Opportunities for ICT in Science

	Year 5: Earth, Moon and Sun
ICT focus	Exploring a computer model
Main activity	Using a simulation of orbits, and seasonal effects
Suggested resources	Red Shift CD ROM (DK), Science Explorer ll (Granada Learning)

Both CD ROMs contain a simulation showing how the sun appears to move across the sky in both Summer and Winter. These websites which show orbits and effects of relative movement:
www.bbc.co uk/schools/ks2bitesize has animations of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, and the Moon's orbit around the Earth.

www.haydenplanetarium.org has an animation that shows the moon through one lunar cycle, revealing all of its phases.