Schools dream up fun ways to celebrate Avogadro’s Number
Science news
Charlie’s science videos are YouTube hit
1 October 2011
“Video-blogger, musician and nerd” is a major hit on the video sharing site
Castleknock student wins EU Contest for Young Scientists
29 September 2011
Winner of 2011 BT Young Scientist Award takes top European prize
Students can win an iPad on STEPS.ie
26 September 2011
To celebrate the launch of its new website, STEPS.ie is running a competition for secondary school students. The first prize is two Apple iPads – one for the winning student and one for his or her teacher. STEPS.ie aims is to highlight the importance and wide range of careers that ...
STEPS.ie offers HD camcorder competition
26 September 2011
To promote the Xperience Engineering 2012 project, STEPS.ie is running a competition for primary school teachers. Xperience is an initiative open to primary schools and aims to give students the chance to learn about science by submitting fun and creative projects. The initiative focuses on a different theme each year ...
How to find ‘nerdy day trips’
14 September 2011
A new giant interactive map of scientific, historic and other “nerdy” stuff
Astronomers discover 50 new planets
14 September 2011
One of the planets is in the habitable zone around its star
New training programme for maths teachers
12 September 2011
Initiative is part of Government’s strategy to improve teaching and learning of maths in schools
New science competition for primary schools
6 September 2011
National competition aims to provide students with insight into the excitement of science and maths