by admin | Jul 27, 2014 | Science, Video
Filmed over a two year period, The Secret Life of the Shannon, a Crossing the Line production in association with RTÉ, is a natural history two-part documentary series broadcast recently on RTÉ. It brings viewers on a truly spectacular journey along the River Shannon,...
by admin | Feb 9, 2014 | 5th/6th, Science
To coincide with Engineers’ Week which takes place this week, this is a project aimed at pupils in senior classes. Pupils are required to design and make a bridge based on their own personal creativity and research of designs of famous bridges. This is a...
by admin | Jan 6, 2014 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science
This link is an interactive guide to the structure of both the inner and outer human eye. If you hover over any of the various “i” information buttons on the diagram, the name of that part of the eye appears and an explanation about it appears at the...
by admin | Nov 9, 2013 | 5th/6th, Powerpoint, Quizzes, Science
Science Week Ireland takes place from Sunday November 10th to Sunday November 17th. It is an exciting and innovative annual event which first took place in 1996. To celebrate Science Week, I’ve put together a science-based table quiz for schools. Eight rounds of six...
by admin | Jan 5, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science, Video
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of the concept of extinction. A few hundred years ago, extinction as a concept made no sense to anyone. But then fossil finds and advances in geology showed that it’s...
by admin | Jan 5, 2013 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Science, Video
This video is taken from Dara O Briain’s Science Club series from the BBC. It tells the history of how scientists viewed the brain from earliest times. It tells how our understanding of how the brain works and controls our bodies has developed and evolved over the...
