Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Award of Science and Maths Excellence 2012/2013

Be sure to check out all our science activities on http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.com/  All of our activities can be found by clicking on the blog archive on the right hand side of this page.  Have fun looking at what we've been up to for the year.

Step 1: Greenwave and Maths

Primrose, January 4th, 2013
Tadpoles, March 8th,2013
Hawthorn, April 4th, 2013
Horse Chestnut, April 4th, 2013
Ash, April 20th, 2013
Swallows, April 20th, 2013
Weathermen (and women!) http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/09/weather-men-and-women.html
Comparing Horse Chestnut and Ash buds http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2013/02/from-seed-to-tree.html


Step 2: Prescribed Activities and Maths

LIGHT
Making rainbows http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/09/making-rainbows.html
Mixing colours of light http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/09/mixing-colours-of-light.html
Shadows http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/09/shadows.html
Light: Colour wheels http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/09/light-colour-wheels.html
Colour wheels http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/09/colour-wheels-we-made-ourselves.html
Looking at fingerprints http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/09/taking-fingerprints.html
Caged lion http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/09/caged-lion.html
Growing shadows http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/growing-shadows.html
Learning about reflectors http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/learning-about-reflectors.html

SOUND
Making telephones: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsconneely.blogspot.ie/2012/11/making-telephones.html
Sound and hearing: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2013/04/sound-and-hearing.html

FORCES: AIR and WATER, GRAVITY and INERTIA
Helicopters: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/helicopters.html
Water rockets: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/water-rockets.html
More water rockets: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsconneely.blogspot.ie/2012/10/water-rockets.html
Hairdryer science: http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/11/an-experiment-to-try-at-home.html
More science with a hairdryer: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/11/hairdryer-science.html
Science week: http://sineadgr.blogspot.ie/2012/11/science-week.html
Pneumatics and Hydraulics: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/12/forces-pneumatics-and-hydraulics.html
Fun with windmills: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmstierney.blogspot.ie/2012/12/fun-with-windmills.html
Friction and distance: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2013/01/friction-and-distance.html
Acrobatic clowns: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2013/02/acrobatic-clowns.html
Air experiments: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmshlally.blogspot.ie/2013/03/air-experiments.html
More experiments with air: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2013/03/more-air-experiments.html
ELECTRICITY AND  MAGNETISM
Static electricity http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/static-electricity.html
Our moving can http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/our-can-moved.html
Magic magnets http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/11/magic-magnets_25.html
Electrical circuits http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2013/01/electrical-circuits.html
Alternative energy http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2013/01/alternative-energy.html
Magnet magic http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsflannery.blogspot.ie/2013/02/magnet-magic.html
SPACE
All about rockets: Water rockets, The Earth the Sun and the Moon, Fizzy rockets, Launching air rockets, Rockets and astronauts, Balloon rockets, Straw rockets, Volcanoes on Venus, Fizzy rockets, Craters and Dinosaurs: http://scoilchaitrionajnrspacepage.blogspot.ie/
MATERIALS
Investigating acids http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsconneely.blogspot.ie/2012/10/investigating-acids.html
Racing colours http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/racing-colours.html
Testing absorbency of materials http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsconneely.blogspot.ie/
Fizzy rockets: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsconneely.blogspot.ie/2012/10/our-really-great-rocket-day.html
Dancing raisins: http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsconneely.blogspot.ie/2012/10/dancing-raisins.html
Absorption patterns (Maths: Algebra, patterns, colours): http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsconneely.blogspot.ie/2012/10/absorption-patterns.html
Dancing raisins http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/dancing-raisins.html
Taking care of our teeth experiments http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/taking-care-of-our-teeth-experiments.html
Raw and cooked eggs http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/11/raw-and-cooked-eggs.html
Red cabbage and acids http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/11/red-cabbage-and-acids.html
Waterproof materials http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/11/waterproof-or-absorbent-materials.html
Acid or alkali experiment http://scoilchaitrionajnrmstierney.blogspot.ie/2012/12/acid-or-alkali-experiment.html
Eggs experiment http://scoilchaitrionajnrmstierney.blogspot.ie/2012/12/eggs-experiment.html
Dancing raisins http://scoilchaitrionajnrmstierney.blogspot.ie/2012/12/dancing-raisins.html 
Is it waterproof http://scoilchaitrionajnrmstierney.blogspot.ie/2013/01/is-it-waterproof.html

Step 3: Discover Centre or Science Speaker





Visit from an Army Sergeant http://scoilchaitrionajnrhistorygeography.blogspot.ie/2012/09/occupations-army-sergeant.html
Visit from a Train Inspector http://scoilchaitrionajnrhistorygeography.blogspot.ie/2012/09/occupations-train-inspector.html
Visit from an Electrician http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/09/blog-post.html
Visit from a Doctor http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/09/occupations-doctor.html
Visit from a PhD scientist http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsmcloughlin.blogspot.ie/2012/10/diogo-and-his-frogs.html
Frogs http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsconneely.blogspot.ie/2012/10/learning-about-frogs.html
Frog TV http://scoilchaitrionajnrmstierney.blogspot.ie/2012/10/frog-tv.html
Learning about frogs http://scoilchaitrionajnrmisscostello.blogspot.ie/2012/10/diego-from-science-department-in.html
A visit from the frogman http://scoilchaitrionajnrmscoade.blogspot.ie/2012/10/a-visit-from-frogman.html
The mad scientist http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/11/crazy-craig-mad-scientist.html
Crazy Craig http://scoilchaitrionajnrscience.blogspot.ie/2012/11/the-mad-scientist-show.html
SEAI Guzzler and Kay visit http://scoilchaitrionajnrmstierney.blogspot.ie/2013/01/guzzler-and-kay-visit.html
Guzzler comes to visit http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsflannery.blogspot.ie/2013/01/guzzler-comes-to-visit.html
Visit from a garda http://scoilchaitrionajnrmscrotty.blogspot.ie/2013/01/garda-visit.html
Garda visit http://sineadgr.blogspot.ie/2013/02/garda-visit.html

Step 4: Science Event


Step 5: Engineers Week Theme

Engineers, Bringing dreams to life 
through curiosity and invention