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Eddie the elephant keeping a watchful eye on our insulation investigation. Griffith Barracks MDS. Our sweet pea seeds are beginning to grow in our lightboxes! Rathnure NS Our sweet pea seeds are beginning to grow in our lightboxes! Rathnure NS

On the 21st of Feburary 2011 we spotted our first frog swan at our school. Derlamogue primary school. A wet bud on a damp March morning frogs spawning on a country walk! Griffith Barracks MDS. The insect hotel. Griffith Barracks MDS.

Buds opening! Look at the droplet on the ash Three buds in a row! Our plants are growing. Kildare Place School.

An icy larch tree. Scoil Chaitríona Junior. A frosty cobweb. Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Nature's pom poms! Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Winter cobweb. Scoil Chaitríona Junior.

Frogs everywhere! St Martin de Porres NS, Tallaght. A container full of woodlice! Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Stripey spider on his web! Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Friendly worms. Scoil Chaitríona Junior.

Working together on a mini beast adventure. Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Our carrots are huge! Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Autumn leaves. Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Bark Rubbings. Scoil Chaitríona Junior.

The entrance to a badger's sett. Trip to Killarney. Scoil Mháthair Dé, Limerick. An adult caddisfly. Trip to Killarney. Scoil Mháthair Dé, Limerick Sika Deer. Trip to Killarney. Scoil Mháthair Dé, Limerick. Bark Rubbings. Scoil Chaitríona Junior.

Our tomato plants. Scoil Mháthair Dé, Limerick. This pygmy shrew died in a trap. We suspect it was lured into the trap by an insect as the peanuts wouldn't attract it. If a shrew doesn't get food it'll die after two hours. Trip to Killarney, Scoil Mháthair Dé, Limerick. Discovering a trap. Trip to Killarney National Park. Scoil Mháthair Dé, Limerick. A mayfly found in kicksample of the river bed. Mayflies are sensitive to pollution so its presence in the river indicates that the river isn't polluted. Scoil Mháthair Dé, Limerick.

Wood mulch path in our mini wood is down and we're busy painting our vegetable boxes. St Tolas NS Flowers at Birr Castle (Marigolds). The Downs NS Magic Flowers. Attyrory NS Growing Tomatoes. Ballina NS

Curious like a cat. Ballina NS Tim Daly (Ionad Oideachais Allamuigh Acla) agus Rosaleen Ní Shuilleabháin (Ionad Oideachais Mhuigheo) ag obair leis na paistí in S.N. Naomh Seosamh, Acaill, le linn Seachtain Eolaíochta 2008. S.N. Naomh Seosamh. Horse Chestnut. Rosemount NS Growing Tomatoes. Ballina NS

Super furry mammals visit Dromtrasna NS. Super furry mammals visit Dromtrasna NS. Our Snails. Kilmacrennan NS Some of the fruit and vegetables we have grown. The Downs NS

'Yummy!' says the Blue Tit pecking food from one of our handmade bird feeders just outside our classroom window. Kildare Place School Horse Chestnut - Scoil Mháthair Dé - Limerick. This is a very early ash bud breaking. Kildare Place School. Our Tomato Plants - Scoil Mháthair Dé - Limerick.

An escaping snail! Scoil Chaitríona Junior A butterfly in the hand! Scoil Chaitríona Junior millipedes, woodlice and other assorted minibeasts. Scoil Chaitríona Junior One of the children brought in their pet rabbit for us to look at. Its an albino which means it has red eyes and white fur. We couldn't leave it off because of the wild rabbits living in the school field and the 43 rabbit holes in the sides of the field. Kilbonane NS.

These are the swallows that nested in our school eaves last summer and left us in September. One of them even flew into that school. We studied how they grew and watched them every day. Kilbonane NS. A picture of a thrush nest that has been nesting in our school pipes. Kilbonane NS. Down in the woodland at Tashinny N.S. Our caterpillars are getting really big. It will soon time for them to make their cocoons. Scoil Chaitríona Junior

On a Science Discovery Walk we found Pinemartin droppings, Badger droppings, Bat boxes, wild orchids, wild garlic, primroses, evidence of Hazel coppicing and many other interesting findings. Athlone Mixed N.S Look at what happened to a daffodil when Junior Infants placed it in a jar with some food colouring in it. Kildare Place School Potatoes are now ready for planting outdoors in our new vegtable boxes along with carrots, peas, onions, radishes and lettuce, St Tolas NS This foal is only 2 days old. We saw him on our DPS tour to the Irish National Stud. It was a great day and we learned a lot of new things. Coole N.S.

A fourth class boy took this picture of a swan in St Fiachra''s garden on our DPS tour. Coole N.S. We watched the jackdaws build a nest at Tashinny N.S. A starfish, a hermit crab and a blenny in their new home in our school. Scoil Chaitríona Junior. A hermit crab in our aquarium. Scoil Chaitríona Junior.

Our Greenwave chestnut tree. Fatima N.S. Cloone. Looking at a slug. Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Potatoes on April 4th - 5 weeks after planting. Scoil Chaitríona Junior. Tá na síolta a chur na páistí sna ísealranganna i S.N. Taobhoige ag fás. S.N. Taobhóige

In a wet and misty Glenveagh National Park, Scoil Chróine Our class wormery. Scoil Chaitríona Junior. What a lovely couple!We fed the ducks while on our visit to Birr Castle.3rd/4th class, Convent of Mercy N.S. First Sycamore buds. Scoil Chaitríona Junior

Thirsty Daffodils! Scoil Chaitríona Junior A budding bud (Horse Chestnut). Scoil Chaitríona Junior Spring has sprung! Our bulbs have come to life! Convent of Mercy N.S Shamrock leaves in a windowbox in our garden. Scoil Chaitríona Junior

3rd and 4th class have planted Spring bulbs and seeds from some native Irish trees. Convent of Mercy N.S Cobwebs on our classroom windows. Spiders are artists too! Scoil Chaitríona Junior Autumn leaves, Nature has wonderful colours, Scoil Chaitríona Junior Picking up some wonderful bugs, Scoil Chaitriona Junior

Filling up our bug viewers, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Slug on a log, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Our Mammy Wood Louse has just had about 30 babies, Scoil Chaitriona Junior 5th class are planting potatoes under experimental conditions- they have put some in peat and they water it regularly, some with no peat and they also have put more in a press with no light. Talbot Senior

Starfish in Galway Atlantaquaria-The kids loved the hands-on experience. The highlight of our tour! Convent of Mercy N.S A brand new butterfly with closed wings and oranges to eat, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Woodlice from our bug hunt, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Ash buds blooming, Scoil Chaitriona Junior

Our butterflies have hatched!, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Look at the butterfly, the empty cocoon and the cocoon, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Look at our beautiful painted lady butterfly and its empty pupa, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Our school aquarium, Tirellan Heights N.S.

Our star fish, Tirellan Heights N.S. Greenwave project, St. Patrick's Boy's School For the birds, St. John of God Convent Primary School Tomato 2, Dreeny N.S.

Tomato 3, Dreeny N.S. Red deer spotted on nature walk, St. Crona's N.S. Little Swallow, St. Crona's N.S. Dying Daffodils, St. Edward's N.S.

The crab that almost got away, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Beach Treasures!, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Horse Chestnut Horse Chestnut, Scoil Mhuire Fatima

Look at our worms, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Horse Chestnut, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Wormery Watch, Scoil Chaitriona Junior Watching caperpillars change to butterflies, Scoil Chaitriona Junior

Growing Tall Plants! Junior Infants, St. Edward's N.S. In St Edward’s school, we look after the birds when it’s very cold. Here we are preparing one of our bird feeders. Shell on the beach, Scoil Chaitriona Junior. Counting the rings on a tree to tell the tree's age, Scoil Chaitriona Junior.

Jordan found a little bat by his window at home, Scoil Chaitriona Junior. Horse chestnut seeds, Rahara N.S. Horse chestnut opening up, Rahara N.S. Chestnut Buds bursting open, Rahara N.S.

A centipede under the magnifying glass! Scoil Chaitríona Junior



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