Let's have some fun with STEM!
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Education is primarily developed to support childrens' capacities to understand, appreciate and fully engage with the world around them. Seanie Morris, as an amateur astronomer and Science/STEM Communicator brings a host of fun activities to engage you with the world around you, asking questions and finding out the answers in fun and interactive ways. In a nutshell: Science is fun, and we all should have a go at discovering that!
Seanie has worked with and on behalf of numerous
institutions and educational bodies in Ireland including:
STEM Facts & Figures in Ireland
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Growth in popularity among science subjects
Science subjects were not always popular subject choices when children entrered secondary school. Indeed, many secondary schools would require Science to be taken up to Junior Certificate level, and less would offer one of the basic three - biology, chemistry and physics - as a compulsory subject at Leaving Certificate level. The reflection was the limited resources and at times the interest of teachers in teaching science at primary education level. It has been shown that by increasing pupils' exposure to science topics and interests at a young age, there is a greater chance of holding onto STEM-related subjects as they develop into secondary school.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, with many schools striving to keep their students interested in education with online lessons during lockdowns, teachers became more creative in their wpporoaches to doing learning and project work at home. This helped increase student awareness of science and related fields as not just a need to learn, but a need for something fun to do as well. Experiments like making lava volcanoes, paper airplane models, experimenting with static electricity, and building mechanical robots - all of this created a heightened awareness in students of the value of STEM from the world around them.
STEM will support jobs growth
As Ireland looks to the future growth and development of its citizens in society and the infrastructure to support them, STEM plays an important part. It will enable greater opportunities from second to third level education as the jobs sector embraces new and upcoming areas of diversification. Coding, construction, pharmaceutical, agriculture, green energy, teaching, design, well-being - all are touched in some way by STEM.
Embrace STEM with Seanie and let's have some fun along the way!