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14 Jan 2025
Nice new resource from @IAUastroEDU with a template to colour the solar system. Use it as is with young children, drawing attention to big, bigger, biggest. Challenge second level to evaluate 'is it a good model?' astroedu.iau.org/en/activiti…
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3 Oct 2024
Space Week Postcards from the Irish Patchwork Society spaceweek.ie/space-week-post… @SpaceWeekIRL
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18 Sep 2024
We're delighted that Dr Aidan Magee of @NCG_Maynooth will be presenting at our 2024 @Esero_ie Space Education Confluence @ExploriumI on 28 September. Second level teachers & teachers in training can register for this event now. spaceweek.ie/events/esero-ir…
#spaceweekIRL @oide_Ireland
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13 May 2024
Did you see the aurora? & do you want to bring this topic alive for your students? Check out these two activities from @POLARSTARProje1 polar-star.ea.gr/content/nor… and polar-star.ea.gr/content/sur…
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13 May 2024
It's Robotics time for the @clicpolit team. @WROHellas are hosting our international student participants as they share their #LightPollutionSolutions tomorrow morning. All can view at youtube.com/watch?v=GKZohmpS…
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3 May 2024
Student rocket competition blasts off! Sounds like my colleagues are having a blast! @Esero_ie @blackrockcastle
newstalk.com/podcasts/highli… via @NewstalkFM
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27 Mar 2024
My alma mater is offering a live stream for the eclipse on 8 April. Bookmark it now, since Ireland will only see the barest tail end of the event, and not totality. youtube.com/watch?v=TRx3EScf…
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5 Dec 2023
Join us for our @clicpolit Student Parliament Briefing tomorrow, 6 December, online. Second level teachers in Ireland - you can register your interest in the project about Climate Awareness and Light Pollution at: forms.office.com/e/ppa9uawtP… #darkskies
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BCO_Education🔭 retweeted
20 Nov 2023
The SFI Outstanding Contribution to #STEM Communication Award for 2023 goes to @blackrockcastle
@MTU_ie Blackrock Castle Observatory has been championing STEM communication for 16 years, with more than 1.3m visitors over that time.
@ml_loftus @AlanGiltinan
ALT SFI Outstanding Contribution to STEM Communication Award MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory
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21 Nov 2023
Thanks to the whole team @blackrockcastle who support our educational activities in our STEM communication role. Delighted to have been recognised for the work we do.
21 Nov 2023
MTU’s Blackrock Castle Observatory recognised in national awards for its outstanding contribution to science mtu.ie/news/bco-sfi-award-20…
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15 Nov 2023
Exploring Light Pollution with our @Esero_ie schools workshops for #scienceweek2023, @clicpolit in action with students from @rococork.
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3 Nov 2023
Coming across some great ways to incorporate @SpaceWeekIRL learning in the classroom. How cute is this idea that was used for the @SFICuriousMinds awards last year! gaelscoilmhiceasmainn.com/im…
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31 Oct 2023
Explore the unknown with @esa's haunted space station tour! 👻 Journey through the eerie corridors of an abandoned @Space_Station, where mysteries abound and spook-tacular surprises await.
Will you uncover the truth, or will the ghosts keep their secrets? 👨🚀🚀
#HappyHalloween 🎃🐈⬛
@astro_matthias @Astro_Raja
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17 Oct 2023
Want to keep @SpaceWeekIRL going in @mathsweek?Bring some space-maths to your junior class with Design an Alien. Learners describe an alien to each other, then physically create their alien from craft material and finally sort them in different ways. spaceweek.ie/wp-content/uplo…
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4 Oct 2023
And the @Esero_ie Space Week Workshops are a go at
@blackrockcastle! Great to have two schools with us and the camera crew from @rte. Look for us being featured on @RTEjr today from 4pm! @SpaceWeekIRL .
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3 Oct 2023
Use the free resources from SpaceWeek.ie to run your own event! @SpaceWeekIRL
Explore STEM by organising or attending a Space Week event in your school or community. Find out what's going on at spaceweek.ie/ 👩🚀🔭 @Esero_ie
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3 Oct 2023
Lovely listening to @RTElyricfm yesterday with The Full Score playing Holst's The Planets and hearing that on Friday at @NCH_Music there will be Richard Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra being played live! Great choices for @SpaceWeekIRL
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13 Sep 2023
Bookings are now open for the 2023 edition of our Space Education Confluence for Junior Cycle Science Teachers to be held online on 30 September 2023. Hear from @girlandkat, @RoySleator with support from @oide_Ireland and @Esero_ie. Book at: spaceweek.ie/events/esero-ir…
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26 Sep 2023
With support from @oide_Ireland we are now opening this to all second level teachers. Join us for an inspiring and education-centred morning this Saturday. Zoom links to be sent out shortly, so register to get yours.
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26 Sep 2023
A reminder for second level teachers in Ireland - this free event is still available to book! Hope to see you online on Saturday. @SpaceWeekIRL
25 Sep 2023
Delighted to be moderating this years #Space Education Confluence for our awesome science teachers as part of #spaceweekirl next weekend. We’re connecting them with exciting research to bring to the classroom. #stemeducation
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18 Sep 2023
For teachers planning to attend this year's @Esero_ie Space Education Confluence, here is @girlandkat's view on some of the recent headlines.
18 Sep 2023
People. We have not discovered life on K2-18b.
We have not even discovered water on K2-18b.
It's time to get the marigolds out 🧽, clean up the garbage headlines, and start thinking about how we should be discussing life detection.
A exo-bloggity~ 🔗:
girlandkat.com/research-blog…
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