Daytime Saving Time ends today for many of my buddies in Europe and it ends next Sunday for those of us in North American states and provinces that observe Daylight Saving Time. As someone who gets up early and resides in a northern state, I welcome the change as Ill see the sun an hour earlier. And hopefully, my kids will benefit from the “additional” hour of time for sleeping next Saturday night.

If it isnt as succinct as the videos above, CGP Greys video description of Daylight Saving Time is still an excellent one even.

The Telegraph has a 90 second description of Daylight Saving Time. The video does not have any narration so it can be seen without sound.

Like I do nearly whenever Daylight Saving Time ends or begins, I have congregated a handful of brief video explanations about why we have Daylight Saving Time. See and take an appearance if there is one that can assist you describe Daylight Saving Time to your students..
National Geographic has actually 2 videos titled Daylight Saving Time 101. The very first one, published in 2015, is a bit more upbeat than the 2nd one that was published in 2019. Both versions are embedded below..

TED-Ed has two lessons that arent specifically about Daylight Saving Time however belong to the topic. The History of Keeping Time discusses sundials, hourglasses, and the development of timezones. Second, How Did Trains Standardize Time in the United States? discusses the function of railroads in the advancement of the timezones used in the United States (and the majority of Canada) today.