Junior Science Trail @ Birr Castle Demesne,
Ireland's Historic Science Centre
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Ireland’s Historic Science Centre in Birr Castle Demesne has developed an interactive worksheet ‘Junior Science Trail’ for Junior Certificate Science students and their teachers. The ‘Junior Science Trail’ covers areas such as light, energy conversion, living things, ecology, classification of substances, and the historic lives and scientific interests of the Parsons family, and is also suitable as a Transition Year activity.
Combining a botany field trip in the award-winning gardens with an interactive museum visit, the ‘Junior Science Trail’ involves over 20 questions and student activities such as recording an ecology in the 400-year-old wildflower meadow using plant and animal keys, identifying trees using a leaf key, using the Periodic Table of Elements to determine the makeup of the telescope mirrors, and observing the many engineering features and exhibits, such as the Great Telescope and the Lunar Heat Machine, to draw conclusions and apply their knowledge in a practical way.
For bookings and other details, contact:
Ms Alicia Parsons
Ireland’s Historic Science Centre
Birr Castle Demesne
Birr
Co Offaly
T: +353 5791 20336
F: +353 5791 21583
E: mail@birrcastle.com
You can download © Junior Science Trail (969 KB in size) in PDF format by clicking on the provided hyperlink.
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