Product title

Science Explorer

Activity title on CD-Rom

Seasons

Key Stage and year

KS2, Y4

Curriculum Reference

 
Science

Primary Curriculum

QCA Y4 4A
NC Sc1 KS2 Sc1 1j Sc4 4 b - d

Scottish Guidelines

Environmental Studies 5-14 Society, Science and Technology Earth and Space Level C

This activity supports Earth, Sun and Moon extension work. Children investigate the angle of the Sun's light on the Earth at various times of the year.
Get the children to use a compass to observe and record, on several days in the winter, the direction of the Sun or of shadows from the Sun when it has just risen and just before it sets. Does the model in the activity agree with the observations?