sleep and the sun stays out later during the day.

specter said...

to add on to my other publishing hawaii and Peurto Rico don't pariticipate in daylight savings time

Unknown said...

Arizona is one state does not participate in Daylight Savings. Daylight Savings has is pro's and its con's. I personally like the idea of daylight savings, although we lose an hour of sleep, later, we also gain an hour, so it evens out. The first institution affected by Daylight Savings Time was the Berlin Oprea, on April 30th, 1916- the day the clocks in Germany were to be set forward for the first time.

Unknown said...

I thought this blog was very interesting. It can teach people a lesson to not forget to change your clocks on daylight savings time. Hawaii and Puerto Rico and Arizona do not have daylight savings time

Unknown said...

I think it was kinda scary walking to the bus stop at night!! Although it was morning, the sky was telling a different story. I am a little tired from the change. Hawii is one state that doesnt participate in daylight savings. I feel that we shouldnt either its a waste of sleep!!!

Matt said...

Most of America's states take part in the ridiculous change of time, Arizona and Hawaii. They are the only two states who have the sense to keep time the same throughout the year. It was created by Ben Franklin in an attempt to save money, though I do not agree with such a thing.

Unknown said...

Antarctica dose not have (dst). I thank that day light savings time is crazy because its so hard to wake up in the mornig becaus your body is used to the other waytime and your just so warn out. Day light savings time has caused a lot of damage in ares.

Unknown said...

daylight saving time is somtimes good and somtimes bad and things i got out of this is tiring
and a state that dont hvae daylight savingtmie is arizona.

Dr. Watson said...

I think this blog was funny. I like the Bombing Thwarted story .Arizona and Hawaii do not participate in daylight savings. Did you know that radio station broadcast farther at night.

The WWII Reenactor said...

DST is used in the US and many European countries and has been around since WWI. DST was meant to conserve fuel needed to produce electricity. The idea dates back to Ben Franklin. At least on US state aggrees with me because I think DST is useless and that state is New Mexico.

jeff said...

I dont really understand the point of daylight savings time. I dont think we should have daylight savings time because it messes up my sleep pattern up. As well as a lot of other people's, but im sure not everyone agrees with me but that's why it is my oppinion.

Unknown said...

Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time. Here's a fun fact, one year, 23 different pairs of DST start and end dates were used in Iowa alone. I do not like DST because, it confuses me with the time and its hard to adjust to it. It is also dark when I leave the house in the morning now and that really scares me. :(

jeff said...

P.S. Arizona doe' does not celebrate daylight savings time. :)

lisa said...

well I think that daylight saving time is a mess. They should just leave it at one time. When they go to change the world its one thing but time is not. Airzonia is the state that do not havedaylight saving time.

Darion said...

Hawaii does not observe DST. One man didn't have to go to war because of DST. I think that DST is very interesting.

cole said...

i really don't like DST i think there is no sense in it it messes up our sleep time. Patrons of bars that stay open past 2:00 a.m. lose one hour of drinking time on the day when Daylight Saving Time springs forward one hour. one state that does not use DST is Arizona.

Jesse Tengowski said...

I believe Daylight Savings Time is responsible for the account of tiredness. However, I do not understand how it changes the time. Its crazy to know that during daylight savings time all train stations in U.S stop or fall behind schedule for an hour. Daylight Saving Time is impossible to change except for Antartica, they never have a change in time. I only agree with Daylight Savings Time when we get to sleep in an hour.

Liv said...

Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time. There was a man who was born at 12am. When he was older he avoided the Vietnam War draft, by arguing that he was really born the previous day. I like getting up in the dark and having longer sun in the evening, but i wish we could keep it the same year-round.

lisa said...

Daylight saving time is a mess they should just leave it at one time. Because when they change thye world its one thing but messing with the time is anither. Airazonia is the stae that do not have daylight saving time. one fact is ben franklin thought of daylight saving time.

jerk king said...

I think DST is dumb. I don't think there is any point in confusing people on what time it is. the state that doesn't have DST is Arizona.

Darion said...

Hawaii does not observe DST. The idea of DST came from Benjamin Franklin. DST is both interesting and confusing sometimes.

Mary said...

One state that does not state DST is Hawaii. In 2006 the child involved accidents were at their peek on October 31 or Halloween so DST was extended to give Trick-or-Treaters more day light to prevent some accidents from happening. I think that DST is more dangerous because everyone is tired or running late making it more dangerous to drive.

Unknown said...

I think it is a bad idea. You can just have got hired for a job an have to be there at a time and if you don't know about it you can get fire before you stared. I think it is kind of scary walking to the bus stop when dark.

jerk king said...

I think DST is pointless because there is no need in confusing people on what time it is. An interesting fact is that not every state has to do DST. A state that doesn't have DST is Arizona.

christinaa said...

One state that does not use daylight savings is Arizona. And i wouldn't blame them. To me daylight savings doesn't make any since. I feel really drowsy. Also Daylight Savings causes a 5% reduction in crashes, so for the next 6 months, it's officially 5% safer for you to cross the road without looking both ways. That's interesting!