Science Week goes into orbit

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Over 100,000 people are expected to attend more than 450 Science Week events from Sunday 7 November until Sunday 14 November.

The theme for this year is “Our Place in Space” with a wide range of activities taking place which will look at the latest in astronomy and space exploration.

Maths and Science performer Rob Eastaway was on hand to entertain the students from Gardiner Street Primary school who attended the event at Dublin City Library & Archive on Pearse Street.

The aim of Science Week is to promote the relevance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in daily life and to demonstrate the importance of these disciplines to the future development of Irish society and the economy.

“Through initiatives such as Science Week and the Discover Science and Engineering programme we need to continue to invest in our young people and to encourage them to follow careers in areas which will foster future economic growth such as the space industry,” said Minister for Science Innovation and Technology Conor Lenihan. “Ireland leads the world in many areas of science and industrial research resulting in more and more Irish people seeing the opportunities offered by science and the value of science education to the economy and their children’s futures.”

Science Week Ireland is organised by Discover Science & Engineering, the Government’s integrated programme for science, technology, engineering and mathematics awareness and promotion.

A free quiz-based app for smartphones has also been launched as part of this year’s event. Developed in association with Armagh Planetarium and Blackrock Castle observatory, the quiz-based app has over 1,000 questions relating to matters celestial. The app is available now through the iTunes App Store.

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