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Hi Tommy,
Great work. Thank you! Tourism is a vital part of the business for small coastal communities. Aquaculture supports tourism, which in turn boosts these communities.
These tourism initiatives could serve as excellent ideas for class trips. For example a boat trip, a visit to an aquaculture farm, or even a shoreline walk, providing students with an opportunity to explore and learn.
Hi Niamh,
Thank you for the great feedback. The Bantry Bay Sea Safari is one of my favorites as well—it’s a stunning part of Ireland, especially when seen from the sea. Bantry Bay is also a hub for aquaculture, with 13 companies operating in the sector.
Hi Catherine,
I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the course so far. Pursuing the Blue Schools Award would be a fantastic achievement. We encourage schools to use our online resources after the ARC visit to reinforce the content with students and leave a lasting impact.
Hi Sinéad, great to hear you enjoyed the videos presented in module one and hopefully you can use them in your classroom as an additional resource!
I love the idea of asking ‘guest speakers’ to come to the classroom and give a talk about Aquaculture and our oceans. Typically when we visit schools we try to collaborate with local Aquaculture farmers and invite them to give a talk on the ARC about their experience on an Aquaculture farm. There may be an Aquaculture farm near you which you could reach out to and organize a talk or even a visit to the farm.
Hi Pauline, great to hear you enjoyed the first module. I agree that one of the most important things to introduce when teaching about Aquaculture is the difference between Agriculture and Aquaculture. It is often a nice place to start as most people are familiar with the term Agriculture.
Hi Muireann, the map used in this module is also used as part of our workshop and is a great way to visualize the many Aquaculture farms which are dotted along our coastlines here in Ireland. Many times I have students living near areas of ongoing Aquaculture with no knowledge of what type of Aquaculture was taking place!
Hi Mikey, great insights here about how important Irish Aquaculture farms are to people living in coastal rural areas. Communities in these coastal rural areas often see many young people emigrating to find work. New jobs in the Aquaculture industry provides an alternative option for young people to stay and work in these areas where they grew up!
Hi Rachael, I love the connection you made here with eating seafood in relation to sport and performance. Learning about the connection between what we eat and how we feel/perform is very important!
It is also great to hear you will be including seafood in your lessons moving forward.
Hi Darerca, great to hear you took some time to look through the BIM Seafood handbook there is so much information in there so even to pick up a thing or two from it to bring back to the classroom is brilliant!
I also love the idea of using the booklet for the older students to highlight the nutrients found in fish, even asking them to choose their favourite fish in the booklet!
Hi Michelle, great to hear this module integrates well into your current nutrition lessons!
I love the idea of the ‘guess the food’ very simple yet very engaging for students. Adding a fish element to the lesson would be brilliant also and as you mentioned it could be discussed using the salmon of knowledge while also focusing in on the nutritional benefits of including seafood in the diet. Salmon is always a good place to start as many students list it as their favorite seafood when asked in our workshops!
Hi Rachael, great insights and reflections of Aquaculture from growing up on the west coast of Ireland which you have highlighted provides the perfect environment for Aquaculture.
Coastal communities in Ireland rely heavily on aquaculture as a source of food, income and employment and helps to keep people living locally. We are very lucky here in Ireland to surrounded by the natural resource of the sea!
Hi Darerca,
Brilliant feedback and I am happy to hear you enjoyed the videos. When teaching on the ARC we use a lot of visuals to help keep our students engaged and it is always a hit! Many of them can be found on our website https://bim.ie/a-seafood-way-of-life/the-arc/
I also love the idea of having students sample seafood and creating a chart/graph within the classroom which will link in well with Module 4 which covers the Nutrition of Seafood.
Hi Michelle, glad to hear you enjoyed the first module and can bring what you learned to school in September. Both the ARC and The Taste the Atlantic project are so important in promoting social licensing of Aquaculture here in Ireland and making it accessible to all!
You can register for an ARC visit here: https://bim.ie/a-seafood-way-of-life/the-arc/registration-form/
