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Primary Schools Education Programme Visits Cork [marine.ie]

Published: 30 March 2011

The wonders of Irish marine life came to the LifeTime Lab in Cork this week (28th March onwards) with the launch of a fortnight of school visits in collaboration with the “Explorers” Primary Marine Outreach and Education Programme.

Young Explorers navigate the Real Map of Ireland and its seabed territory without ever getting wet.

The Explorers Programme, which has already been successfully rolled out to some 40 primary schools in the West of Ireland from Mayo to Clare, and in six schools in the greater Dublin area is a collaborative effort between the Marine Institute, Forfas Discover Primary Science, the Galway Atlantaquaria and Galway, Mayo and Clare Education Centres in the West and the Bray Sea Life Centre and Blackrock Education Centre in the Dublin Area.

The aim of the Programme is to empower primary school teachers to include marine themes into their classes by providing specially devised lesson plans and other support services adapted to the SESE primary curriculum.

“The Explorers Programme focuses on Ireland’s two greatest natural resources – our vast undersea territory and our young people,” said Dr. Peter Heffernan, CEO of the Marine Institute. “If Ireland is to develop a thriving marine sector in tomorrow’s world, then it will be the young people of today who will make it happen.”

Full Story: www.marine.ie