Secondary Schools and Universities: If you are interested in visiting Dunsink with your school/university group you can contact us with a request at dunsink@dias.ie. Please note that we currently have a waiting list which your request will be added to.
TY Placement: Please note that we are currently unable to facilitate TY placements at the observatory.
The SFI Discover Astronomical Midlands Project uses the recently constructed Irish Low Frequency Array (I-LOFAR) and Education Centre at Birr Castle, Co. Offaly, to engage students, teachers, and members of the public in rural communities in the Midlands of Ireland with astronomy. There is a variety of Primary Science and Junior Cycle space resources available on their website.
The Astro Science Challenge is an interactive, space science adventure for children aged 7-11. The adventure consists of six ‘episodes’, each with a new science-based challenge for the students to complete. Resources available on their website include episodes on space weather hazards, coding, and living in space!
The Irish branch of the ESA European Space Education Resource Office (ESERO Ireland) provides primary and secondary level classroom resources related to both Earth and space science.
Universe Awareness (UNAWE) is an International Astronomical Union endorsed programme that uses the beauty and grandeur of the Universe to encourage young children, particularly those from an underprivileged background, to have an interest in science and technology and foster their sense of global citizenship from the earliest age. UNAWE was founded in 2004 and is active in 40 countries comprising a global network of almost 500 astronomers, teachers and other educators.
Universe Awareness has started a collaboration with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to produce the astronomy news service Space Scoop — versions of ESO Science and Photo Releases that are written specifically for children aged between 7 and 11 years old. Space Scoop is meant to feed children's curiosity about the Universe, by allowing them to access ESO releases. Space Scoop will be available online at the same time as the original version of a release, so children can learn about the latest developments in astronomy as they happen.
astroEDU is an open-access platform for peer-reviewed science education activities supported by International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Education.
Latest News
Read all about the new Astronomical Observatories of Ireland partnership here.
Tickets for our Race to Space Escape Room are now available! Book here.
School Visits
If you are a school teacher who would like to bring a class group to the observatory, please fill in your details here and we will get in touch with you at arrange.
Educational Resources
Please see below or visit our menu bar above for links to our educational activities for primary and secondary level students.
Primary School Resources
Secondary School Resources
Educational Events
Secondary Schools and Universities: If you are interested in visiting Dunsink with your school/university group you can contact us with a request at dunsink@dias.ie. Please note that we currently have a waiting list which your request will be added to.
TY Placement: Please note that we are currently unable to facilitate TY placements at the observatory.
Partner Resources
I-LOFAR
Astro Science Challenge
ESERO
UNAWE
Space Scoop
astroEDU
Latest News
Read all about the new Astronomical Observatories of Ireland partnership here.
Events
Check out our upcoming events at dunsink.dias.ie/events.
Tickets for our Race to Space Escape Room are now available! Book here.
School Visits
If you are a school teacher who would like to bring a class group to the observatory, please fill in your details here and we will get in touch with you at arrange.
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