Archive for April 2011

Classroom resources on environmental issues

29 April 2011

Useful materials, exercises and videos from the Environmental Protection Agency

Maths Buskers at Atlantic Corridor conference

28 April 2011

Videos from the Irish conference on STEM education

Free workshop in Grenoble for science teachers

26 April 2011

Application deadline approaching for free funded workshop by EIROforum in France

Jellyfish researchers on RTÉ

18 April 2011

UCC’s marine biologists explore the strange lives of jellyfish in the Irish Sea

Piper salutes Yuri Gagarin at Dublin event

13 April 2011

“Major Gagarin” played on uilleann pipes as a musical tribute to the world’s first space traveller.

Bright ideas wanted for “City of Science” events

12 April 2011

Do you have an event or activity next year that will highlight science’s role?

RDS funding for live science demos

6 April 2011

The RDS has established a fund for educators to develop science demonstration lectures for primary and secondary students. The funding is awarded on a competitive basis for the demonstrations that best explore creative ways of encouraging students to see science as exciting, challenging and fun. These bursaries, of up to ...

Science Week 2011 Theme: The Chemistry of Life

5 April 2011

Chemistry is in vogue this year The theme for Science Week Ireland 2011 is “The Chemistry of Life”. It demonstrates the importance of chemistry to our everyday lives, from the atoms that are the building blocks of nature to the chemistry that creates lasting bonds between people. The chemistry in ...

RTÉ seeks adventurous young scientists for The Mountain

1 April 2011

If you are aged 11-12 on 30 April 2011 you can apply to take part in the RTÉ science adventure series The Mountain