Irish Primary Schools Spring into Science [forfas.ie]
- Published: 12 October 2011
Irish primary schools excel in life sciences through the Greenwave movement
This year 153 Irish primary schools took part in the 2011 mass science project, Greenwave, managed by Discover Science and Engineering, which involves primary school students across Ireland tracking the arrival of spring as it moves across the country. The participating schools submitted 815 official records of common species and 4,572 weather observations during 2011. The project also allow schools to investigate whether the timing of spring is changing by noting the swallows arrival and other identifiers of spring. The results are submitted to the website, http://www.greenwave.ie/, and mapped to determine where and when spring started and the pattern in which it moved across the country.
When viewed from outer space, it is said that a 'green wave' begins in the south of Europe in February and as the temperature rises, it moves up across Europe travelling at approximately four miles per hour; similar to the speed at which a human walks.
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