Science on Stage
Science on Stage 1
Science on Stage 1 was held at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 21 - 25 November 2005.
Science on Stage European website: http://www.scienceonstage.net/
Science on Stage Festival website: http://science-on-stage.web.cern.ch/science-on-stage/
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| The Irish Delegation in front of the Irish Stand. Back row: (l-r) Rachel Linney, Paul Nugent, Tim Regan, Sean Fogarty, Seamus O'Donghaile. Front row: (l-r) Damienne Letmon, Alison Graham, Siobhan Crowe, Eilish McLoughlin. | Eilish McLoughlin and Alison Graham receive the EFDA Award from Rolf Landua, Head of Education at CERN. |
Irish Delegation
| Chair | Eilish McLoughlin | Dublin City University |
| Members | Paul Nugent | St. Dominic's High School, Dublin |
| Alison Graham | Sandford Park School, Dublin | |
| Sean Fogarty | St. Mary's, New Ross, Co. Wexford | |
| Siobhan Crowe | Dominican College, Wicklow | |
| Seamus O'Donghaile | Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon | |
| Rachel Linney | Confey College, Leixlip, Co. Kildare | |
| Damienne Letmon | Presentation College, Terenure Park, Dublin | |
| Tim Regan | Second Level Support Service Physics Co-ordinator |
National Steering Committee
| Chair | Eilish McLoughlin | eilish.mcloughlin@dcu.ie |
| Secretary | Alison Graham | jrgraham@eircom.net |
| PR Officer | Paul Nugent | paulnugent@eircom.net |
| Treasurer | Eamonn Cunningham | eamonn.cunningham@dcu.ie |
| Members | Sean Fogarty | snjnfogarty@eircom.net |
| Vida Given | v.given@btinternet.com | |
| Siobhan Crowe | jacketgirl00@yahoo.com | |
| Michael Grehan | michaelgrehan@hotmail.com | |
| John Hennessy | johnhennessy@juniorscience.ie | |
| Tim Regan | tregan@esatclear.ie |
Science on Stage 1 Report
Ireland takes a prize
The Irish Science on Stage Delegation was awarded an EIROforum Science Teaching Award for their outstanding presentation of "Teaching Science as a Process" at the European Science Teaching Festival in CERN, Geneva from 21-25 November 2005. The EFDA award was given in recognition of "teaching excellence, inspiration and motivation of young people in a contribution to the Science on Stage festival" and is aimed at providing a financial stimulus for making outstanding methods and material available to other European colleagues.
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| Eilish McLoughlin and Alison Graham are presented with the EFDA award by Rolf Landua, Head of Education at CERN. |
Science on Stage 1 involved national activities in 29 participating countries and brought together around 500 science educators, in order to identify the most exceptional teaching projects and most motivating individuals in European science education. The festival was the final event of a two-year-long programme of events that took place in virtually every European country and from which delegates had been selected for their outstanding projects promoting science.
Performances and workshops
The topics for each day of the SOS 1 festival, around which presentations, demonstrations and workshops were themed, were: Einstein Day; Sustainability Day (e.g. environment, climatology, oceanography, energy); Space and Astronomy Day; Life Sciences Day (e.g. health, biotechnology, genetics); Science and Technology in Society Day. "At the festival, teachers have the chance to view things from a new perspective, to be entertained and enchanted by science", says Rolf Landua, Head of Education at CERN and Chairman of the event. "As well as taking to the stage, they set up stalls in fair-like surroundings to share their most successful teaching tricks."
Acknowledgement
This project was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Discover Science and Engineering, Science on Stage and the Institute of Physics in Ireland. The Department of Education and Science kindly provided substitution through the Second Level Support Service cover for the four full-time teachers who attended the conference.
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