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Irish Science Teachers’ Association
Eol-Oidí na hÉireann
59th Annual Conference
(online)
“The Big Ideas in Science Education -
and hope for the future.”
27th March 2021
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Welcome from the ISTA Chairperson
Aodhagán Ó Súilleabháin
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As Chairperson of the ISTA I am delighted I would like to thank our Annual Conference Organising
to welcome you all to the 59th Annual Committee of Mary Mullaghy, Rory Geoghegan and
ISTA Conference, coming to you this year Dr Brian Smyth for overcoming the obstacles so well
in the comfort of your own homes! With an earlier this year and preparing such an exciting programme.
than usual 2020 conference in the Clayton Hotel Thanks in advance to Dr John O Donoghue, who will
be assisting us in the navigation of this online world.
and Explorium we unwittingly avoided this online
Many thanks to our sponsors for your continued support.
alternative. Few could have predicted the chaos that Thank you also to our presenters. We are all very much
was about to hit our beautiful country at that time looking forward to reflecting on your thoughts and ideas.
last year. What a year it has been!
As it is the ISTA’s first attempt at hosting the Annual
The pressures on teachers have been relentless. Remote
Conference online we will inevitably have our hiccups
teaching has served its purpose and will have its role
• Temperature • Force - Acceleration • Weather throughout the day. I have prepared a few bars of
to play in the future, but it is a poor substitute for the
• pH • Carbon Dioxide • Colorimeter - Turbidity The Rose of Tralee to entertain in the event someone
physical presence of the classroom. My old Dell PC,
• Light • Voltage • Spectrometer needs to look for their charger when their battery runs
awakening daily with its five-minute yawn and groan,
• Pressure • Current • Polarimeter low. We are all becoming accustomed to the moments
blinks and stares back at me every morning as if to
• Conductivity • Heart Rate - Hand Grip • Wireless Smart Carts where we watch a student or colleague talk away to us
say “Right, what absolute miracles are you expecting
• Motion • Blood Pressure • Rotary Motion
in silence as they have forgotten to press their “Join
me to perform today?” I look forward to a time when
Audio” buttons! Thinking ahead of this online world I
• Dissolved Oxygen • Drop Counter • Smart Gate I can give it the rest it craves. What has all this remote
am reminded of a conversation I had with my daughter
• Oxygen Gas • Magnetic Field • 3-Axis Acceleration/Altimeter learning done for our students? One of my own student’s
last night. Laughing at the facility on YouTube which
recent assertions, said half in jest, was that it has resulted
allows one to watch content at twice normal speed she
Simplify your lab setup by removing the clutter of cables. in a loss of her patience, focus and concentration!
reflected on whether future generations would be able
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Hopefully we will all get to recharge a little during the to handle the silences of normal conversation. Acting
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Easter break. Some of us, myself included, will be back out a future dialogue (she does this often for emphasis)
Download SPARKvue 4.5.1 App FREE at Google, Apple and Chrome Stores in the school next week organising Leaving Certificate with an imagined YouTube viewer when they encounter
Hundreds of FREE experiments and lab activities available at www.pasco.com/digital-library Oral examinations. Some will use the time to catch up such a silence they state “This is awkward…”. I was
on corrections. Others will be making their plans for glad to hear her reply of “No it’s not… it’s how talking
the return of Junior Cycle students and the completion works!” We have a big role to play in shaping the minds,
Lennox Educational Website of their CBAs. Let us not forget the Accredited Grades knowledge, skills and abilities of our students, of our
system we will be navigating in the near future. We have youth. We are part of an incredible profession. I hope
had little time to reflect on it all. The phrase “Never this year’s conference will give us the much needed time
waste a crisis” has been making the rounds lately. This and space to reflect on this a little. Above all else I hope
online Annual Conference will allow us to take some you enjoy it.
time to reflect on the “Big ideas in Science Education
and hope for the future”.
Beir bua agus beannacht,
Aodhagán Ó Súilleabháin
ISTA National Chairperson
I
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Honorary President’s Welcome
Prof Luke O’Neill
D
istanced and all as this ISTA annual
conference may be, there is still a
tremendous programme with lots of
interesting topics.
Resources to help teachers include talks on
wellbeing for teachers, new ideas for teaching
science and what promises to be an excellent
presentation on science, technology, and society.
The inimitable Paul Nugent, assisted able by
David Keenahan, will update everyone on the
IoP Physics Hub. The afternoon session will
involve an in depth look at curriculum design,
including a talk from Aishling Flaherty on the
next generation of science standards in the US.
There will also be what promises to be a lively
panel discussion on Curriculum Design for the
Senior Cycle. I will give an update on where we
are with…dare I say it…COVID19.
The day will finish with the BPCI Science
Educator of the Year Award. It is so important
in these unusual times that we get together as
best we can to share knowledge, stories and
opinions. I look forward to participating.
Prof Luke O’Neill,
President ISTA
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SECOND EDITION A word of welcome from the
Conference Organising Committee
T
á an-áthas orm fáilte a chur romhaibh go léir Last, but not least, all the speakers who are giving
chuig comhdháil Eol-Oidí na hÉireann. generously of their time to be with us today,
Since its establishment more than 59 years without whom this would not be possible. They
ago, the Irish Science Teachers’ Association has include: Marion Flanagan, Michael Kavanagh,
always been at the forefront of reforms in science Noel Cunningham, Humphrey Jones, Prof. Judith
education and continues to update and support the Bennett, Dr. John O’Donoghue, Sir Prof Martyn
science teachers of Ireland. Poliakoff, Dr. Peter Childs, Dr. Majella Dempsey,
Dr. Conor Cahalane, Stephanie O’Neill, David
The theme of this year’s conference is “The Big Keenahan, Paul Nugent, Tom Sherrington, Dr.
Ideas in Science Education and Hope for the Aishling Flaherty, Prof Áine Hyland, Dr. Majella
Future”. It was inspired by the current work on the Dempsey, Dr. Yvonne Kavanagh, Dr. Declan
Senior Cycle Science syllabi and rapidly changing Kennedy, Seán Finn, Margaret Hourigan, Dr. Oliver
World that we live in. Since our last conference in Ryan and Siobhán Dean. And a final word of thanks
the Explorium, it has been a surreal and challenging to our ubiquitous and hard-working President, Prof
year for everyone. We are delighted to start this Luke O’Neill.
year’s conference with a talk on Wellbeing.
Tá súil agam go mbainfidh sibh taitneamh as ár
While we acknowledge that many of us are ‘zoomed gclár. Go mbeimid beo ar an am seo arís - nuair a
out’ with all the screen time that we have had to bheidh an chomhdháil againn i gCorcaigh.
endure during lockdown because of the pandemic,
we have tried to create an à la carte programme
with a variety of short snappy talks by inspirational Le meas,
speakers and exemplar teachers. We are all ‘standing
on the shoulders of giants’ of very well-educated Mary Mullaghy,
forefathers of our Association, and we owe it to Chairperson of the Conference Organising
them to uphold the standards of science education in Committee.
Check out Ireland.
the books and In organising these events I am blessed to work
with two brilliant people. I wish to thank sincerely
resources on yet again Dr. Brian Smyth for liaising with all the
• The most comprehensive teaching package for
Junior Cycle Science Folens.ie exhibitors and sponsors, and Rory Geoghegan for
producing this magnificent conference brochure.
• Written by an expert author team Although we were the three amigos at the coalface,
we were supported by all the other members of the
• Supports all aspects of SEC assessment (final examination
paper and Science in Society assessment task)
Executive (Brian Clarke, Dr Declan Kennedy, Seán
Finn, Seán Fogarty, Humphrey Jones, Aodhagán Ó Mary Mullaghy Dr Brian Smyth Rory Geoghegan
Súilleabháín and Maria Sheehan).
• Comprehensive laboratory experiments and Extended
Experimental Investigations with accompanying videos I wish to express our sincere thanks to Dr. John
O’Donoghue (RSC) for facilitating the Zoom
• Complete planning support webinar. I would also like to thank our supporters
and those who supplied spot prizes.
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Teacher Wellbeing
INSPIRING THE Marion Flanagan
NEXT 9.30 – 10.00
GENERATION Institution
Full time Advisor on the Health & Wellbeing team
with PDST (Professional Development Support for
Teachers)
by giving young people of all ages marionflanagan@pdst.ie
Quotation from PDST website
real experience of problem solving, Móin na hInse,
Roscrea,
“Numerous studies have shown that, above all
other factors, it’s the teacher in the classroom who
research and development, careers Co. Tipperary.
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inspires, cultivates and enthuses learning.
A teacher affects eternity, and can never tell where
in STEM, helping them develop a their influence will stop. In our unflinching efforts to
wide range of skills. Biography enrich the lives of our pupils, every day, our role as
the teacher has become extraordinarily busy.
Marion Flanagan, M.Ed. Aggression Studies,
Cyberbullying. The role of the teacher has now gone far beyond
teaching and learning in the classroom, teachers
Project Based Learning in STEM Abstract need to be supported in these varied and ever
‘One cannot pour from an empty cup’. evolving roles from class teacher, tutor, to
STEM Workshops, Masterclasses & After Schools It is not possible to enhance the wellbeing of our
counsellor and confidant to our young people.
Thankfully there are many CPD opportunities for
Digital Skills & Computer Coding Workshops students if we don’t nurture and nourish our own. teachers to support their roles including and very
importantly in the area of Teacher Wellbeing.
This brief input on Wellbeing reminds us of the
Industry Placement Programmes absolute necessity of taking time in our busy lives When you’re busy, it can be hard to find the time to
to ‘Drop our Anchor, Step back and Breathe’. The take proper care of yourself. However, self-care is
Careers Awareness Programmes science and research behind Wellbeing, the various not a reward for hard work, it is part of the process.
components which comprise it and some good It’s the careful repetition of simple habits, which
Competitions & Celebration Days old-fashioned common sense approaches will be
discussed. Wellbeing is a balancing act between
work together to soothe you and make sure you’re
at your optimum—emotionally, physically, and
your skills and resources and the constant challenges
Summer Schools that assault us. Therefore, some practical ideas on
mentally. Implement simple self-care habits every
day by regularly including in your life a little bit
getting the balance right and not just surviving but of love and attention for your own body, mind, and
Teacher CPD also thriving in these challenging times will be soul. “
outlined.
https://www.pdst.ie/teacher_wellbeing
028 9262 7755 info@sentinus.co.uk
www.sentinus.co.uk twitter.com/
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JUNIOR CYCLE SCIENCE
TeachMeet –
A completely up-to-date package for some fresh ideas for teaching science
all students to achieve success in
Noel Cunningham, Michael Kavanagh & Humphrey Jones
Junior Cycle Science
10.00 – 10.30
Innovative integrated, thematic structure makes it easy to connect learning
between and across strands and promotes deeper understanding Biographies and outlines Michael Kavanagh
St Augustine’s College
The first textbook written since the new exam provides perfect preparation with
Noel Cunningham Dungarvan
the inclusion of exam questions and guidance on the CBAs
Co Waterford
Student-friendly language, attractive design and carefully scaffolded assessment The King’s Hospital,
support all students to achieve success at Common Level Palmerstown, Dublin 20 mkavanagh@staugustines.ie
n.cunningham@
thekingshospital.ie Ideas for teaching Science
Toy trains, cars, Lego, playdough, games and other
household objects can play a part in supporting
Quantum Physics for First Years learning both in the classroom and in remote
teaching. In this presentation I hope to share a few
Quantum physics is usually introduced to physics ideas that may help students understand some of the
students in Sixth Year and even then we often just important concepts across the Junior Cycle Science
touch on the various concepts without ever really specification.
appreciating what they tell us about the nature of
reality itself. Presumably the reason for leaving it so
late in the students’ educational journey is because
the concepts are considered difficult to grasp, but
being older doesn’t mean that it gets any easier to Humphrey Jones
accept the counter-intuitive nature of these ideas; if St. Columba’s College,
anything it is the lack of exposure to conventional Whitechurch,
ideas, together with a greater overall imagination,
Dublin 16
that may make it easier to accept quantum physics in
First Year compared to Sixth Year. humphrey@frogblog.ie
This brief talk will therefore outline some of the key Learning lessons from distance learning
ideas in quantum physics at a level appropriate for In this short presentation, Humphrey will reflect on
both thirteen-year-old students and teachers who what he learned about teaching science online: the
Textbook don’t have a physics background. new tools he used, approaches taken, research that
inspired him, successes and failures. Could it be
Skills Book* that teaching via Zoom, Google Meet or Teams can
actually make you a better teacher?
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Digital resources on
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SCHOOL LABORATORY The role of context-based and science-technology-so-
SUPPLIES & LABORATORY ciety (STS) approaches in bringing science to life
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Prof Judith Bennett
10.30 – 11.00
Institution leader of the Science Review Group funded by
the Government, which was set up to undertake,
University of York identify and synthesise areas of research
Science Education Group in science education. She has worked on a
number of national and international curriculum
York, UK
development projects, in the UK, and the USA
judith.bennett@york. and served as Chair of the Research Committee
ac.uk of the Association for Science Education
(ASE). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Biography Chemistry.
Prof Judith Bennett is the Salters’ Professor of Science
Education and leader of the University of York
Science Education Group (UYSEG). UYSEG has an Abstract
international reputation for its research and research-
Many teachers will recognise the value of
informed curriculum development work, and is the
teaching science through its applications and
home of national courses including Salters Advanced
the contexts in which it is used, as this helps
Chemistry and Twenty-First Century Science.
their students make links between what they are
She studied Chemistry-with-Education and completed studying and their everyday lives.
her Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PCCE) at
But what are the longer-term effects? Do
SCHOOLS
York, after which she spent eight years as a secondary
context-based (or STS) approaches foster
science teacher. During this period, she completed
more positive attitudes to science in young
SPECIAL
an MA and then a PhD, at King’s College in London,
people? And what about the development of
researching gender issues in science education.
understanding of key ideas in science?
CHEMICALS
OFFER Her research interests lie in the area of attitudes to
science and in exploring the impact of new approaches
to science teaching on young people’s responses to
science. She is currently leading the development of
This talk will consider the origins of context-
based (STS) movement, look briefly at some
examples of context based (STS) materials,
consider some of the issues associated with
CONSUMABLES Order waste collection a new research-informed curriculum development
such approaches, including implications for
of old chemicals project called Best Evidence Science Teaching
EQUIPMENT (BEST), funded by the Salters’ Institute. She also
assessment, and discuss key findings from a
from your school review of the research evidence on the impact
LABORATORY WASTE labs & receive a
leads the Practical Assessment in School Science
of context-based (STS) approaches on young
(PASS) project, funded by the Wellcome Trust,
MANAGEMENT 10% Discount the Royal Society and the Gatsby Foundation, and
people’s attitudes to science and understanding
Science beyond the Boundaries, a project funded
Ocon is an Irish owned comapny in the Laboratory by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, which
supply industry for over 40 years. We offer a full aims to introduce broader, more interdisciplinary
range of Laboratory supply including a waste Offer runs from 10thApril until 14thMay approaches into post-16 science teaching.
management service nationwide.
During her time at York she was Head of the
Ocon Chemicals for all you laboratory needs 021 4318555 education@oconchemicals.com
Department of Education from 2006-2014. She was
and expired chemicals waste management
www.oconchemicals.com
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Coffee break
11.00 – 11.15
Teach and save energy Thanks for spot prizes
We wish to express our sincere thanks to the following
organisations for donating spot prizes.
Spot prize winners will be announced during the
1 2 3 4 conference.
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• Dublin Zoo Family Pass (2 adults and 2 children)
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Practicals During a Pandemic
Dr John O’Donoghue
11.15 – 11.30
Institution
School of Chemistry,
Trinity College Dublin
Royal Society of Chemistry
Education Coordinator
John.odonoghue@tcd.ie
Biography
John is based in the school of chemistry at Trinity
College Dublin. He divides his time between the
university and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
as an education coordinator. He is also the project
coordinator in Ireland for Spectroscopy in a Suitcase,
which is funded by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
and the RSC. He previously taught science at primary,
Teach
secondary and higher level.
He develops chemistry education resources for teachers
based on the Irish Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert
curriculum. He writes about science education mainly in
Chemistry
a secondary school context and has contributed pieces to
many Irish and UK publications.
Abstract
Lab practical’s and hands-on investigations help to
Inspiration for your
re-enforce abstract concepts, demonstrate scientific
principles in action and are essential for developing
experimental skills. Unfortunately, the pandemic has
teaching and support played havoc with our ability to provide students with
experimental experience to help them understand the
scientific method. This talk will start off with a roundup
for your department of the various ideas and formats that have been reported
over the past year, from remote to virtual to at-home
experiments. It will then provide you with details of what
is available from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Second level chemistry resources:
Find out more for each format. It will finally leave you with plenty of
resources and ideas to try with your students, regardless https://edu.rsc.org/resources/secondary
edu.rsc.org/teach-chemistry of whether they are at-home, in a classroom or in the lab.
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Mendeleev’s Gift to Education (and to me)
Prof Sir Martyn Poliakoff
11.30 – 12.00
Institution He was made Honorary Member of the Chemical
Society of Ethiopia (2008) and Foreign Member
School of Chemistry,
of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2011) and
University of Nottingham, Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society
(2015). In 2012, He was elected a Fellow of the
NG7 2RD, UK. Academia Europiaea and, in 2013, Associate
martyn.poliakoff@ Fellow of TWAS, the World Academy of Science
nottingham.ac.uk and Associate Member of the Ethiopian Academy
of Sciences (2014), Honorary Fellow of the RSC
(2015), Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (2016) and Fellow of the
Biography
Royal Academy of Engineering (2017). He was
Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff CBE FRS FREng a Council Member of the IChemE (2009-13) and
studied at King’s College, Cambridge, B.A (1969) Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the Royal
and Ph.D. (1973) under the supervision of J. J. Society (2011-16)
Turner FRS on the Matrix Isolation of Large
In 2018, he was appointed Honorary Professor at
Molecules.
Beijing University of Chemical Technology and
In 1972, he was appointed Research/Senior was awarded the 2019 James T. Grady-James H.
Research Officer in the Department of Inorganic Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the
Chemistry of the University of Newcastle upon Public by the American Chemical Society. His
Tyne and in 1979, he moved to a Lectureship in research interests are focussed on supercritical
the Department of Chemistry at the University of fluids, continuous reactions and their applications
Nottingham. to Green Chemistry.
Promotion to Reader in Inorganic Chemistry and Watch the Periodic Table live www.periodicvideos.
then to Professor of Chemistry followed in 1985 com
and 1991 respectively. In addition, he is Honorary
Professor of Chemistry at Moscow State University.
Abstract
From 1994-99, he held an EPSRC/Royal Academy
of Engineering Clean Technology Fellowship at Dmitri Mendeleev first published his Periodic
Nottingham. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Table in 1869. So 2019 was declared by UNESCO
Society (2002), of the RSC (2002) and of the and the United Nations as the International Year
IChemE (2004). He was awarded CBE (2008) for of the Periodic Table (IYPT), to celebrate the
“Services to Sciences”, and knighted in 2015 for sesquicentenary of the publication. The IYPT
“Services to the Chemical Sciences”. was a huge and unexpected success with a whole
12 months of continuous celebration all around
the world. The aim of this short lecture is to
demonstrate that Mendeleev’s genius was to create
something that anyone can use as a highly flexible
framework for expressing their chemical ideas.
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Dr Peter Childs, Dr Majella Dempsey, Rory Geoghegan
12.00 – 12.30
Dr Peter E. Childs Dr Majella Dempsey Abstract
Maynooth University
Emeritus Senior Lecturer, Dept. A 2010 report titled Principles and big ideas of science
Maynooth
of Chemical Sciences, University education was developed by a group of ten international
Co. Kildare
of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. experts in science education. It sets out the principles
that should underpin the science education of all students
peter.childs@ul.ie Dr Majella Dempsey is strand throughout their schooling. The report was edited by
leader for Curriculum Studies on Wynne Harlen, an eminent and highly regarded teacher,
the Doctorate of Education with researcher and author in science education.
Dr Peter Childs was brought up Specialisms programme and lectures
in England and read chemistry on Curriculum Studies, Research The report argues that students should be helped to
at Oxford (BA and DPhil). methods, Teaching, Learning and Assessment. develop ‘big ideas’ of science and about science that will
He spent nearly two years in enable them to understand the scientific aspects of the
the USA (at Northwestern She completed her doctoral research in Trinity College world around and make informed decisions about the
University, USA) as a postdoctoral researcher and Dublin on the impact of a key skills approach to teaching applications of science.
Fulbright Scholar doing research in solid state chemistry. and learning in secondary education. She was the Irish
lead for FaSMEd, an EU funded project looking at the The main purpose of science education should be to
After marrying, he and his wife Margaret worked in enable every individual to take an informed part in
Uganda from1970 to 1976, during Idi Amin’s reign. This role of technology in promoting formative assessment
practices in science and mathematics. At the heart of all decisions, and to take appropriate actions, that affect
experience started an interest in working with chemistry their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of society and the
teachers and in chemical education. her research interests is the role of pedagogy in teaching,
learning, assessment and curriculum. environment.
After two research fellowships in York and Leeds, Science education has multiple goals. It should aim to
he came to Ireland in 1978 to teach chemistry at She is a member of the European Association of
Curriculum Studies and hosted the 4th EuroACS develop:
Thomond College of Education, where he became
directly involved in science teacher education. This conference and EERA/EuroACS Curriculum Summer • understanding of a set of ‘big ideas’ in science which
led to starting Chemistry in Action! magazine (1980), School in Maynooth University in 2019. include ideas of science and ideas about science and its
role in society
and the ChemEd-Ireland conferences (1982), which Prior to joining Maynooth University, she worked as an
ran on campus for 25 years, running in-service courses, • scientific capabilities concerned with gathering and using
Education Officer in the National Council for Curriculum evidence
cooperation with chemical industry, the Primary School and Assessment (NCCA), working on the senior cycle
Science Project (with MIC), the TY Science project and curriculum developments. She was a member of the • scientific attitudes.
the Chemistry Demonstration Workshops. Junior Science Support Service (JSSS) working with
He has received a number of awards: the BP Science science teachers on the introduction of the revised
Educator of the year from ISTA (1985), as well as life curriculum, and, prior to that worked as a science and Download page:https://www.ase.org.uk/bigideas
membership (2009); the Boyle-Higgins Gold Medal mathematics teacher.
of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (2002); the
Pharmachemical Ireland Education Award (2005); a
Templeton Science and Religion award (2001); the RSC Rory Geoghegan From 1989 to 1998 he was seconded to Marino
Higher Education award (2002); UL Excellence Award Institute of Education and worked closely with the DES
for Community Service; Honorary Fellowship of the Rory Geoghegan has been teaching Inspectorate coordinating CPD for teachers of the newly
Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (2021). science and related subjects introduced Junior Certificate Technology curriculum.
since 1968, including Chemistry,
Biology, Physics, Mathematics, From 1998 – 2005 he was Lecturer in Science Education
Technology and ICT. From and IT in Coláiste Mhuire, Marino (a primary teacher
the early 1970s he was a tutor education college).
Download page: on numerous CPD courses for
From 2006 to 2017 he was Hon. Editor of SCIENCE,
https://www.ase.org.uk/bigideas science teachers, organised by
the Department of Education, the the official journal of the Irish Science Teachers’
Institute of Chemistry of Ireland and the ISTA. In the Association.
1980s he taught Chemistry Methodology for the HDipEd He continues to work as a PDST Associate in STEM-
in Maynooth for a number of years. related areas.
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“The Big Ideas in Science and Hope for the Future”
ISTA Annual
Saturday 27th March 2021
Conference Main
Registration online (closing 26th March) 13.00 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 –14.00 IOP – Physics Hub (Institute of Physics)
09.00 – 9.15
09.15 – 9.30
Programme
Logging in to the conference
Welcome:
David Keenahan
Paul Nugent
Aodhagán Ó Súilleabháin, ISTA Chairperson
14.00 –14.30 Schema-Building. A model for curriculum design
Mary Mullaghy, Chair of the Conference
Tom Sherrington
Organising Committee
14.30 – 15.00 The Development and Implementation of the
9.30 – 10.00 Teacher Wellbeing
Next Generation Science Standards in the USA
Marion Flanagan
Dr Aishling Flaherty
10.00 – 10.30 TeachMeet – some fresh ideas for teaching science
15.00 – 16.00 Panel Discussion on Curriculum Design in the
Noel Cunningham,
Senior Cycle Sciences,
Michael Kavanagh,
chaired by Dr Peter Childs
Humphrey Jones
Dr Majella Dempsey
10.30 – 11.00 The role of context-based and science-technology-
Mr Seán Finn
society (STS) approaches in bringing science to
Prof Áine Hyland
life.
Mr Humphrey Jones
Prof Judith Bennett
Dr Yvonne Kavanagh
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break Dr Declan Kennedy
11.15 – 11.30 RSC Resources Ms Mary Mullaghy
Dr John O’Donoghue Dr John O;Donoghue
11.30 – 12.00 Mendeleev’s Gift to Education (and to me) Prof Luke O’Neill, ISTA President
Prof Sir Martyn Poliakoff
12.00 – 12.30 The Big Ideas in Science 16.00 – 16.30 An update on the Pandemic and Vaccines –
Dr Peter Childs The Great Hope
Dr Majella Dempsey Prof Luke O’Neill, ISTA President
Rory Geoghegan
16.30 – 17.00 Annual Business Meeting
12.30 – 13.00 5*S: Space, Surveyors and Students: STEM and
the Sustainable Development Goals BPCI Science Educator of the Year Award
Conor Cahalane and Stephanie O’Neill, SFI Dr. Oliver Ryan, NUIG
Siobhán Dean, IBEC
17.00 Close of Business
teacher professional
networks
Líonraí Proifisiúnta Múinteoirí
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2222 ISTA 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 2021 235*S: Space, Surveyors and Students: STEM and the
Sustainable Development Goals
Conor Cahalane and Stephanie O’Neill (SFI)
12.30 – 13.00
Institution
The first part of the talk will introduce science
Dr. Conor Cahalane teachers to the GeoMentor programme - here
you will learn how your school can pair with 5*S
Project Lead on 5*S GeoMentors for school visits or teacher workshops
Department of Geography; and learn how to tap into satellite imagery to
Maynooth University understand how it applies to the SDGs. 5*S provides
Conor.cahalane@mu.ie tailored content and outreach aimed at JC Science
with the ‘Nature of Science’ and the ‘Earth and
Space’ strands offering showing potential within all
The SOPHia project (‘science outreach to promote physics’) aims to Stephanie O’Neill, SFI the learning outcomes for those strands.
encourage students, especially girls, to take Physics as one of their Project Manager STEM
Education &
Leaving Certificate subjects. ESERO Ireland Manager
The second part of the talk will introduce
“SatelliteSkill5” – the Augmented Reality phone app
SFI Discover at Science that the team are developing to help students with
their classroom based assessments in 2nd and 3rd
School Visits Teacher Showcase Online resources and Foundation Ireland
year. This app is a ‘one-stop-shop’ that the teacher
activities can direct a student towards to help distill the info
Two of our UL or IT Carlow A series of workshops/talks aimed at Check out our website for a whole about many of the different datasets that they can
Abstract
undergraduate students visit schools supporting teachers to encourage series of resources to support Primary, use in their project, then help them learn a bit about
to give a workshop or else we deliver diversity in physics, delivered online in Junior Cycle and Transition Year these as they ‘unlock’ or ‘earn’ this data in the
The 5*S team were awarded a prestigious Discover
it online. 2021 physics.
Award from Science Foundation Ireland and augmented reality game environment. It then gives
• There will be some demos, • For primary, post-primary teachers, • Curriculum linked lessons for the European Space Education Resource Office them all of the data to play around with in a cloud
information on what physics is career guidance teachers teachers (Ireland) in January 2020. The project promotes platform as they experiment and prepare their report.
about, what career options are • Industry representatives, research • Links made between Junior STEM education and careers to students and will There are also clear parallels here with the ESA
available, and stories of some physicists, physics educators and Cycle Science and the stories support teachers to make links in the curriculum Climate Detectives programme and we would hope
famous physicists. STEM champions will exhibit or give of physicists, including women SatelliteSkill5 will help Irish students to compete
with real-world technology such as satellites from
• Showing the diversity of gender talks on how to encourage students physicists
the European Space Agency and how these help strongly here.
in physics of all genders and backgrounds to • A live data stream from the
• The talk will be light-hearted and consider physics as a subject and sensors on our SOPHia Bee to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals
enjoyable for your students too! career hives, with information and (SDGs). Project leader Dr Conor Cahalane from
• Events will be online in 2021 activities on the science and the Geography Department (MU) is working
physics of bees with colleagues from the Education Department
Go visit our BeeWise Blog and other online activities!! (MU), the Faculty of Engineering and the Built
Environment at Technological University (TU)
Web: www.sophiaphysics.ie Dublin, the ArcGIS for Schools team in Esri Ireland,
Email: Grainne.Walshe@ul.ie the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) and the Society
of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland (SCSI).
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24 ISTA 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 2021Lunch Break
13.00 – 13.30
Links to Sponsors’ websites
CALMAST - WIT https://www.wit.ie/schools/education/calmast
C J Fallon https://www.cjfallon.ie/
Dublin Zoo https://www.dublinzoo.ie/education/
Educate.ie https://educate.ie/
Folens https://www.folens.ie/books-and-programmes/post-primary
IoP https://www.talkphysics.org/events/iop-ireland-
physics-hub-ista-conference-2021/
Lennox https://lennox.ie/
OCON Chemicals https://www.oconchemicals.ie/
RSC https://www.rsc.org/
Science & Technology in Action www.sta.ie
Science Solutions https://www.sciencesolutions.ie/
SciFest www.scifest.ie
SEAI https://www.seai.ie/
Sentinus https://www.sentinus.co.uk/
SFI - ESERO https://esero.ie/teacher-support/
SOPHia project http://sophiaphysics.ie/
StudyClix https://www.studyclix.ie/
The School Tour Company https://www.schooltour.ie/
Links to Sponsors’ videos
Links to the following short videos can be found at https://www.ista.ie/ista-annual-conference/
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRY FORMS • C J Fallon
• Dublin Zoo
MONDAY, 19 APRIL • EdCo
• Science Solutions
ENTER ONLINE AT WWW.SCIFEST.IE
• SciFest
• SEAI
• SFI
CLOSING DATE FOR UPLOADING PROJECT MATERIALS
• Timstar
MONDAY, 10 MAY
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26 ISTA 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 2021IOP – Physics Hub (Institute of Physics)
David Keenahan & Paul Nugent
13.30 –14.00
Institution Abstract
David Keenahan Physics Teaching for the 2020s is the theme of this
IOP Physics Hub.
Institute of Physics
This special edition of the Physics Hub showcases
David.Keenahan@iop.org what the weekly online event is like. Teachers of
Physics from all over Ireland meet to share ideas
and resources and support each other. At each Hub
there is a blend of short presentations from teachers
and other guest contributors. Many teachers attend
just to listen, but all are welcome to engage through
Paul Nugent the chat-box or even present their own ideas.
Institute of Physics The event is run by IOP Coaches David Keenahan
and Paul Nugent and a very wide variety of matters
Paul.Nugent@gmail.com relevant to teaching Physics are featured. Resources
associated with each Hub are uploaded to https://
www.talkphysics.org/ the next day. This ensures
that attendees are spared the need to take notes and
if unable to attend,they can find out what happened.
Today’s special IOP Physics Hub will look to the
decade ahead. We will explore recently developed
tools and resources and how they will impact on
teaching and learning.
IOP Ireland operates on an all-island basis across
Ireland and Northern Ireland. The session is suitable for teachers of JC and LC
Sciences.
We work with a range of partners to support and
develop the teaching of physics in schools; we
encourage innovation, growth and productivity
in business including addressing significant skills Check out:
shortages; and we provide evidence-based advice https://drive.google.com/file/
and support to government in Ireland and Northern d/1fKPRpzR04DGbB2Vl96kABA_unViZdxPO/
Ireland. view?usp=sharing
Our members come from across the physics
community whether in industry, academia,
the classroom, technician roles or in training
programmes as an apprentice or a student. However
our reach goes well beyond our membership to all
who have an interest in physics and the contribution
it makes to our culture, our society and the economy.
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28 ISTA 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 2021STEM ENGAGEMENT Schema-Building. A model for curriculum design
CALMAST is Waterford Institute of
Technology’s STEM engagement centre and
the SFI funded STEM Hub for the South East Tom Sherrington
Region. Calmast engages over 30,000 people
from schools and the public across the region 14.30 – 15.00
through:
• Five Major STEM Festivals
• STEMReach - STEM engagement
programme for schools with modules in
physics, biology, chemistry, maths, Institution Other links
engineering and sustainability.
Tom Sherrington • Blog teacherhead.com
Find out more at www.calmast.ie
Twitter @teacherhead • Twitter @teacherhead
WomeninSTEM Contact via teacherhead.com • Email tomsherrington65@gmail.com
Past, Present & Future Biography
Publications
Tom Sherrington is an
Robert Boyle Summer School Our next StemReach programme education consultant and • Teaching WalkThrus (2020) John Catt Ltd
26-27 June www.robertboyle.ie Sustainability; Our Future, Your Story author. He writes the popular blog teacherhead.com
• Rosenshine’s Principles in Action (2019) John
starts on April 12th. Email calmast@wit.ie and his books include The Learning Rainforest and
Catt Ltd
to get involved. best-seller Rosenshine’s Principles in Action.
• The Learning Rainforest: Great Teaching in Real
Most recently he co-authored Teaching WalkThrus Classrooms (2017) John Catt Ltd
with Oliver Caviglioli. With 30 years’ experience
as a physics and maths teacher and school leader,
including 11 years as a Headteacher, Tom is in Abstract
demand from schools around the world to deliver
CPD for teachers and leadership teams. He works Cognitive science gives us a great understanding of
with several schools and colleges providing how learning works, using the concept of schema-
consultancy support on curriculum and improving building and the architecture of working memory
the quality of teaching. He is a regular keynote and long-term memory. What the implications for
15 - 23 May speaker and contributor to conferences and curriculum design and instruction in science? We
education festivals. will look at some examples of topics and teaching
techniques that build on these ideas.
Specialist Areas
• Evidence-informed teaching: the latest ideas
from educational research; how they apply in
the classroom; designing CPD programmes to
develop effective teaching practice.
• Curriculum and assessment: concepts, design and
implementation.
Maths Week is the largest maths festival in the world with over The Bealtaine Living Earth Festival celebrates biodiversity and • Teaching to the top or ‘stretch and challenge’:
400,000 participants in 2019. For resources, news, and events natural heritage in the South-East of Ireland. The festival attitudes, routines, strategies and activities.
for schools, libraries and parents visit www.mathsweek.ie incorporates International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22nd
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30 ISTA 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 2021SCIENCE - May 2020 SCIENCE - May 2020
What exactlyand
The Development isImplementation
Covid-19 of the
Next
and Generation
what Science
will happen next? Standards in the USA
Prof. Luke Flaherty
Dr Aishling O’Neill
14.30 – 15.00
out what viruses were made of. They have a coat made
W hat exactly is Covid-19 and what will happen
next? how the virus spreads, what can go
Institution
wrong, and what we can do to avoid expo-
of fat, so they don’t dissolve in water, al-
though alcohol can dissolve them,
which is why alcohol hand rubs
sure. The following article by our ho-
School of Education, are good at killing them. The
nary president Luke O’Neill, profes-
University of Limerick.
sor of biochemistry in the School of
alcohol dissolves the fat.
Inside the fatty bag lies
Biochemistry
Email Address:and Immunology at
their genetic material
Trinity College Dublin appeared
(Aishling.flaherty@ — the recipe that can
in the Sunday Independent on
ul.ie).
Sunday 1st of March and we
be read to make more
virus. They also have
reproduce it here with permis-
proteins sticking out of
sion as it is a nice summary
the bag and they use
Abstract
that may help you when talking
these proteins to latch
to your pupils about Covid - 19.
During my time as a chemistry education post- on to the cells they
In this talk, I will outline some of the notable
want to infect. A bit like
H
doctoral
ow canresearch associate
something so tinyatbeMichigan State features of how the NGSS were developed and
a key, the protein fits into
University,
wreakingI such
was afforded insight into the implemented and how they differ a lockfrom
on thethose
havoc? SARS-
surface of the
development
CoV2 and implementation
is the name of the virus that of the Next related to the development cell andthe
implementation
virus wants to of
infect
Generation
causes the Science Standards
new disease (NGSS) in the US.
Covid19, science curricula in Ireland. I will also share links to
and opens the door.
named
The NGSS on February
sets out11.
what science students should research informed NGSS resources available online
know and be able to do from kindergarten (age 5) which could be of use case
to Irish secondary school
In the of SARS-CoV2, the proteins
through
It to the
is so small thatend
500of high ofschool
million (age 18).
them would fit on the full teachers,occur
especially in the context of CBAs.
on the end of the spikes that make the
stop at the end of this sentence. David and Goliath, ex-
crown that surrounds them. This is why it’s called a corona
cept David isn’t even as big as an ant when compared to
virus. They stick the spike key into a lock called ACE2 on
Goliath. And yet look what’s happening. Economic turmoil.
your lung cells and the virus then gets inside. This is why it
Next Generation Science
Cities and towns in quarantine. People not travelling for
holidays or weddings. Sporting events cancelled. People Why?infects your lungs: that’s where the ACE2 lock is.
Standards (NGSS)
who feel sick and who have met someone with the virus
keeping themselves in isolation for 14 days. And the fear
Science—and therefore science education—is
It needsto
toour
get lives.
inside the cell to use it as a factory to make
The the
NGSS call central
that worst is for
yet atothree-dimensional approach
come outside China where it all
started. That something so tiny can pack such aapunch is
to K–12 science instruction. This represents A high-quality science education means that
asignificant
testament transition from viruses
to how powerful previous state
can be. standards. students will develop an in-depth understanding of
That’s why effective implementation demands a content and develop key skills—communication,
great deal of
WHAT IS A VIRUS? collaboration and patience among collaboration, inquiry, problem solving, and
states, districts, schools, teachers, and students.
Viruses were first observed in 1948 with an especially flexibility—that will serve them throughout their
powerful
Thoughtful microscope called theapproaches
and coordinated electron microscope.
to The educational and professional lives.
first members of the viral rogues gallery to be seen were
implementation will enable educators to inspire
the viruses that cause polio and smallpox. Both are high- Developed by educators, scientists, and leaders
future generations of scientifically literate
ly contagious (around three-fold more than SARSCoV2) in science and science education from around
students.
and wreakedThat is the
havoc in vision
humans of for
thecenturies,
NGSS. Thisparalysing the USA, the NGSS focus on the big ideas in
website
us, provides
disfiguring a range
us and killingofus.
high-quality resources
Then vaccines were de- science and emphasize the common practices
that empower educators, administrators, parents,
veloped and that put an end to that, with smallpox being and that scientists use every day, such as planning
the generalcompletely
eradicated public to and
helppolio
bring this vision
almost beaten.to life. investigations, developing models, and designing
https://www.nextgenscience.org/ solutions.
Apart from being able to see them, scientists also figured
ISTA 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 2021 The Big Ideas in Science and Hope for the Future 33
32 ISTA
www.ista.ie 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 2021 20 21 www.ista.ieGet Studyclix access for all Panel Discussion on Curriculum Design in the
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15.00 – 16.00
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has produced Chemistry in Action! magazine since 1980
and started the ChemEd-Ireland conference in 1982. Since
retirement he has continued to supervise science/chemical
education students and has been involved in 3 EU funded
projects.
He is a past president of the ISTA and of the Institute of
Leaving cert Biology, Physics, Chemistry & Ag. Science Chemistry of Ireland.
Junior Cert Science
Panel
Exam questions, sample answers for student formative assessment Prof Luke O’Neill, Professor (Chair of Biochemistry), School
Teacher assessment tools to faciliate paperless student assessment of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College
Dublin, ISTA President,
Smarter ICT policy for your school Dr Majella Dempsey, strand leader for Curriculum Studies
High quality curriculum-focussed resources on the Doctorate of Education with Specialisms,
Maynooth University, Chair of the NCCA Biology
Includes online training for your staa plus information pack for parents Development Group
Get in touch today to get a quote for your school. Mr Seán Finn, Incoming ISTA Chariperson,
ISTA representative on NCCA Physics Development
Buy for your class and get Studyclix at half price. Group
Prof Áine Hyland, Emeritus Professor of Education and
former Vice-President of UCC
Mr Humphrey Jones, St. Columba’s College, Whitechurch,
ISTA Website Technical Administrator
Dr Yvonne Kavanagh, Assistant Registrar Institute of
Technology Carlow, Chair of the Institute of Physics
Ireland (IOPI)
Dr Declan Kennedy, Senior Lecturer in Education, UCC,
ISTA Membership Secretary.
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34 ISTA 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 2021Science and Technology Presidential Address:
An update on the Pandemic and Vaccines –
in Action The Great Hope
Prof Luke O’Neill, ISTA President
The 16th Edition of Science
and Technology in Action
was delivered to all second
level schools in the country
at the end of the first term. Institution
School of Biochemistry and Immunology,
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland’s Leading Science and
Technology Organisations
Each lesson is related to the Biography
operations of one of Ireland’s leading
Professor Luke O’Neill is a world expert on
private or public service organisations.
innate immunity and inflammation. He is listed by
Science and Technology in Action Thompson Reuters/ Clarivates in the top 1% of
(www.sta.ie) is produced by immunologists in the world, based on citations per
AG Education Services Ltd, in close paper. He is co-founder of Sitryx, which aims to
cooperation with the Professional develop new medicines for inflammatory diseases.
Development Service for Teachers Another company he co-founded, Inflazome, was
(PDST) and the Irish Science
acquired in 2020 by Roche. Both companies were
Teachers’ Association (ISTA).
built from his SFI-funded research programmes.
AG Education Services Ltd,
Luke has won numerous awards for his research
8-10 Rock Hill, Blackrock,
including the Royal Dublin Society / Irish Times
Co, Dublin. A96 HN29. Boyle Medal for scientific excellence, the Royal
Email: info@agservicesgroup.com Irish Academy Gold Medal for Life Sciences,
Phone: +353 96 8223040 The Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) Dolph
O. Adams award, the European Federation of
Immunology Societies Medal, the Milstein Award
The following organisations participated in the
of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society,
16th Edition of Science and Technology in Action
the Lansteiner Award from the Austrian Academy of
Sciences and the Marsh Award from the Feinstein
Institutes of Health, New York. He is a
member of the Royal Irish Academy, EMBO
(European Molecular Biology Organisation)
and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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36 ISTA 59th Annual Conference, 27th March 20212nd edition
ISTA Annual Business Meeting
Saturday27th March 2021
16.30 – 17.00
(Online)
The 2021 Annual Business Meeting of the ABM Motion 2020
ISTA will take place on Saturday 27th March
The current Leaving Certificate syllabi
2021 at 16.30 online. should continue to be used until syllabi that
are of a comparable standard to the current
syllabi have been developed and not a vague
Agenda “specification” as we have experienced at
1. Minutes of 2020 ABM Junior Cycle level.
2. Matters arising from the minutes
A new and updated edition of the highly successful
3. Votes of thanks
Exploring Science for the new Junior Cycle 4. Hon. Chairperson’s report Announcement of the
The new Exploring Science package: 5. Hon. Secretary’s report Biopharmachem Ireland - ISTA
6. Hon. Treasurer’s report
NEW covers all the learning outcomes in 7. Subject sub-committee reports
Science Educator of the Year Award
the specification
8. Election of Officers Dr. Oliver Ryan, UCG
reflects the first Junior Cycle Science
Exam 2019 9. AOB Siobhán Dean, BPCI Senior Executive,
incorporates additional exam-style Responsible for Skills, Education,
questions ABM Motions 2021 Operational Excellence
delivers streamlined content based on (none)
teacher and market feedback
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1988 Br. Maurice Murphy 2002 John Daly 2016 Noel Cunningham
1989 Helen Renehan 2003 Seamus McManus 2017 Seán Finn
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