Programme for Secondary Schools 2010
|
Venue |
Activity |
Presenter |
Days |
Times |
Groups |
MAX NO |
|
Kilclooney Woods Waterford |
Environmental field trip in the Comeragh Mountains observing landscape, flora and fauna and considering human impacts on these. Duration 2 – 2.5 hours |
Mr Jack Bergin, WIT |
Wed19th
|
12 pm
|
Transition year secondary: Max group size 20 |
20 |
|
Archaeological tour of Waterford, meet at WIT |
Visit a range of archaeological sites around county Waterford led by WIT Archaeologist Greg Fewer |
Greg Fewer, WIT |
Wed 19th |
10 am |
Secondary school |
30 |
|
Waterford IT Auditorium Presentation |
The Amazing World of Plants, Liam Dolan, Sherardian Profesor of Botony at Oxford University will describe how plants have evolved and how they work and explore how developments in plant science may enable us to feed the world. |
Prof. Liam Dolan, University of Oxford |
Thurs 20th |
12 pm |
TY and leaving cert |
175 |
|
Ballydwane Beach, Co. Waterford |
Learn about sedimentary and igneous rocks, past environments, glacial geomorphology and coastal erosion |
Tina Keating, Copper Coast Geopark |
Fri 21st |
2 pm |
Secondary: Transition year Max group size 20 |
20 |
Prebooking required for all events: Eleanor Reade, WIT 051 302037 email: ereade@wit.ie
Waterford IT through CALMAST offers a wide range of science, technology, engineering and maths programmes for schools, attracting over 12,000 visitors to four annual festivals: Maths Week Ireland, Waterford Science festival, Engineering Week and Bealtaine Festival of Outdoor Science.
