Standard Time Indicator Model

Product Code : SCL-ALE-11960

Standard Time Indicator Model (SKU SCL-ALE-11960) is a geography teaching aid that demonstrates how the rotation of the Earth, longitude, standard time and global time zones relate to one another. It turns an abstract topic into a visual demonstration for geography, Earth science and astronomy classes in schools and colleges. The model is manufactured by Science Lab Supplies in Saha, Ambala, India, which supplies institutions, distributors and tender contractors without a middleman.

Specifications

Each specification of this time-zone model appears in the table. In short, it is one classroom model built around the fact that the Earth turns about 360 degrees in 24 hours, roughly 15 degrees of longitude per hour; globe size, markings, material and rotating mechanism are confirmed on the quotation.

Applications and Experiments for the Standard Time Indicator Model

Choosing two places or meridians on the model, students work out their time difference from the 15-degrees-per-hour rule and then rotate the model to check it. The exercise shows why regions adopt a common standard time and how the world is divided into time zones, which is hard to grasp from a flat map.

• Middle-school geography: longitude, local time and standard time.
• Senior geography: calculating time differences between places and reading time zones.
• Earth science: rotation of the Earth and changing length of days, extended with the lamp-lit Orbit Tellurium 2.
• Astronomy: the Earth as one planet turning on its axis, introduced on the Solar System model.

Rotate the model gently, avoid scratching any printed markings, and dust it with a soft, dry cloth.

Standard Scope of Supply

The Standard Time Indicator Model is supplied as one unit. Its construction material, overall size, globe diameter, time-zone markings, longitude scale and method of adjustment are set out on the quotation, so a geography department can confirm the model covers its time-zone lessons before ordering.

Packing, MOQ and Lead Time

Pricing is available for a single time-zone model or for one per classroom across a school group. The quotation spells out packing, delivery time and price for the quantity requested, and clocks, globes or other science kits for students in India can be added to the same list.

As an Importer-Exporter Code holder, Science Lab Supplies can ship to buyers in South Africa, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia and Peru. The business is registered under Udyam as a manufacturing enterprise (UDYAM-HR-01-0014546) and for GST (GSTIN 06ADEPJ0574F2ZU). Price this model by writing through the contact page or the enquiry cart; tender documents are explained on the lab tender page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How are longitude and time related?
The Earth rotates about 360 degrees in 24 hours, which equals roughly 15 degrees of longitude per hour. Places 15 degrees apart therefore differ by about one hour, the basic rule behind time-zone teaching.

What is standard time?
Standard time is a common clock time adopted across a region, rather than each place keeping its own local solar time. The model helps students see why neighbouring places share one standard time while distant ones differ.

Is this model accurate enough for real timekeeping?
No. It is a demonstration aid for explaining longitude and time zones, not a calibrated clock, navigation or geodetic instrument. Its markings and mechanism are confirmed on the quotation.

Is Science Lab Supplies the manufacturer or a trader?
This time-zone model is produced on the Science Lab Supplies shop floor in Saha, Ambala, India. Quotations, packing and dispatch are therefore arranged by the same company that made it.

Related Time and Earth Rotation Models

These items cover the other side of time teaching: day and night, the seasons, clock reading and the sky, alongside a second Earth time model. They let a class connect rotation of the Earth with the clock on the wall, and any of them can be added to the same quotation.

• Time Indicator Earth Model — visual reference for world time and geographical location on a model Earth.
• Model of Day and Night — rotation carries places into and out of sunlight over about 24 hours.
• Geared Demonstration Clock — 12-hour clock whose hidden gears keep the hour and minute hands in step.
• Clock Face — movable plastic hands on a wooden face, linked by visible gears.
• Four Seasons Appratus — demonstrates how axial tilt relates to the four seasons.
• Sun-Earth-Moon Model — studies seasons, day-night alternation, moon cycles and eclipses.
• Globe of Celestial — three-dimensional model of the celestial sphere and star positions.

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Last updated: 22 October 2026