Kitronik

The technology team at clounagh have recently come across a number of great electronics kits from a company called Kitronik. Kitronik specialise in interesting electronic project kits for KS3 / KS4 design & technology lessons. Their educational kits are developed specifically for the secondary school market. You can request free samples of their kits as well as teaching notes from their website. Click here for further info.

STEM

The promotion of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) has been established as an area of work within the current Programme for Government in Northern Ireland. As an element of this process the Department of Education has made funding available to undertake a range of activities and processes related to STEM. All schools are invited to apply as either an individual school, or as part of a cluster of schools working together. Any proposed STEM programme must run from 1 January 2009 to 31 March 2009. The purpose of the project will be to promote STEM with pupils and teachers in schools. For further detalils click here and here.

Drawing your attention

A new sketching resource has been added to clounagh.org. This sketching booklet has been developed with the aim to improve the sketching skills of pupils. This booklet builds upon those skills used in sketching booklet 1, improving techniques and learning how to draw some technological devices.