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St. Ita's Science Week was GREAT!
Science Week in St. Ita's was so much fun!
Pupils in St. Ita's enjoyed a fun and exciting ‘Science Week’ last week; it started on Monday 5th February and culminated on Friday 9th February with 'Sharing Assemblies' where each class spoke about the scienctific investgations they carried out throughout the week and the Scientist they researched.
The Scientists studied and the investigations carried out can be seen in the table below.
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Year group
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Irish Scientist
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Nursery
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John Clarke – Investigating the Potato
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P1
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William Clanny
The first Mining Safety Lamp Topic: Light and Dark
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P2
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Hans Sloane
Invented the first drinking chocolate Investigating Dissolving
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P3
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Francis Beaufort
The Beaufort Scale Investigating wind
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P4
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Frank Pantridge
Inventor of The portable defibrillator
Electricity: Conductors and Insulators
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P5
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Harry Ferguson
The ‘Ferguson System’ Topic: Friction
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P6
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William Thompson
(Lord Kelvin)
Kelvin Scale Topic: Keeping Warm – Insulators and Conductors
Importance of scales
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P7
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John Dunlop Investigating Friction – Balloon Rockets
Pneumatic tyre
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