Hannah and Susan interviewed the founders of SciFest – Sheila and George Porter. They spoke about their inspiration to start SciFest and about the benefits of being involved for both schools and students.
Hannah and Susan
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Interview with Donal O’Reilly
Heather and Wicktoria interviewed Donal O’Reilly a teacher at Killorglin Community College. His two students are presenting projects, the first on an Ultra Vision project and second on a safe lock system for tractors. In the interview he tells us how Scifest sparks students excitement. Listen in for more information.
Heather and Wicktoria
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Interview with Gene Mehigan
Hannah and Susan interviewed Gene Mehigan, the Director of Postgraduate Studies in Marino Institute of Education. He spoke briefly about the Institute and the involvement of women in STEM.
Hannah and Susan
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Interview with James Maloney
Susan and Wiktoria had an interview with James Maloney, a parent of one of the students participating in SciFest National Finals 2017. His son has created an incredible project about Bike Collision Sensors and James was very proud.
Susan and Wiktoria
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Interview with Mary Gorey
Heather and Jack did an interview with Mary Gorey, a teacher from St. Josephs College and mentor of two teams of students presenting projects at Scifest. The first project is on sustainable energy and the second is a device that improves people’s golf skills. She tells us more about how schools can get involved, listen to find out more.
Jack and Heather
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Interview with Donal Enright
Susan and Hannah interviewed Donal Enright, a teacher who mentored a project at the SciFest National Final 2017. He shared his thoughts on guiding his students with their fantastic project, the Height Adjustable Crutch.
Susan and Hannah
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Interview with Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton
Jack and Heather interviewed Richard Bruton, Minister for Education and Skills, at the SciFest National Finals.
After being asked the question “Should science be a compulsory subject?”, he answered saying that he did not agree with the idea of making this subject compulsory. Listen in for the explanation.
Jack and Heather
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Interview with Catherine Byrne
Anna and Denis interviewed Catherine Byrne, one of the organisers of today’s CSPE Teachers Conference in Limerick. She spoke about the importance of bringing CSPE teachers together to allow them to share ideas. She also shared some of the themes which were explored at the event.
Anna and Denis
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Interview with Maire O’Higgins
Denis and Anna interviewed Maire O’Higgins at today’s CSPE Teachers conference. Maura delivered a workshop on wellbeing. She spoke to us about how wellness fits in with the new Junior Cycle curriculum and its importance for both students and teachers.
Denis and Anna
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Interview with Bill Doherty
Amy and Lorcan interviewed Bill Doherty at the CSPE teachers Conference. He spoke about the importance of the CSPE action projects and impacts on the teachers and students. He also spoke about a few of his favourite action projects
Amy and Lorcan
Amy and Lorcan
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