Science Foundation Ireland
Curious Minds Awards
Log Book 2023
Renmore, Galway 2022/2023
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Classes Involved:
Featured on our log book:
Ms. Halliday (2nd), Ms. Bohan (2nd), Ms.Needham/Ms. Ryan (2nd), Ms. Glynn (2nd), Ms. F.Kavanagh (2nd)
Ms. McLoughlin (1st), Ms. Gaffney (1st), Ms. Flannery (1st), Ms. Kyne (1st), Ms. McCaul/Ms. C.Fitzgerald (1st)
Ms. Cunningham (SI), Ms. Dunne (SI), Ms. Tierney (SI), Ms. Ferguson (SI)
Ms. Hynes (JI), Ms. Herbert/Ms. Lavery (JI), Ms. Keenan (JI)
Ms. B.Fitzgerald’s class, Ms. S.Kavanagh’s class, Ms. Coade’s class
Also involved:
All 1st classes made foam rockets during Space Week 2022
Every class took part in Space Week 2022 and in the launching of outdoor rockets on 7/10/22
Most classes visited R9’s Space Display day or R15’s Space Box Display day on 7/10/22
All 1st and 2nd classes engaged with beebots and/or The Hour of Code for EU code week
All classes took part in Maths Week 2022 activities in and around the classrooms
Most classes visited R9’s and/or R15’s Autumn Box Display day on 28/11/22
All classes enjoyed the Mad Scientist and ATU’s Rainbow Lab during Science Week 2022
All classes saw Native Irish Animals with Carole from Connemara National Park 2023
All classes had a visit from the Gardaí
STEP 1: Science
(4 hands-on science investigations, with at least one from each of the four strands)
Living Things:
- Looking at our fingerprints 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Lungs:- breathing and sneezing 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Our senses challenges 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Touch and body organs 1st class (Sept 2022)
- The Hungry Caterpillar:- Healthy food Junior Infants (Sept 2022)
- Our sense of touch 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Exploring all 5 senses Ms. B.Fitzgerald’s class (Sept 2022)
- Autumn has arrived 2nd class (Sept 2022)
- Signs of autumn 2nd class (Sept 2022)
- Bugs and living things 2nd class (Sept 2022)
- Conkers and autumn seeds 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Leaf identification 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Nature walk 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Wasp in our classroom 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Hedgehogs Junior infants (Oct 2022)
- Does fat keep you warm? 1st class (Dec 2022)
- How animals stay warm in winter 1st class (Jan 2023)
- Investigating native Irish animals all classes (Jan 2023)
- Aistear in Antarctica Senior Infants (Jan 2023)
Energy and Forces:
- UV bracelets 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Floating paper clips 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Investigating transparency and the colours of light 1st classes (Sept 2022)
- Baking in the special class (Oct 2022)
- Spooky science: Static ghosts 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Dancing raisins 1st class (Nov 2022)
- Making soup with the special classes (Jan 2023)
Materials:
- Magic milk 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Making greenhouses 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Gummy bear experiment Senior infants (Nov 2022)
- Walking water capillary experiment Senior infants (Nov 2022)
- Making crystals 1st class (Dec 2022)
- Looking for acids with cabbage water 1st class (Dec 2022)
- Sparky needs a drink Junior infants (Dec 2022)
- Making slime 2nd class (Jan 2023)
- Which ball bounces the highest? 1st class (Jan 2023)
Environmental Awareness and Care:
- Apple trees in autumn 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Visiting the school garden 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Anti litter awareness 1st class (Sept 2020)
- Tree day 2022 Senior Infants (Oct 2022)
- Investigating the signs of autumn 1st & 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Autumn scavenger hunt 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Autumn walk 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Harvesting our potatoes Special Class (Oct 2022)
- Nature walk Junior infants (Oct 2022)
- Autumn reflected in art Junior infants (Oct 2022)
- Wild flowers 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Watching a partial solar eclipse 1st & 2nd classes (Oct 2022)
- Litter pickers and personal timelines 1st class (Oct 2022)
- A winter jar 1st class (Jan 2023)
- Keeping our trees healthy Senior school (Jan 2023)
(and also 2 or more examples below)
Science Speakers:
- Starship rocket engineer answers our space questions 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Zoom space call with Eóin Tuomy ESA engineer all classes (Oct 2022)
- Mad Scientist Ray Whyte with Galway Science and Technology Festival (Nov 2022)
- Blackrock Castle Observatory and ESERO talk on telescopes and space (Dec 2022)
- Carol from Connemara National Parks and Native Irish animals all classes (Jan 2023)
- Visit from the Gardaí all classes (Jan 2023)
Science Week Events:
- Dr. Lucky Duck at Galway Science and Technology festival (Nov 2022)
- Visit from the Mad Scient(ist Ray Whyte All Classes Junior Infants Senior infants 1st class 2nd classes (Nov 2022)
- Science Week Trip to the Aquarium Special class (Nov 2022) and Aquarium 1st class (Nov 2022)
- ATU Colourful Science box: Rainbow Lab – Rainbows with milk Junior Infants (Nov 2022)
- ATU Rainbow lab 1st Class (Nov 2022)
- ATU Colour mixing and flipping a rainbow 1st class (Nov 2022)
- ATU Growing Gummy Bears 1st class (Nov 2022)
- Dancing raisins and Fruity sweets colour mixing Junior Infants (Nov 2022)
- Super Scientist Mark virtual show 1st class (N0v 2022)
- Science week fun in first class (Nov 2022)
- Mark the Science Guy 1st class (Nov 2022)
External Science Events/Programmes:
- Beach Clean Up with Atlantic Technological University 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Working with ATU on the Magical World of Algae 2nd classes (Nov 2022)
- Looking After Our Ocean Project
Space Week Events:
See all our Space Week 2022 events here and here.
STEP 2: Technology
(2 or more examples of the children using ICT)
- Our own stop motion animated movie 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- EU Code Week: Monday – Beebots, Code Monkey and Kodable 1st class (Oct 2022)
- EU Code Week: Tuesday – Beaver Achiever and Angry Birds 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Coding Fun: Tuesday – 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Coding Week Wednesday in Room 15 1st class (Oct 2022)
- EU Code Week Wednesday in Prefab 3A 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Coding with Minecraft Wednesday 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Thursday: Coding with Moana 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Thursday Beebots in 1st and 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Friday’s 2nd class coding (Oct 2022)
- Friday’s Star Wars coding 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Coding in Room 11 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Making a data chart on our whiteboard 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Looking at money under a microscope 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Using Bright Sparks 4 Kids electronic kits to make circuits 1st class (Dec 2022)
- Examining the salt crystals we grew under a microscope 1st class (Dec 2022)
- Using our skills in technology to build circuits and to build and programme bots 1st class (Dec 2022)
- Stop Motion animation with Lara 1st class Session 2 (Jan 2023)
STEP 3: Engineering
(2 or more examples of the children investigating engineering in class or in the local area)
- Designing, Problem Solving and Constructing 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Planning, designing and constructing Junior Infants (Oct 2022)
- 3D construction during Maths Week 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Designing and making Autumn/Halloween boxes 1st class (Oct 2022)
- A Home-Made Boat 1st class (Jan 2023)
STEP 4 : Maths
(2 or more examples of the children using their maths skills as part of their science work)
- Making 2D shapes into other 2D shapes, into rockets 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Making 2D shapes into 3D shapes, into rockets 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Space data chart 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Baking cookies 2nd class (Sept 2022)
- Pet shop visit and data chart 2nd class (Oct 2022)
- Maths week in Prefab 1B 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Using thermometers to measure heat 1st class (Oct 2022)
Event registered with Maths Week Ireland 2022
See all our activities for Maths Week 2022 here
STEP 5 : STEM Show and Tell
(at least one example)
- Explaining about our designs at assembly 1st class (Sept 2022)
- Space assembly 1st classes (Oct 2022)
- Space Display Day 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Space box display 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Displaying our autumn boxes at assembly 1st class (Oct 2022)
- Displaying our Halloween boxes 1st classes (Oct 2022)
- Displaying our Christms boxes 1st class (Dec 2022)
- Our seaweed art on display in the Atlantaquaria (Dec 2022)
- Ocean gallery display for other classes and parents (Jan 2023)