ISTA Annual Conference 2011
The ISTA Annual Conference 2011 will be held on the 8th, 9th and 10th of April in Thurles.
ChemEd-Ireland Annual Conference; Sat. 9th October; 10am to 4.30pm
Location: Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street.
ChemEd-Ireland is an annual conference held to provide an opportunity to share ideas and resources relevant to teaching chemistry and science in Ireland.
ISTA Website and Online Registration to the ISTA
Yvonne Higgins will present a session on the revamped ISTA website. This will include details of the events and news sections along with how members can communicate with other ISTA members via the newly created forum. As members can now only register online, participants will also be provided with an opportunity to register to the ISTA on the night. Venue: Computer Room, Sligo Education Centre, 8-9pm.
Outreach Programme - REMEDI, NUI Galway
Danielle Nicholson from the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), NUI Galway, will present details of the institute's educational outreach programme to the Sligo branch of the ISTA on Thursday, 30th September, in Sligo Education Centre, from 7-8pm. This will be followed by a session by Yvonne Higgins on how to register online to the ISTA website.
Institute of Physics & Frontiers of Physics AGM
IoP is organising an evening for reviewing the LC Physics exam papers 2010.
Venue: Blackrock Education Centre
Date: Tuesday 14th September
Time: 7 - 9.30pm
2010 RDS Science Live Demonstration Lecture Series
The RDS is delighted to announce the launch of the 2010 RDS Science Live Demonstration Lecture Series.
Taking science out of the classroom and focusing on the interactive, practical elements of a subject, the 2010 schedule of events includes opportunities for students to get hands on with a wide range of subjects.
Correctors of this Years State Exams Wanted
The Kildare branch of the ISTA is looking for correctors of this summers state exams (Science, Biology, Chemistry and Physics both Higher and Ordinary), to give a talk to its members in late September as to where the marks were allocated in each exam.
Kildare Branch ISTA Meeting June 2010
There will be a branch meeting for the Kildare branch on Thursday 24th June at 7.00pm in the Kildare Education Centre. This meeting will be for discussion of all the exam papers as well as being a general meeting.
Exam Paper Reviews
Send feedback on papers to the following who compile Reports for the SEC.
Biology: Úna Moroney unamoroney@eircom.net
Chemistry: Mary Mullaghy mmullaghy@eircom.net
Physics: Seán Finn s.finn@ucc.ie
Junior Science: Yvonne Higgins higginsy@eircom.net
Understanding Forces
Rory Geoghegan, Editor of SCIENCE, will present a lecture on the "Understanding Forces - making sense of Newton's Laws" in Galway Education Centre, on Wednesday, 12th May, 7pm - 8.30pm. Contact Galway Education Centre to book on 091-745 600.