Loads of valentine text messages being lit up today 💕 The Ss used conductive tape to connect their battery to the LED. By pressing down they connected the two paths to light up their light 🔌💡🔋 #STEM #Donegal ESB Science Blast Oide Primary STEM

2 different 'Scribble Bots' on the go today. 1st using my recycled greek yoghurt pots and 2nd from a stem kit. The kit required screwing in the 'legs' and requires alot more patience More suitable for classes age 9+ But great #STEM learning either way! #Donegal Research Ireland Curious Minds

Finished up a 5 wk STEAM workshop in Glenmaquin NS with Balloon races! We tested them on their own and then added a nose cone to see if they would go faster... and they were! ⏩ Got presented with a lovely bunch of flowers too ❤️ #STEMEducation National Arts in Education Donegal Education Support Centre

Today I walked 7km and met some sandy sheep Donegal, Ireland

New laser game kit just landed on the factory floor. Can you position the mirrors to reflect the light out the hole ? Great for teaching the laws of reflection 🪞 #STEM #Donegal Research Ireland Curious Minds

Starting a new school project next week on building sustainable cities. First task will be to light our houses with Led lights and add a streetlight 🛣️ #futurecity #sustainable #STEMeducation Engineers Ireland Research Ireland Curious Minds

Great start to our 'Sustainable city' project in St Fhionaín's NS Led lit houses and street lights 🔌 Loads of learning about circuits, conductivity and building 🙂 #sustainable #Donegal Engineers Ireland Research Ireland Curious Minds ESB Science Blast

Our new youth club Space project blasted off yesterday 🚀 We looked at how pneumatics were used in Space, from rocket launch to providing O2 to astronauts. Then it was time to get busy with building our own pneumatic claw 💉 #STEMEducation NYCI Foróige

Today I walked to the top of Errigal mountain on a beautiful spring day ☘️ #Donegal #Ireland

Made a wee demo solar car for my Sustainable city Ss. See how quickly it stops when it hits the shade! Hopefully we'll have some sun tomorrow so they can see it in action 🙏 #sustainablecity #cleanenergy #solarpower #STEM Research Ireland Curious Minds ESB Science Blast Oide Primary STEM

I'm blown away with what Ss in our #Aspire cluster managed to create today in 1.5hrs! With just egg cartons and minimal craft supplies they built and coded some fabulous interactive Microbit Pets 🐓 #STEMed #Donegal National Arts in Education Léargas Micro:bit Educational Foundation Donegal Education Support Centre

As part of our #sustainable city project we need to look at how people can grow their own food. I found the cress head activity and decided to give it a go. This is one weeks growth in cotton wool. I love it 😁 #growyourown #sustainable Research Ireland Curious Minds

Introducing waste management in our #sustainablecity project using Makey Makey and Scratch Team Ss created circuits in the bin that closed when trash was added which triggered a Thank You message 😊 #STEMeducation European Sustainable Development Network Research Ireland Curious Minds Oide Primary STEM

Such fun doing a rocket workshop with Ballymore after school club. We made straw rockets, tested stomp rockets, created our own rockets for stomping and then blew it out with effervescent rockets Oide Primary STEM 🚀

Thoroughly enjoyed working with St Fhionains NS on our sustainable city project. We incorporated Makey Makey recycle bins, electric cars, LED houses, cress head growth and Micro:bit Educational Foundation step carbon counters. Thanks to Department of Education and Youth for funding under the ESD programme

Delighted to reconnect with Ranga 6 in Cnocfola NS for a game development workshop using Scratch Team Super bunch of kids and I wish them well on there transition to secondary school 🎓

DIY STEM kit that uses a sound sensor to activate the lights. Very easy to assemble and pretty cool! I'll be adding this to the STEM kits that I make available to schools 🙂 #StemEducation Research Ireland Curious Minds EdChatIE

Used my old skills as an adventure instructor to lay out an orienteering course for some local schools Coillte had a map for Ards Forest but some posts were missing so I put some new markers out. It was great to see the children using map reading and teamwork skills 🌳

Raining today so thought I'd try this wee project by Brown Dog Gadgets Using mini motors, maker tape and coin cell batteries to make a spinning pinwheel. Pretty cool indeed 👍 #STEMEducation #circuits Research Ireland Curious Minds

Making rock music with my Makey Makey guitar hooked up to Scratch Team I think myself and Jack Black would roll well in school 😁