Science Foundation Ireland Discover Science Maths Award St

Science Foundation Ireland Discover Science & Maths Award St. Aidan’s N. S. Kiltimagh Award Number: MO 026

Step One: Science Investigations Junior Infants – Forces We explored the forces of floating and sinking.

Step One: Science Investigations Junior/Senior Infants – Living Things We did an experiment to prove that plants need oxygen, light and temperature to grow fully. We planted broad-beans and left out one element for each plant.

Step One: Science Investigations 1 st Class - Heat We tested ice, rice, warm water and cotton wool to see if they are colder or hotter than our body temperature. . We discovered that they were all colder than our body temperature.

Step One: Science Investigations 2 nd Class – Forces . . We investigated floating and sinking. .

Step One: Science Investigations 2 nd Class – Energy: Light . . We investigated how light travels. .

Step One: Science Investigations 3 rd Class – Environmental Awareness & Care 3 rd class made bird feeders.

Step One: Science Investigations 3 rd Class – Environmental Awareness & Care . . Last October we planted bulbs – daffodils, crocuses, snow-drops, tulips and muscari. .

Step One: Science Investigations 3 rd Class – Environmental Awareness & Care . We now have a variety of. beautiful spring flowers in our school garden. .

Step One: Science Investigations 3 rd Class – Environmental Awareness & Care . . We explored Solar Energy. We. identified some ways in which science and technology contributes positively to society.

Step One: Science Investigations 3 rd Class – Environmental Awareness & Care . . By completing this experiment we learned lots of interesting facts about Solar Energy and the. Greenhouse Effect. We also became aware of the importance of the Earth's renewable and nonrenewable resources.

Step One: Science Investigations 4 th Class – Energy & Forces : Electricity . . We explored how static electricity is created. .

Step One: Science Investigations 4 th Class – Energy & Forces : Electricity . . We also investigated which materials are. likely to hold a static charge.

Step One: Science Investigations 5 th Class – Materials & Change We investigated the absorbency of cloth, paper, toilet roll, tinfoil, newspaper & cling-film. We used heat to change sugar from a solid to a liquid.

Step One: Science Investigations 5 th Class – Materials & Change We investigated making water filters using sand, pebbles and filter paper. We looked at the density of oil & water. .

Step One: Science Investigations 5 th Class – Materials & Change . . We made our own lava lamps too. It was a lot of. fun!

Step One: Science Investigations 6 th Class - Fungi & Moulds We observed mould growing on bread and pasta and conditions in which they grow best.

Step One: Science Investigations 6 th Class - Testing Materials We investigated whether candle wax , vaseline or cooking oil would make a cloth water-proof. We tested breaking point of sewing thread and string.

Step One: Science Investigations 6 th Class – The Human Body We investigated how our heart rate and pulse increase following intense physical activity. We constructed a model ear drum using a biscuit tin, cling film and salt and observed how the eardrum reacts to sounds.

Step One: Science Investigations 6 th Class – Starch We investigated whether a variety of materials contained starch. We tested bread, flour, sugar, cheese, apple, paper, biscuit, plastic, paper towel to see if they contained starch. We did this by adding a drop of iodine tincture.

Step One: Science Speaker Science Ireland Declan Holmes from Science Ireland, visited our school on Tuesday 10 th November. All children in our school participated in hands-on science shows.

Step One: Science Speaker Science Ireland Flight, rockets, pressure, waves, sound and light were among the topics covered in this interactive learning experience.

Step One: Science Speaker Kiltimagh Pet farm On Thursday 12 th November, Kiltimagh Pet Farm brought some animals to our school.

Step Two: Technology (ICT) 1 st Class use computers as part of their maths station activities every Friday.

Step Two: Technology (ICT) Children from 3 rd class conducted surveys and used computer software to make graphs to show our results.

Step Two: Technology (ICT) Children from 3 rd class really enjoyed using Scratch.

Step Two: Technology (ICT) Children from 3 rd class carried out an experiment to investigate how exercise can affect our heart rate. We discovered that our heart rate increases with exercise. We created a graph to show our results.

Step Two: Technology (ICT) We used a presentation as part of our Science display. Children and parents had to sort materials into the correct group - glass, metal, wood, plastic.

Step Two: Technology (ICT) We love doing activities on our interactive whiteboard.

Step Three: Engineering Thomas Campbell - Engineer During Engineers’ Week we looked at some resources to discuss the work of different types of engineers. On Wednesday, Thomas Campbell, a civil engineer who works in the area of water treatment plants came to visit the school.

Step Three: Engineering Thomas Campbell - Engineer Thomas gave a talk to the senior classes about ‘a day in the life of an engineer’ and showed us lots of interesting slideshows about engineering in the world around us.

Step Three: Engineering Design & Make 3 rd Class made weather instruments Anemometers & Rain Gauges

Step Three: Engineering Design & Make 5 th & 6 th Class made rockets.

Step Four: Maths Week - Shape Hunt Senior infants & 1 st class went around our school on a shape hunt.

Step Four: Maths Have You Got Maths Eyes? • As part of Maths Week we ran a “Have You Got Maths Eyes? ” competition for pupils from 3 rd to 6 th Classes. The challenge was using your ‘Maths Eyes’ to find something interesting in your environment, take a photograph and write a tagline highlighting the maths in the picture.

Step Four: Maths Trails 6 th class explored tessellating shapes.

Step Four: Maths Week Activities We took part in Maths Week Ireland from October 12 -16 th 2015.

1 st Step Four: Maths Class Maths Stations Every Friday 1 st class do different maths stations.

Step Five: Stem Showcase 3 rd Class Science Display • On Friday 15 th of November, third class hosted a science demonstration in the school hall for the junior classes. All pupils were given a chance to work on experiments.

Step Five: Stem Showcase rd 3 Class Science Display

Step Five: Stem Showcase 3 rd Class Science Display We also asked parents to try our experiments too.

Step Five : Stem Showcase Science Fair - The Marshmallow Challenge Children from 3 rd – 6 th class participated in The Marshmallow Design Challenge.

Step Five : Stem Showcase Science Fair - The Marshmallow Challenge The challenge was to build the tallest freestanding structure capable of supporting a marshmallow out of 20 sticks of spaghetti and one meter of masking tape.

Step Five : Stem Showcase Science Fair - The Marshmallow Challenge Two teams represented our school in the Mayo Science & Technology Festival 2015.