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Discover Science Centres Visit: The Greenhouse
Let’s see how St Mary’s National School got on when they headed to the heart of Dublin City for a Junior ECO-Action Environmental Workshop with ECO in the Greenhouse on Andrew’s St.
To find out more visit www.ecounesco.ie
Discover Science Centres News
Below you'll find the latest news from our Discover Centres. You can also sign up directly with your local centres for regular updates by visiting their page on the DPSM website
Click on a province below to find out what's going on near you.
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MUNSTER
Lifetime Lab
Lifetime Lab Primary Science & Maths Programme for March & April includes:
- March – "Explorers" primary marine science returns to Lifetime Lab offering free 90 min workshops for 3rd/4th class children
- March – "Eolaíochat i Lifetime Lab" Fáilteofar roimh páistí agus muinteoirí go Lifetime Lab i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge nuair a bheidh deis acu iontas na heolaíochta a fiosrú trí mhéan na Gaeilge
- April /Easter STEM activities @ Lifetime Lab include - Learn it LEGO Education Camps, Anyone 4 Science Camps and our annual Easter Egg Challenge supporting local primary schools.
Contact
Bookings 021 4941500
lifetimelab@corkcity.ie
www.lifetimelab.ie
CIT Blackrock Castle
NEW Workshop added to our DPSM range: Our TARA Telescope is LIVE. Control a telescope in real time and capture the wonders of the sky above San Francisco from Cork. Explore the world of optics, lenses and mirrors and then take command of a real telescope, live. Suitable for 5th and 6th class, maximum group size of 30.
Contact
Bookings 021-4357919
info@bco.ie
www.bco.ie
Lismore Heritage Centre
To celebrate our new School Brochure for 2014 Lismore Heritage Centre is offering one lucky class the opportunity to win their school tour! Our bright new brochures promoting both school tours and mobile science workshops have been posted to schools all over Waterford, Cork, Tipperary, Limerick and Wexford. The brochure is also available to download from our website. To be in with a chance to win a fantastic day out in Lismore all teachers have to do is ring Alice on 058 54975 and ask about our excellent school tour packages. Best of luck!
Contact
Bookings 058-54975
www.discoverlismore.com/
Kerry Earth Education Project
Spring is in the air at Gortbrack Organic Farm with bulbs popping up everywhere and the frogs singing in the polytunnel ponds. There is a new propogating tunnel being constructed ready to sow the first vegetable seeds in the next few weeks, potatoes have been planted in the big polytunnel and we're all eating lots of kale and leeks to fill the 'hungry gap'! Spring is a great time to visit the farm for our DPSM Biodiversity workshops, have a look at our website for more details!
Contact
Bookings 066 7137042
gortbrackorg@gmail.com
www.gortbrackorganicfarm.com/
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LEINSTER
Imaginosity
Imaginosity, Dublin Children’s Museum’s creative story-making competition for children aged 3-8 years launches on February 3rd 2014. The competition is open to individual and school group entries, with an array of really exciting prizes up for grabs......Bicycles, scooters, puppets, school libraries, school trips to Imaginosity, art supplies, educational and construction toys, to name a few. So get those thinking caps on, get creative, original and imaginative and excite and delight our panel of judges with your wild imaginations. Enter with a story, a poem or a picture, it’s all up to you! Closing date February 28th.
Contact
Bookings 01 217 6130
info@imaginosity.ie
www.imaginosity.ie/
Irish National Stud
The Irish National Stud & Gardens will be running both guided tours and school tours through Irish from the 3rd March to 14th March to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge. Schedule as follows:
- Guided tours of the stud in Irish Monday - Friday at 2:30pm
- Weekends Tours in Irish (Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th March) will be at 11:30am.
- School Tours (Regular, DPSM, SESE Discovery Trail with DPSM activities will be available March 3rd - 7th and 10th - 14th inclusive at 10am and 12pm). Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
To find out more information regarding the events being organised for Seachtain na Gaeilge 2014 check out the website at www.snag.ie
Contact
Bookings 045-522963
reservations@instourism.net
www.irishnationalstud.ie/
Airfield
We are delighted to welcome you and your pupils back to Airfield and to our newly enhanced educational facilities. Our child-centred pre-school and primary school education programmes provides a fantastic opportunity for active learning in a unique and relaxed outdoor environment that celebrates food, farming and the natural world. Schools can now benefit from Airfield’s extended food gardens, all weather teaching facilities, a fully accessible farmyard and our wonderful wildlife areas. All our primary school programmes are linked to Primary Curriculum and the Discovery Primary Maths and Science Programme.
Contact
Bookings 01 969 6666
www.airfield.ie/
Dublin Zoo
Dublin Zoo provides comprehensive and varied educational programmes for primary schools and is an accredited Discover Primary Science and Maths (DPSM) centre.
All the DPSM programmes are based on the ‘Living Things’ module of the Primary Science Curriculum for schools. These programmes vary from ‘Explore Africa’, where in the vast expanse of the African savanna the children witness the colour variety of the many herbivores which populate the magnificent grassland, to ‘Rainforest Discovery’ which allows children to immerse themselves in a tropical rainforest experience surrounded by colourful birds, mammals and reptiles.
Or why not try ‘The Art of Butter Churning’ in which students are led on a tour of Family Farm, followed by the interactive farming experience of making butter themselves or perhaps our ‘Living Earth’ programme, involving hands-on activities such as pond-dipping and bug hunts while learning about animal adaptations and habitats.
Contact
Bookings 01 474 8932
education@dubinzoo.ie
www.dublinzoo.ie/
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CONNAUGHT
Galway Atlantaquaria
Immerse your students in science on their school tour at Galway Atlantaquaria:
- Indoor venue including 58 exhibits containing over 160 species of native Irish animal; ranging from Sharks to Octopus to Pike
- Real 60 foot Fin Whale Skeleton – the largest skeleton on show in Ireland
- Fish feeding– including our ravenous Trout, and finger nibbling Mullet
- Opportunity to hold or touch Starfish, Irish Shark, and our giant Spider Crab
Contact
Bookings 091-585 100
info@nationalaquarium.ie
www.nationalaquarium.ie
Brigit’s Garden
A visit to Brigit’s Garden is a feast for the senses with engaging, discovery-based learning programmes related to the SESE curriculum. With Celtic gardens, lake, meadow and woodland it is the ideal place to learn and to inspire curiosity about the natural environment and Irish heritage. Through hands-on investigations and activities children learn about seasons; mini-beasts; trees; rocks, soils & fossils and habitats; and celebrate seasonal festivals with an interactive musical parade. The all-weather, 3 hour programmes are just €9.50 per child. Brigit’s Garden also provides free ‘Schools Energy Workshops’ for children and CPD ‘Exploring our Energy’ workshops for teachers in association with SEAI.
Contact
Bookings 091 550905
leanne@brigitsgarden.ie
www.brigitsgarden.ie
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