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New links section

Dec — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:56:59 +0000

Science Ireland’s True Phyiscs Project has created a new links section for this website. The current categories are general physics, science in Ireland, junior cert science, leaving cert physics, irish science centres and space and astronomy.

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New Electromagnetism Workshop

Dec — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:48:03 +0000

Science Ireland is delighted to introduce our new Electromagnetism Workshop. In this interactive workshop participants will explore electromagnetism from static electricity to modern day technology. Working in teams, students will develop basic engineering skills to design devices such as simple electric motors.

Participants will discover the connection between electricity and magnetism and understand how they have changed our world for the better and play a role in many of the devices we use everyday. This workshop was developed with help from the RDS Science Live lecture series. It is aimed at Junior Cycle and Transition Year students.

For more information on the Electromagnetism Workshop >> click here.

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Sonic Boom Meets Sun Dog

Dec — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:48:21 +0000

For the science behind this video click here.

Science Ireland & Engineers Week 2010

Dec — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:18:28 +0000

Science Ireland will be performing our new Electromagnetic Workshop to primary schools in Belmullet, Co. Mayo as part of Engineers Week 2010. This will be the first time primary school students will get to experiance the Electromagnetism Workshop, making compasses and building motors.
Engineers Week 2010 will take place from Monday 8th to Saturday 13th February 2010. Activities will take place on the week before the mid-term break while Saturday, 13th February will host Engineers Week’s first family day!

To get involved in Engineers Week 2010 or to get more information >> Click here <<

RDS Primary Science Fair

Dec — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:23:23 +0000

Science Ireland performed three shows at this year RDS Primary Science Fair held at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. This is the first year that the RDS have sponsored the Primary Science Fair. While not part of the main competition, it provides an opportunity for students from 100 primary schools to display their class projects at a major exhibition.

Science Ireland performed shows to over 1,000 students over the three days. The show on Friday was a full house of 750 students. Based on the theme of sound the finale of the show was a performance by Bang the Drum with Irish Aid, who amazed the crowd with their drumming.

Teacher wins show at BT Young Scientists

Dec — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:42:59 +0000

Congratulations to Anne Chambers of St. Patricks Boys National School Drumcondra who has won a free show at the school after leaving details at the Science Ireland stand at this years BT Young Scientists. Thanks to all the teachers who visited our stand and took part in our activities.

BT Young Scientists

Dec — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:50:56 +0000

We would like to thank all the teachers and students who joined us at our stand at the 2010 Bt Young Scientist Exhibition. We had three people on the stand playing songs on boomwackers (different length pipes), showing the way planes fly using a hairdryer & ping pong ball and making visitors hair stand up using a Van DeGraff generator.

Simple Electric Motor

Dec — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:06:36 +0000

Implosion of a tanker

Dec — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:00:36 +0000

Musical Bridge

Dec — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:47:06 +0000