Lots of Explorer Activities during a very busy month

 Explorer Activities this month included

Explorer Awards, Seashore Safari's along the West Coast, Explore the Shore in Galway City, Native Species Weekend at Dublin Zoo and World Ocean Day Celebrations at Galway Atlantaquaria

Explorer Awards

Congratulations to Scoil Iósaif Naofa, Oranmore Galway on receiving their Explorer Certificate of Participation. The boys in Ms Gormally's Third Class carried out work on aspects of Science, SPHE, Geography, History, Mathematics, Irish and Art for their award and produced a wonderful folder of material for me when I arrived at the school. Well done to Ms Gromally and all the 3rd class boys for their hard work.

Some of the work carried out by Ms Gormally's Class

Getting all the students certificates ready during break time

The Boys were very happy receiving their awards

Ms Gormally accepts the schools framed certificate

Seashore Safari Season Begins along the West Coast

A beautiful Day at Mulranny Beach, Co. Mayo

                                  

Students from Aillebrack National Schools spent the morning on the shore and produced their own species keys

Killee National School found some beautifully coloured animals and plants along their local shore

Clarinbridge National School carried out a seashore survey of Ballyloughane Beach

Carrigaholt National School hard at work

Cloondaff, Mulranny and Cornanool National Schools explored the wonders of Mulranny Shoreline

Explore the Shore on Gratten Beach

Thanks to everyone who came along to Explore the Shore on Gratten Beach in Galway. Thanks to Amy and Rick and all the guys from GMIT for carrying out a microplastics study on the Shore, Thanks to Cushla from the Marine Institute, Tom and Lenny from the Irish Wildlife Trust, and Barry from Galway Atlantaquaria for helping on the safari and Thanks to Cleancoast Ireland and all the volunteers who helped with our Beach Clean. And Thanks to the Galway Sea festival for helping us promote this great day on the shore. 

Native Species at Dublin Zoo

Over 10,000 people visited Amy and Padraic at the Explorers Stand during Native Species Weekend at Dublin Zoo

And Finally, Explorers Bubble Art joined forces with the Paint-a-fish Campaign at World Ocean Day 2013 at Galway Atlantaquaria

Thanks to all the children, young and old who helped us create over 150 beautiful fish to add the virtual stock on www.paintafish.org