The ESERO Ireland Space Education Confluence supported by OIDE and MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory will be held online on Saturday 30th November. All second level teachers (and teachers in training) are invited to join us for a morning of lectures and workshops to explore Earth Observation and Climate Change resources suitable for second level classes.
Running Order:
09:30 – 09:35 Opening and Welcome address Rachel Molloy, ESERO Ireland
09:35 – 10:05 Speaker Helen Cullen shares 5*S Space, Surveyors, and Students: a STEM programme that enables students and teachers to deploy cutting-edge satellite technology in the classroom free of charge via the ArcGIS platform.
10:05 – 11:05 – Keynote Speaker Dr Aidan Magee of Maynooth University (Includes Q & A session)
Dr Aidan Magee will speak on one of his current projects, Terrain AI. Aidan holds a PhD from Maynooth University in Geocomputation and is currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the National Centre for Geocomputation.
11:15 – 12:05 Workshop Session 1
12:05 – 12:45 Workshop Session 2
12:45 – 13:00 Plenary Session
13:00 End
Workshop Session Descriptions:
1. OIDE: Climate Detectives
This workshop, hosted by OIDE, will provide an opportunity for teachers to explore the Climate Detectives resources from the European Space Agency’s Education Office.
2. BCO: Light Pollution Monitoring from above and from the ground.
Use smart phone light and location sensing to map light pollution and compare it to Earth Observation Data. Developed as part of the Erasmus+ funded CliC-PoLiT project.
Get a sneak peak of what this resource can do here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR_qv7fzMTQ
Register here:
