Just some of the lovely pinwheels the children created during their mini #STEM workshops. Great collaboration between 3 rural schools in #Donegal 🎉 @National_AiE @OidePrimarySTEM

Four astronauts are heading to the moon. But I'm going to get 75 kids to experience the joy of a rocket launch 😁 #strawrocket #STEMeducation @NASA @NASAArtemis

My local mountain Errigal. Small in stature but mighty in scene 😉

Finished up an 8 week sustainable development project with a fantastic wee class. They handed me this beautiful handmade card as I was leaving. Full of personalised messages I think I've something in my eye 💞 #edchatie #STEMeducation

An absolutely amazing day where all 3 cluster schools in Stranorlar showcased their @microbit_edu pet projects and participated together in a full day of #Stem activities 😍 Thanks to @KieranMcTaggar1 for joining us to present Stem kits to the winning projects @National_AiE

So nice to have sunshine for our Sustainable Development trips this week! One grp went to an organic farm to learn about biodiversity & seed sowing The other grp visited a local wind farm; got to look inside, learn how they work and admire the view @Education_Ire @oide_Ireland

Today in our sustainability project we discussed waste and recycling. Then the Ss used @makeymakey and Scratch to make an animated story Putting rubbish in the bin closed the circuit and finished the story @GreenSchoolsIre @OidePrimarySTEM

Over the past few weeks I've been working with a cluster of 3 schools using Microbits for Wellbeing We're now building and programming a virtual tamagotchi pet I absolutely adore this part 😻 @EngineerIreland @OidePrimarySTEM @National_AiE @EdCentreDonegal

Chatting about renewal energy and one kid asks "but how does it actually work?" No better start to a 'Building a wind turbine' workshop 😍 @OidePrimarySTEM @National_AiE @esbscienceblast

Just went for a hike this afternoon and we had the rescue helicopter circling for nearly an hour 😂

In our sustainable project today Ss explored why plants and trees are important as carbon catchers. We looked at what plants need to survive and turned our @microbit_edu into light & heat meters before learning how we can also use them as soil moisture testers @OidePrimarySTE

First time using @LEGO_Education kits for a workshop. Fantastic product and I loved how creative the Ss got as they tried to build death defying fairground rides 🫣 Thanks to @EdCentreDonegal for the loan of kits 👍 @OidePrimarySTEM

Great start to our Sustainable #STEM project today. The children explored how to be more energy efficient and then built houses with an LED circuit 🌱 @OidePrimarySTEM @National_AiE

The Junior and Senior Infants of Scoil Aodh Rua agus Nuala got to try out their new Beebots today. While the bots were resting they learned how to program a fake beebot get to a flower before trying out their code with the real thing! @OidePrimarySTEM @EdCentreDonegal

Ss were learning all about renewable energy today and then made these beautiful pinwheels to demonstrate the power of wind energy 🌬️ #STEM @OidePrimarySTEM @National_AiE @EdCentreDonegal @Researchirel

Such fun with Junior and Senior Infants making Moto bots. I gave them pre wired motors and they learned how to put batteries in properly and how they can power a motor. They then worked in pairs to assemble it all. Some great artists were discovered too! @OidePrimarySTEM

Finished up our Blast funded #SustainableFuture project in Termon NS with a Show and Share to 3rd class Loved seeing how their confidence in explaining their project part developed as each group came to their station 😍 @Researchirel @National_AiE @OidePrimarySTEM

The Junior and Senior infants in Donegal Town learnt all about forces and motion today. They built straw rockets and blasted them off into space 🚀 #scienceweek #STEM @NASAScience_ @Researchirel @OidePrimarySTEM @EdCentreDonegal

Chaos and Craic 😁 The Scribble bot activity is great for learning about circuits, how off balanced weights change movement patterns and how poor engineering will cause your bot to fall in battle! #STEMed #scienceweek @OidePrimarySTEM @Researchirel @EdCentreDonegal