Book this course through the Cork Education Support Centre (Available to book from early May 2016 pending approval)

This July, Lifetime Lab, in association with the Cork Education Support Centre, will run a course for primary school teachers who would like to build up their knowledge and confidence in the teaching of science –‘Exploring Science @ Lifetime Lab’.

Building on the success of Lifetime Lab’s science workshops for primary school classes this will be very much a practical course with examples of hands on activities using everyday items that can be used in the classroom to develop science skills and concepts and encourage discovery and investigation.

Topics covered include:

Skills Development: Demonstrating science investigations that develop skills needed to work scientifically and practical activities to develop designing and making skills.

Planning: Enabling teachers to plan their delivery of the science curriculum.

Assessment: Exploring approaches for assessing children’s learning in science.

Materials: Modeling approaches to science investigations in the Materials strand.

Energy and Forces: Developing teachers’ knowledge and understanding in the areas of Light, Sound, Heat, Magnetism, Electricity and Forces.

Living Things/Human Life: Examining the use of the outdoor classroom and trails to develop knowledge and understanding of Living Things. Developing teachers’ knowledge and understanding of the Digestive System though a hands-on workshop.

The course will run from 9.30am to 2.30pm each day. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided for morning break and tea, coffee and sandwiches for lunch at 1pm.

• The course is aimed at teachers of third to sixth classes.
• This course is being run by Una Leader at Lifetime Lab, Lee Road, Cork
• The course is approved by the Department of Education for the purposes of the awarding EPV days to primary school teachers
• Lifetime Lab is an accredited Discover Primary Science and Maths Centre

Cost:          €40 (paid online at www.cesc.ie through secure booking system)

Location:    Lifetime Lab,Old Waterworks, Lee Rd. Cork (free parking available)

Dates:         Monday 6^st – Friday 10^th July 2015

Timetable:   Timetable_2015_Primary_Science_Teacher_Summer_Course  

Register for the course here (available May 2015) Registration and payment is made online only with the Cork Education Support Centre (www.cesc.ie) through a secure payment system available from early May 2015.

For further enquiries regarding registration contact CESC at Tel: +353 21 4255600    Fax: +353 21 4254245    Email: office@cesc.ie