Kathleen Gallagher

Just some of the lovely pinwheels the children created during their mini #STEM workshops. Great collaboration between 3 rural schools in #Donegal 🎉 @National_AiE @OidePrimarySTEM

Four astronauts are heading to the moon. But I'm going to get 75 kids to experience the joy of a rocket launch 😁 #strawrocket #STEMeducation @NASA @NASAArtemis

@NzWaikato My local mountain Errigal. Small in stature but mighty in scene 😉

@firekit Our School is Auroa, where in South Taranaki, thats Mount Taranaki which technically is an active volcano, although hasn't erupted in a while...

Finished up an 8 week sustainable development project with a fantastic wee class. They handed me this beautiful handmade card as I was leaving. Full of personalised messages I think I've something in my eye 💞 #edchatie #STEMeducation

@NzWaikato Missed that on my travels in NZ in 1999. It looks amazing 😍 And what a beautiful spot for your students to enjoy their learning!

@NzWaikato Omg, I love it! Where exactly are you? And what's that mountain called?

@firekit This is the view from outside our school at 7:30am in the morning (there's no traffic on the road)

@NzWaikato Well I'm in rural Ireland 😄 In Donegal! Very few schools have 3d printers but that might change in the future now that STEM is part of the new curriculum. Great to have someone who is knowledgeable in the area 🤗 I'm in the Microbits and electronic area myself

@firekit Thanks Kathleen, were a state school from New Zealand, very lucky with our choice of resourcing, super keen to help educators anyway I can, so if anything comes up where New Zealand can help (were in a rural area of NZ) or any 3D Printing/AR+VR stuff let me know

@NzWaikato I'm delighted to connect with other educators ❤️ Especially those interested in STEAM! I haven't ventured into the 3D world yet as I'm freelance and can't afford a printer but they look like a great resource for the classroom!

@firekit Thanks for the follow back Kathleen - great to connect to another (STEAM) educator, really appreciate it, Im from New Zealand and really into #3Dprinting with my junior class 3dprintschool.blogspot.com

An absolutely amazing day where all 3 cluster schools in Stranorlar showcased their @microbit_edu pet projects and participated together in a full day of #Stem activities 😍 Thanks to @KieranMcTaggar1 for joining us to present Stem kits to the winning projects @National_AiE

So nice to have sunshine for our Sustainable Development trips this week! One grp went to an organic farm to learn about biodiversity & seed sowing The other grp visited a local wind farm; got to look inside, learn how they work and admire the view @Education_Ire @oide_Ireland

Today in our sustainability project we discussed waste and recycling. Then the Ss used @makeymakey and Scratch to make an animated story Putting rubbish in the bin closed the circuit and finished the story @GreenSchoolsIre @OidePrimarySTEM

Over the past few weeks I've been working with a cluster of 3 schools using Microbits for Wellbeing We're now building and programming a virtual tamagotchi pet I absolutely adore this part 😻 @EngineerIreland @OidePrimarySTEM @National_AiE @EdCentreDonegal

@SnowbieWx That's very sad news. I am a follower of his FB page and enjoyed his input on the boards weather page. May he rest in peace.

News has been shared on Netweather that Roger J. Smith (or M.T. Cranium on Boards) has sadly passed away. Rest in peace! It's difficult to estimate just how much of a contribution this single person has made to our community over the years. /1

Chatting about renewal energy and one kid asks "but how does it actually work?" No better start to a 'Building a wind turbine' workshop 😍 @OidePrimarySTEM @National_AiE @esbscienceblast

@Caoimhinn55 Just went for a hike this afternoon and we had the rescue helicopter circling for nearly an hour 😂

In our sustainable project today Ss explored why plants and trees are important as carbon catchers. We looked at what plants need to survive and turned our @microbit_edu into light & heat meters before learning how we can also use them as soil moisture testers @OidePrimarySTE

First time using @LEGO_Education kits for a workshop. Fantastic product and I loved how creative the Ss got as they tried to build death defying fairground rides 🫣 Thanks to @EdCentreDonegal for the loan of kits 👍 @OidePrimarySTEM

@restinghoefacee I have a summer kayak operation in Ireland. Normally, I'm checking weather apps to see if it's going to go ahead. I have to cancel at least 20% of sessions. During COVID we had 100% on sessions and the most amazing weather

Witnessing how clean the earth got and how free the animals were during Covid lockdown was quite the experience

Great start to our Sustainable #STEM project today. The children explored how to be more energy efficient and then built houses with an LED circuit 🌱 @OidePrimarySTEM @National_AiE

The Junior and Senior Infants of Scoil Aodh Rua agus Nuala got to try out their new Beebots today. While the bots were resting they learned how to program a fake beebot get to a flower before trying out their code with the real thing! @OidePrimarySTEM @EdCentreDonegal