Where are they now?

A great day was enjoyed by all who attended the Aerprize Finals. The competitors did an aptitude test in spatial awareness, numerical reasoning and abstract…

World renowned artist, Graham Knuttel to select a new trophy design to award the winner of the 50th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Closing date for entries is Wednesday 2nd October.

A new phase of the exhibition Discover your National Library has opened at the NLI this February called Particles of the Past. To celebrate Dublin City of Science 2012, the exhibition will showcase a fascinating selection of science-related gems from the National Library’s collections.

In conjunction with this exhibition and the Dublin City of Science public event programme, the National Library of Ireland will host a series of free public lectures. All are welcome and no booking is required.

Wednesday 21 March at 7pm

‘Science for everyman (and woman): the Royal College of Science for Ireland and its students, 1867-1926’.
Dr Clara Cullen, UCD
All welcome. Booking not required.

Wednesday 28 March

"Robert Boyle: Step-father to modern evidence based medicine"
Jim Malone, Professor (Emeritus) of Medical Physics, TCD; Director of the Robert Boyle Foundation
All welcome. Booking not required.

In March, evening meetings will take place in every Education Centre in the country. Each of these meetings will consist of a workshop to explore the use of NEW resources produced by a team of experienced teachers.

These resources include:

(i) Updated PowerPoint presentations with embedded Numeracy and Literacy suggestions, (ii) Past LC Exams and Solutions, (iii) DARTS in various topics, (iv) Flash Animations, (v) Images, (vi) Video clips for each of the sections in the Chemistry syllabus, (vii) BBC programs: History of the Atom (3 episodes) and History of Periodic Table (3 episodes), (viii) Transition Year material, (ix) Practical Videos,(x) Flash cards for Mobile phones,(xi) Sample lesson Plans. These workshops are organised in partnership with the Education Centres and with the local branches of the ISTA.

Participants will investigate how these resources could be used to stimulate and support the enhancement of Literacy and Numeracy in Chemistry.

There will also be instructions on how to download a wealth of Chemistry resources from the Chemistry website and the software required to do this will be available. Teachers will get the opportunity to log on to and explore the iChemistry website.

A total of 3 awards (2 special awards and 1 category award) were picked up by Irish students attending the annual Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), which is the world’s largest high school science research competition in the World.