The teachers and parents of Scoil Iognáid worked together to undertake a wonderful transformation of the concrete walls, tarmac and sterile grass patches in their school grounds into an exciting diverse, multicoloured and interactive Outdoor Classroom of play areas,...
Galway Atlantaquaria, the National Aquarium of Ireland, has been involved with an extensive range of educational projects and programmes over the last 20 years. The Explorers’ Education Programme, since it launched in 2006, has been a key programme that the National...
EcoEd4All is a group of subject matter experts including four champions of the Galway National Park City, namely Duncan Stewart (Eco Eye), John O’Sullivan, Brendan Smith and Amanda Wilkinson, who provide their expertise to develop environmental content for secondary...
The Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme engages with primary schools, teachers, children and the education network in introducing and inspiring the adoption of marine themes into the primary school curriculum. Over 12,000 children and 500 teachers are...
In January 2002, the Galway Education Centre rolled out the ‘Fionn’ project to 35 Galway city and county schools, a government-funded programme to prepare teachers for the introduction of science into the Irish primary curriculum in September 2004. Science as a...
In early 2002, Scoil Iognáid produced a Fionn film entitled ‘Cathair na Gaillimhe 2002, Truailliú San Aer?/Pollution in the Air of Galway city 2002?’. The young scientists involved undertook detailed surveys of Galway’s road users including on how children travelled...
