2021/2022 STEM Log of Evidence

See below for some of the exciting STEM activities undertaken by the classes in our school.

Step 1 Science

• Exploring with our Senses - Living Things: Myself with Ms Daly’s Junior and Senior Infants
• Cleaning Dirty Water - Environmental Awareness and Change: Caring for the Environment & Science and the Environment with Ms Hogan’s 4th Class
• Making Music with Banjos! - Energy and Forces: Sound with Ms Bourke’s 6th and Ms Dorman’s 5th class, Levers& Forces meters with Juniors to 4th Class-Anyone 4 Science STEM Workshops, Energy and Forces: Sound, Light and Gravity with 5th class-Ms Dorman&Ms Collier

• Slime and Pancakes - Materials: Materials and Change with Cúisle and Ms Hardiman, Making Bioplastic with 5th &6th Class-Anyone 4 Science STEM Workshops
• Science Week: Rocket Science with Ms Roche’s 2nd & 3rd Class, I’ll Tell You a Story about Johnny Magory Online Workshop Ms Daly’s Junior and Senior Infants, Limerick Festival of Science Seeing STEM Photo Competition Winner!,Science Week Activity: Design and Make Catapults with Ms Mc Mahon's 1st and 2nd Class
• Space Week: Space Week in the Infant Class, Space Week in 3rd Class
• Hosted a Science Speaker: Wildflower Workshop with Geoff Hunt Ms Mc Grath/Ms Barrett's First Class, Bird Hunt with Geoff Hunt- Ms Dorman's 5th Class, Geoff Hunt Workshop in Ms Daly's Junior and Senior Infants
• Online Science Event: Discovery Primary Science and Math Award Ceremony , I’ll Tell You a Story about Johnny Magory Online Workshop Ms Daly’s Junior and Senior Infants,The Science of Bubbles Workshop with Ms Daly's Junior and Senior Infants

Step 2 Technology

• Building electrical circuits: Lighting up Rudolf’s Nose with Ms. Dorman’s 5th Class
• Explore Robotics:Scribble Bots with Ms Dorman’s 5th Class
• Tech Week:

Tech Week 2022 All About Apps

Tech Week Peer Tutoring/STEM Showcase:Ms Shearin’s 3rd Class & Ms Dorman’s 5th Class Peer Tutoring for Tech Week 2022

Step 3 Engineering

• Design and Make: Constructing Halloween Lanterns with Ms Dorman’s 5th Class, Greek Temples in Ms Roche’s 2nd and 3rd Class, STEM Design and Make: Flying Bat Straw Rockets with Ms Shearin's 3rd class
• Investigate and develop an understanding of how everyday items work: levers, forces meters & bioplastics- Anyone 4 Science STEM Workshops
• Engineer’s Week:

Engineers Week-Ms Shearin’s 3rd Class

Engineers Week Activities, Virtual Workshops and Shows across many classes

Engineers Week Marble Run- Ms Daly’s Junior and Senior Infants

Step 4 Maths

• Using Maths to measure Science Results: Measuring the Distance of Balloon Rockets with Ms Shearin’s 3rd Class, STEM Design and Make: Flying Bat Straw Rockets, Data to show our favourite story- I’ll Tell You a Story about Johnny Magory Online Workshop Ms Daly’s Junior and Senior Infants
• Maths Week:Maths Week in Room 8, Maths Week in Room 10
• Children using maths skills and knowledge as part of science, technology, engineering/design and make, or other activities: Engineers Week-Ms Shearin’s 3rd Class, Slime and Pancakes - Materials: Materials and Change with Cúisle and Ms Hardiman
• Maths Trail: Ms Kennedy’s Senior Infants

Step 5 STEM Showcase

• Virtual (zoom) STEM Showcase with Ms Dorman’s 5th Class and all classes
• In person STEM Showcase with Ms Daly and Ms Kennedy’s Junior and Senior Infants
• Ms Shearin’s 3rd Class and Ms Dorman’s 5th Class Peer Tutoring for Tech Week
• Survey Feedback- see online application