Step 1: Science

STEP 1

Science:
(6 hands-on science investigations, with at least one from each of the four strands)

Living Things:

• Mini beast hunt  2nd class (Sept 2015)
• September gardening with Kay 2nd class and special class (Sept 2015)
• Plants need light to grow 2nd class (Sept 2015)
• How our plants have grown (light or no light) (Oct 2015)
• Garden sowing 2nd class (Sept 2015)
• Gardening 1st class (Sept 2015)
• What do plants need to grow? 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• Planting onions Junior Infants (Oct 2015)
• Pumpkin fun Junior Infants (Oct 2015)
• Using our senses 1st class (Nov 2015)
• Gardening Senior Infants (Nov 2015)
• Fruit and Vegetable tasting day 2nd class (Feb 2016)
• Dental Hygiene Workshop 2nd class (March 2016)
• Daffodils in food dye 2nd class (April 2016)
• Chicks and a hen in school all classes (April 2016)
• Wormery and ant hotel 2nd class (April 2016)
• Our ant hotel 2nd class (May 2016)
• Our very hungry caterpillars Junior Infants (May 2016)
• Planting Spider Plants 2nd class (May 2016)

Energy and Forces:

• Straw rockets 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• Balloon rockets 2nd class and1st class (Oct 2015)
• Foam rockets 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• Air and Water rockets 2nd class and 1st class (Oct 2015)
• Fizzy rockets 2nd class and 1st class (Oct 2015)
• 3,2,1, Blast off: Straw rockets 1st class (Oct 2015)
• Toilet roll rockets 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• Gravity 2nd class (Nov 2015)
• Meteors, craters and the end of the dinosaurs 2nd class (Nov 2015)
• Making sprays 2nd class (Nov 2015)
• Awesome catapult 2nd class (Dec 2015)
• Magnet morning 2nd class (Dec 2015)
• Electrical circuits 2nd class (Dec 2015)
• Floating fruit 2nd class (Jan 2016)
• Making passenger boats 2nd class (Jan 2016)
• Learning about sound 2nd class (Feb 2016)
• More sound investigations 2nd class (Feb 2016)
• Investigations with heat 2nd class (March 2016)
• Heating, melting and baking Rice Krispies Senior Infants (March 2016)
• Hovercraft 2nd class (May 2016)
• Light 2nd class (May 2016)
• Magnets  Junior Infants (May 2016)
• Hot air and floating balls 2nd class (May 2016)
• Making Rainbows 2nd class (June 2016)
• Lions in Cages: Tricking Our Brains 2nd class (June 2016)
• Rainbow Spinners 2nd class (June 2016)

Materials:

• All about soil 2nd class (Sept 2015)
• Soil investigations 2nd class (Sept 2015)
• Soil experiment 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• Materials and a Microscope 2nd class (Sept 2015)
• How much water does it soak up? 2nd class (Sept 2015)
• Lava lamp 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• Gloop 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• Waterproof or not Senior Infants (Nov 2015)
• Volcanoes 2nd class (Nov 2015)
• Melting ice Senior infants (Nov 2105)

Environmental Awareness and Care:

• Our local environment: The seashore two 2nd classes (Sept 2015)
• Trip to the beach 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• The beach - exploring our local environment 2nd class (Oct 2015)
• How clean are our hands? 1st class (Oct 2015)
• Spoooky gardening! 1st class (Oct 2015)
• Gardening with Kay Senior Infants (Oct 2015)
• Mould under the microscope and germs 2nd class (Nov 2015)
• In the garden Language classes (Nov 2015)
• Planting daffodil bulbs 2nd class (Nov 2015)
• Water cycle Senior Infants (Nov 2015)
• Bee-friendly garden preparation 2nd class (March 2016)
• Spring Walk Senior Infants (March 2016)
• Marine Biodiversity Workshop 2nd class (April 2016)
• At the beach 2nd class (April 2016)
• Visit from Tom Cuffe the birdman 2nd class (May 2016)
• Gardening Junior Infants (May 2016)
• Visit from the Birdman, Tom Cuffe 1st class (May 2016)
• In the garden with Kay 2nd class, 1st class (May 2016)
• Beach Safari 2nd class (June 2016)

(and also)

Science Speakers:

Visit from a photographer

Visit from a quality controller with Boston Scientific

Visit from a dentist

Dental Hygiene Workshop

Visit from a fire alarm tester

http://scoilchaitrionajnrmsflannery.blogspot.ie/2016/03/dental-hygiene-workshop.html

Marine Biodiversity workshop with Explorers Education Programme

Explorers Programme in April
Science Week Event:

School visit from Killaloe Planetarium for all 1st and 2nd classes