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Age Group:
Junior Cycle / Senior Cycle / Transition Year
Themes:
- BTYSTE/
- Featured/
- Science/
- sustainability/
- Sustainable Development/
Subjects:
- Agricultural Science/
- Archived/
- Biology/
- Chemistry/
- Mathematics/
- Physics/
- Science/
Event Date
January 21, 2021
Event Time
Location
Science and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Citizenship Education
“There is so much that humanity could gain, so many ways in which it could flourish, were the appalling waste of the possibilities of science and technology to be deflected from the goals of war and the armaments’ industry to the tasks of peace and sustainable development.” – President Michael D. Higgins, 11th of January 2017, BTYSTE.
Webinar Resources:
The recording provides:
- An ‘expert’ input on the global justice issue of ‘Science’.
- Practical advice on how to explore ‘Science’ through ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ 6 step programme (approach, good resources, videos, ideas for raising awareness and taking meaningful actions etc).
- A teacher input/case study on how they took a thematic approach to ‘Science’.
You can find the 2021 webinar recording .
ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Science Resources:
Doing GCE in Science – Guidebook and activities for Junior Certificate Science
Other Resources:
- Science and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Citizenship: Why Teach Science with a ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Citizenship Approach? A resource from Oxfam and The Association for Science Education
Science and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Citizenship Guide
- Life cycle activity – investigating the life cycle of everyday items
- Sustainability – presentation on sustainability and collection of associated words