Creating our Future –Our Ideas for Research

Creating Our Future is a Government of Ireland campaign to stimulate a national conversation between everyone in Ireland on their ideas on how to make our country better for all. Ideas are the starting point for all research and innovation. Anyone, anywhere can have an idea that inspires research and innovation. It could be based on an opportunity or challenge that someone has identified in their own life, for their community, for Ireland or for the world.

Pupils of third and fourth class along with their families thought long and hard about what new changes could be developed to make their world for the future a better place.

Lots and lots of wonderful ideas were discussed within the class with each child documenting their favourite idea on a powerpoint presentation.

The Presentation was then shared with the 5th and 6th class for their viewing and to start  their discussion on such an important topic.

Fifth and Sixth class viewing the Powerpoint

Volcanoes Project

Pupils in 5th and 6th class were very busy researching the various volcanoes around the world.

Following that they created impressive models of volcanoes in their art class.

They invited all classes in to see their completed projects and shared their knowledge of the volcanoes with the younger children.

The highlight was when the volcanoes were brought outdoors.At this point science played a big role with the pupils using coca cola along with Mentoes sweets to create an explosive effect, modelling the force that lava takes when erupting.

As the Mentos candy sinks in the bottle, the candy causes the production of more and more carbon dioxide bubbles, and the rising bubbles react with carbon dioxide that is still dissolved in the soda to cause more carbon dioxide to be freed and create even more bubbles, resulting in the eruption.