Meet the Irish SonS 2017 team – Robert Clarke

3rd February 2017

Green Greens? Robert Clarke is a teacher at Confey College, Leixlip Robert’s project outlines the organisation of a collection of student inquiry-based research projects that are designed to question ethical and sustainability issues surrounding global food… Read more


Meet the Irish SonS 2017 team – Máire Duffy

2nd February 2017

Homemade Electroscopes Máire Duffy is a teacher at Clonkeen College Máire’s project involves two very simple homemade electroscopes that students can make themselves. Static electricity experiments can be lots of fun but often due to budget… Read more


Meet the Irish SonS 2017 team – Enda Carr

1st February 2017

Zippie Chemistry Enda is a teacher at St. Mary’s Secondary School, Glasnevin Enda’s project revolves around chemistry experiments in a zip lock bag. Students are free to select from available combinations of chemicals, mix and… Read more


Meet the Irish SonS 2017 team – Declan Cathcart

31st January 2017

The Wonderful world of woodlice Declan Cathcart is a teacher in Temple Carrig School , Greystones, Co. Wicklow.  Declan’s project describes a sequence of investigations carried out by his students on the living conditions of woodlice… Read more


Eight second level science teachers will represent Ireland at the 2017 Science on Stage festival in Debrecen, Hungary

26th January 2017

Under the motto “Inventing the Future of Science Education” the next Science on Stage festival, the largest European educational fair for STEM teachers, will take place from 29 June to 2 July 2017 in Debrecen,… Read more


Travel scholarships for Teacher Exchange

31st May 2016

Have you seen a project at the festival you especially like? Do you want to continue the exchange with an international colleague you met at the festival? School teachers who met each other as delegates… Read more