SCHOOLS TO TAKE PART IN MARINE INSTITUTE ‘HEALTHY OCEANS PROJECT’ SUPPORTED BY LEAVE NO TRACE IRELAND TRAINERS
Primary school students in Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Sligo and Wexford schools have been selected to compete in the Explorers Healthy Oceans projects and will be in with a chance of winning a Marine Institute Explorers Ocean Champion Award this June. Primary schools in County Louth/Limerick are also being invited to apply
The Health Oceans Project and Awards is part of the Marine Institute funded Explorers School Project, and the project modules will be delivered by Leave No Trace Ireland trainers around the country.
The Explorers teams and schools will be working on the Healthy Ocean Projects over the next term where they will be able to select one of three categories to focus on. These include:
- The first includes incorporating a marine theme into a Science, Technology, Engineering Arts and Maths (STEAM) project.
- The second category includes developing an Ocean Literacy Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) creative project which addresses an SDG. This may be based on SDG topics such as climate change, wellness, as well as life under water.
- The final category is providing teachers and students an opportunity to complete a project outdoors, ranging from creating outdoor sculptures to beach cleans.
There are some places still available for schools to take part and for more information see Explorers School Projects at the Explorers Education Programme www.explorers.ie
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