BCO_Education🔭

Nice new resource from @IAUastroEDU with a template to colour the solar system. Use it as is with young children, drawing attention to big, bigger, biggest. Challenge second level to evaluate 'is it a good model?' astroedu.iau.org/en/activities/…

Space Week Postcards from the Irish Patchwork Society spaceweek.ie/space-week-pos… @SpaceWeekIRL

We're delighted that Dr Aidan Magee of @NCG_Maynooth will be presenting at our 2024 @Esero_ie Space Education Confluence @ExploriumI on 28 September. Second level teachers & teachers in training can register for this event now. spaceweek.ie/events/esero-i… #spaceweekIRL @oide_Ireland

Did you see the aurora? & do you want to bring this topic alive for your students? Check out these two activities from @POLARSTARProje1 polar-star.ea.gr/content/northe… and polar-star.ea.gr/content/surviv…

@IAU_Outreach Student teams of the @clicpolit project will be sharing their robotic solutions tomorrow morning (14 May, from 9am UT+1) - all broadcast on YouTube for all to view. Check it out at youtube.com/watch?v=GKZohm…

Light pollution is rapidly becoming a major threat to our skies, environment and health. How are you trying to save our dark and quiet skies? Tell us about it in our survey for a chance to be featured here! Find out more: forms.gle/pBrohN7vRP6Vos…

It's Robotics time for the @clicpolit team. @WROHellas are hosting our international student participants as they share their #LightPollutionSolutions tomorrow morning. All can view at youtube.com/watch?v=GKZohm…

@SFICuriousMinds @Esero_ie The team are getting ready to facilitate this summer - we love seeing how teachers across the country incorporate Space into their classes' learning.

This course uses space as a cross-curricular theme and aims to help teachers improve their understanding of and confidence in using a variety of space and STEM related activities and resources 🚀@esero_ie @BCO_Ed teachnet.ie/courses/teachi…

@LEH_STEM @clicpolit Glad your crew could join us - it was great to hear their views and their questions for the other teams.

Well done to our STEM Youth Student Parliament team, who undertook a live debate co-ordinated as part of @clicpolit at the Blackrock Castle Observatory in Cork, Ireland, with teams in Spain, Portugal and Greece. The debate addressed the problem of light pollution. 😎 #lehschool

@dome_project @blackrockcastle The class were so resilient - each time the clips went zinging across the room they picked them up, picked themselves up and tried again.

📍Students in the 5th class of St. Anthony’s B.N.S., Ballinlough, Cork, Ireland, recently built a cardboard planetarium, with the assistance of the DOME project partners from @blackrockcastle 👏👏 #DOMEproject

Student rocket competition blasts off! Sounds like my colleagues are having a blast! @Esero_ie @blackrockcastle newstalk.com/podcasts/highl… via @NewstalkFM

@Entirl @mbryonics @rte @DeptEnterprise @HorizonEuropeIE Teachers - you can add to this story with @mbryonics Research and Development Manager Rita Malosti's @Esero_ie Space Career profile esero.ie/profile/rita-m…

Galway-based space tech company @mbryonics has been approved for a recommended investment of €17.5m from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. Learn more @RTE: rebrand.ly/Mbryonics

My alma mater is offering a live stream for the eclipse on 8 April. Bookmark it now, since Ireland will only see the barest tail end of the event, and not totality. youtube.com/watch?v=TRx3ES…

Join us for our @clicpolit Student Parliament Briefing tomorrow, 6 December, online. Second level teachers in Ireland - you can register your interest in the project about Climate Awareness and Light Pollution at: forms.office.com/e/ppa9uawtP5 #darkskies

The SFI Outstanding Contribution to #STEM Communication Award for 2023 goes to @blackrockcastle @MTU_ie Blackrock Castle Observatory has been championing STEM communication for 16 years, with more than 1.3m visitors over that time. @ml_loftus @AlanGiltinan

Thanks to the whole team @blackrockcastle who support our educational activities in our STEM communication role. Delighted to have been recognised for the work we do.

Exploring Light Pollution with our @Esero_ie schools workshops for #scienceweek2023, @clicpolit in action with students from @rococork.

Coming across some great ways to incorporate @SpaceWeekIRL learning in the classroom. How cute is this idea that was used for the @SFICuriousMinds awards last year! gaelscoilmhiceasmainn.com/imeachtai-scoi…

Explore the unknown with @esa's haunted space station tour! 👻 Journey through the eerie corridors of an abandoned @Space_Station, where mysteries abound and spook-tacular surprises await. Will you uncover the truth, or will the ghosts keep their secrets? 👨‍🚀🚀 #HappyHalloween 🎃🐈‍⬛ @astro_matthias @Astro_Raja

Want to keep @SpaceWeekIRL going in @mathsweek?Bring some space-maths to your junior class with Design an Alien. Learners describe an alien to each other, then physically create their alien from craft material and finally sort them in different ways. spaceweek.ie/wp-content/upl…

@mathsweek event at @blackrockcastle with local children and the great games from Tiago Hirth