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Hi Ryan,
Glad to see you enjoyed Module 4 – Nutrition of Seafood, and great to see some more ideas for how this knowledge can be applied in the classroom! Seafood is often forgotten when discussing nutrition, even though it is rich in so many micro and macronutrients that play important roles in our bodies.
Hi Louise,
These are all excellent ideas for how seafood and nutrition can be incorporated into the classroom! Using nutritional information displayed in images such as the food pyramid, can help the students understand what nutrients they are taking into their bodies, and what roles these nutrients play in our development.
Hi James,
It is a very good quote, and one which we paraphrase when giving presenting the workshop in primary schools. We still need to use our resources to survive, but to be sustainable means we want to use these resources in a way that future generations after us have the same use.
Many types of agriculture can help biodiversity in a local area , although monoculture unfortunately does the opposite as it reduces the variety of plant life to just one primary crop. Improvements in this can be made such as crop rotation or growing multiple crops at the same time allowing agriculture to be more sustainable to Ireland’s biodiversity.
Hi Naomi,
It’s great to hear that your schools is taking sustainability very seriously and is implementing measures to increase your school’s sustainability! Garden =’s in a school is a good way to teach students about sustainability whilst producing their own food for themselves.
Hi Louise,
You raise a good point, as traditionally these regions in Ireland provided less employment opportunities than places such as Dublin on the east coast. Aquaculture is anther industry which excels in these regions due to their geographic features, and in turn can provide excellent employment opportunities working directly or indirectly with the resources!
Hi Orla,
These are all great ideas for encouraging your students to be more mindful about sustainability. Sustainability can be practiced in the school and then as you say, mixing with communities and volunteer organisations can lead the students to be pillars of sustainability for the future in their respective communities.
Hi Rachel,
Great to see that you enjoyed Module One – An Introduction to Aquaculture! As we are an island, our most important resource is the ocean which can be used beneficially for many people – as long as any activities are done sustainably so future generations have the same use we have today!
If you would like to register your school for a visit please visit this link: https://bim.ie/a-seafood-way-of-life/the-arc/registration-form/
Hi John,
I’m glad to hear you’ve enjoyed Module One – An Introduction to Aquaculture!
Teaching the children about sustainability now, can only have benefits for the world in the long run. And, showing the variety of locally produced seafood is essential for promoting local communities.
If you would like to register your school for a visit please visit this link: https://bim.ie/a-seafood-way-of-life/the-arc/registration-form/
Hi Orla,
Glad to hear you enjoyed Module 4 – Nutrition of Seafood. The nutrition in seafood plays massive roles in our bodies from Omega-3 fatty acids helping develop our brain to iron found in shellfish that helps to circulate oxygen through our blood throughout our bodies.
Hi Martina,
Glad to hear you enjoyed Module 3 – Socioeconomic Importance of Aquaculture! Careers such as commercial diving are some of the most exciting career prospects in the marine sector. Employment as a diver could have an individual working on a salmon farm, or offshore wind farms, and offshore oil and gas rigs. The ability for aquaculture to cover various relevant school topics such as geography, biology, socioeconomics and sustainability, make it an excellent choice of subject to be taught in schools in Ireland.
Hi Catherine,
These are all excellent ways to promote sustainability within your own school and community. Teaching your students how they can be sustainable in everyday life will help them understand the need for the sustainable development goals worldwide.
Hi Daniel,
These are all great ideas for reducing a communities carbon footprint through local engagement! Having sustainability integrated in the curriculum can teach children about how sustainability is a major concern in every topic worldwide, from engineers, to scientists, to politicians, sustainability is prominent in each sector.
Hi Catherine,
Interactive activities and lessons such as eye spy in the supermarket, are a great way to get the students thinking about the nutrients they are taking in and their benefits to themselves.
We always find on the ARC that when an oyster farmer or seafood processor comes in to give a talk, they are really interested and being able to see the seafood firsthand always helps!
Hi Catherine,
Cromane in Kerry is an excellent example of a rural area which is very suitable for aquaculture, specifically growing mussels and oysters. Cromane hosts a seafood festival every September in which they showcase some of their high quality seafood and is another example of Ireland’s aquaculture being able to indirectly support other industries such as tourism.
Hi Eoghan,
These are all great ideas for getting your students to critically think about the nutrients they are taking into their body and what roles each of them are playing! Using stories like The Salmon of Knowledge, can help to give the students an idea of what part of our bodies eating salmon is going to have a positive influence on, which is of course our brains thanks to the Omega-3 fatty acids in salmon.
