Author Archive for: Celine
Entries by Celine
Living and Learning Online
For the past year, Midlands Science has been promoting engagement with STEM [science, technology, engineering and maths] with groups of young people whilst also building their capacity to be creative and accurate content creators online. Supported by the TikTok Digital Future Fund which was created by Rethink Ireland in partnership with TikTok, workshops entitled “My […]
Making an Early Start with Science
Miles Donnelly checks out what Oisin Lennon is doing at an Early Start Science workshop – he’s making a lava lamp !! Over the past number of months, Midlands Science has been piloting a new science outreach project “Early Start Science.” This brings science and exploration to pre-school children in the midlands and the initial pilot […]
Promoting Engagement with Science with Rethink Ireland
Engagement with science is an important issue for education and skills and also for the general public as everyday people make decisions informed by science. Midlands Science delivers work which addresses both of these challenges by providing a wide-ranging outreach programme which raises the value of science in society all across the midlands. The organisation […]
Growing Science in the Midlands with The Ireland Funds
”Encourage the young and they will flourish“ is an old Irish proverb. Perhaps a modern variation might be: “Encourage the young with science and they will flourish”. For over 10 years now, through various grants and guidance, The Ireland Funds has supported Midlands Science in its vital work promoting science, technology, engineering and maths [STEM] […]
Science Week 2024
Science Week in the midlands started a little early on November 8th and has provided 9 days of amazing science activities every day and night across the region since then. It concluded on Saturday November 16th with an event exploring ADHD in women and girls and another event with cold water swimming Guinness World Record holder Nuala Moore. […]
Discovering Astronauts & Snakes in Tullamore
d e Simon Watt exploring the Universe in Tullamore. There was lots to discover in Tullamore last weekend at the Discovery Day held in Mucklagh, including stick insects, rockets, gyroscopes, slime, astronauts and snakes. The Discovery Day is an annual family day event as part of the Midlands Science Festival in association with Integra. The […]
Regeneration Nation
d Regeneration of deer antlers takes place in a well-defined yearly cycle: in most species, in spring the previous hard antler is cast from the permanent bony protuberance; the stump wound heals rapidly and wound healing is followed by the commencement of new (soft) antler regeneration; there follows in late spring and early summer, a […]