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AMBER develops NanoWOW course for primary school teachers

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23 June 2014

AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin, has launched a new summer training course in nanoscience and materials science for primary school teachers.

The course, which runs from 7–11 July, is Department of Education-accredited and will take place in AMBER in association with the School of Education, Trinity. It is created to help primary school teachers to teach nano and materials science to 5th and 6th class students.

Participants will be introduced to the world of nano and materials science through a range of engaging formats including practical workshops, site visits, Q&A sessions and lectures from leading researchers and science communicators. There will also be visits to Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, the Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, the Materials Ireland research centre and Science Gallery’s Make Shop.

Mary Colclough, communications, outreach and public affairs manager at AMBER, said: “AMBER is focused on engaging with teachers to help them deliver the STEM message to students. To date we have created Nano in My Life for use in Transition Year and for primary teachers, we’ve distributed the NanoWow resource pack. This new NanoWOW primary teachers’ course allows us to build on our work to date, to really engage teachers with nano and materials science and to help them encourage students to think like scientists.

“NanoWOW aims to demonstrate to students how science influences everything we do and is an exciting sector to be involved in. It helps teachers to deliver that message in a fun, interactive and entertaining way. We’ve had a great response to this course, and we hope to deliver it more regularly into the future.”

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