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After participating in this course and exploring the online lessons and resources from The ARC. The ARC resources has given me practical ideas for making STEM more engaging and accessible in my teaching. Mr. O’Mara the professor is engaging, interesting and child friendly. The hands-on, inquiry-based activities encourage students to think critically and work together to solve real-world problems. I can see how these approaches would support the goals of the STEM Education Policy Statement by helping students build key skills in problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration.
As part of the SSE process, I would work with colleagues to review how STEM is currently being taught across the school as STEM is part of my post in my school. We could use the ARC resources to identify areas for development, share ideas, and create more consistent opportunities for students to experience integrated STEM learning. By using these materials and reflecting as a team, we can take small but meaningful steps to strengthen STEM teaching and learning in a way that fits our school context. I like the video about sustainability. This could be integrated in a lot of aspects of our life as well as aquaculture we could discuss land farming, the problems of deforestation, etc. I would use the ARC resources to introduce mapping skills also. I would also look into blue flags.
I like how you focused on teaching the children the importance of local jobs in creating a community feel.
Ireland has an oceanic temperate climate, an ideal climate for the aquaculture industry. There is little variation in temperature and we do not have extremes in our temperatures. The gulf stream warming our waters and providing nutrient rich waters. This provides a rich habitat for marine life such as oysters, Atlantic salmon and mussels.
In Ireland most of our aquaculture farms can be found along the west coast, nutrient rich waters. These areas often have bays, inlets, and Irelands only fjord – Killary Harbour, deep waters and areas that protected from the Atlantic waves. It is in these areas that the earth is often not ideal for agriculture due to its poor soil. Aquaculture farms can bring about and provide primary, secondary and tertiary jobs to rural areas which otherwise would struggle to create jobs and in-turn struggle with depopulation. These farms help rebuild rural communities, giving young people an option to stay where they come from and have a career.
hi Claire,
I like your outlook regarding the teaching of social licence in the classroom. Teaching them the importance of listening to other peoples point of views and working with others for the greater good for all.
There are many potential uses for the tools provided so far in this course. We are an island nation yet we neglect the teaching of the sea in our primary classrooms. Usually there is very little mention about aquaculture and social licence in our schools. These topics would be hugely beneficial subjects to introduce to or broaden our students knowledge of. It is important for us to be aware of the different industries in our countries and how they work. It is important to know where our food comes from.
The course mentions Aquaculture Remote Classroom – the 4 hour workshop that is both engaging and hands-on. It is something different. My school is located a few hundred metres from Dublin Bay and the older classes would love for the ARC to visit or even to watch the BIM videos and do the quizes on the ipads. A little walk to the sea would be fun to find the mussels clinging to the rocks as mentioned in the videos.
The younger classes might enjoy the life cycle of the salmon.
Social licence provides a platform to discuss sustainability, responsibilities as a citizen, fairness and critical thinking.
For the older children the Young Chef Ambassadors or Next Generation Oyster producers are great opportunities to gain insight into jobs that they may never had known existed.