Inspiring Your Child Through Science and Engineering
Why leave it until children are making subject choices in post primary school to inspire them about STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths)? Join us to hear from Elita Frid, Director of Science Starz as she explains how to ignite an interest in STEM
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Date:
03 Jun 2021
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Time:
12 noon - 1:00 pm
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Location:
Online
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Price:
No Cost
This event will help parents to engage with their children in relation to STEM subjects before they make their subject choices. It will show some experiments that can be carried out using items already in the home.
Hear from Elita Frid – Director, Science Starz CIC and Clara Burns – CSR Manager, Farrans
Programme
- Welcome
- Science Starz
- Why it exists
- What is its purpose
- Why it is important to engage children in STEM subjects at an early age
- Opportunities to engage with business and increase outreach to other schools
- Hear from Farrans
- What the company has done
- How staff involved and what they discovered
- How much time it took
- Engagement with other schools
- How other organisations can get involved
- Live experiment
- Short experiment video
- Q&A section