This is a Community to support schools participating in the Eratosthenes experiment at Noon local Irish time on Tuesday 22nd September 2015. Weather not permitting (shadows not available!) in the Resource section below an outline of how to complete the experiment is also available. The Lesson Plan is well structured with lots of background information and will guide you through the steps of the experiment. STEPS TO FOLLOW 1. Find the time of your local noon at your location. Please use the web
A community for those interested in or participating in the Inspiring Science Education (ISE) competitions which have been organised in 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. The 2015/2016 competition aims to highlight excellence in the creation of learning scenarios or lessons based on the tools,resources and materials available in the Inspiring Science Education Portal. This portal provides opportunities to make science education more challenging, more playful and above all more imaginative and inspiring
To participate in the ISE 2016 Observing Challenge, use the demonstrator below with your class before 30 June 2016. The scenario involves using Messier Bingo to become familar with astronomical objects, and then observe one of them with the LCOGT telescope. Teachers who successfully complete the scenario with their class (using the demonstrator with more than 10 students) will receive a poster of their observation. You can either: Join this ISE community, clone the demonstrator, and deliver it
Comhphobal cleachtais do mhúinteoirí a mhúineann trí mheán na Gaeilge. Le acmhainní agus smaointe a roinnt agus a phlé. Cuirfidh mé cúpla acmhainn anseo ó am go ham, tá siad ar fáil thíos ag bun an leathanach faoi "Resources". Má tá suim agat ceacht a chruthú, díreach brúigh ar "Resources" agus roghnaigh "Create new..." Pioc "Educational Scenario" agus is féidir leat ceacht bunaithe ar theimpléad ISE a chruthú. Arís, má tá fadhb nó ceist ar bith, téigh i dteagmháil liom! Colm
This community will enable teachers, students and researchers involved in extended collaborative activities. It introducesthem to the field of science through the use of resources and tools bringing together a network of educational communities, eLearning tools and resources and relevant partners of the field. Through the Inspiring Science Education website and the activities organised by the partners, teachers can help students make their own scientific discoveries, witness and understand
We are a community of educators from Ireland sharing and exchanging ideas, experiences and visions about competence based learning. A few words about this space for sharing, commenting, informing: SEARCH COMMUNITY RESOURCES: Here, we will be using the ‘Educational Content’ link to share our initial ideas, which will be updating as they are gradually developing into fuller scenarios, formulating them using the links ‘Lesson Plans’ or ‘Educational Scenarios’. GROUPS: We are starting as a whole
