2021 Galway Science & Technology Virtual Festival
We are delighted to bring you the 2021 Galway Science & Technology Virtual Festival Show!
The Programme of Events for the 2021 GSTF will be launched in early October. This year’s programme will include exciting STEM based workshops for all primary schools and secondary schools. There will be a big focus on the Outdoor Classroom with many fun activities taking place in our local parks and beaches for students to attend and learn about the world around us.
The Galway Science & Technology Festival Career Talk series will continue with local companies speaking to secondary school students about careers in science, technology, engineering and maths and encouraging students to consider these fields as their chosen course for third level education and their future career.
More details regarding our 2021 programme will be available shortly…………stay tuned!
In case you missed the 2020 Galway Science and Technology Virtual Festival Show, it is currently available to watch on our Youtube channel and it includes all the favourite presenters inspiring young people to love science and technology. The show was broadcast live on the 22nd November, 2020 and hosted by Clara Murray and John Sharpson of RTE Jnr After School Hub with a very special message from our President, Michael D Higgins.
A whole family experience with lots of fun and exciting activities including Scientific Sue’s awesome ‘Bouncing Bubbles’ magic show, get up close and personal with tarantulas and pythons with the Bug Doctor AKA Dr Michel Dugon of NUI Galway, as he tells us all about his favourite bugs and spiders plus James Soper will teach us about the ‘Science of the Circus’ and you can learn how to juggle while he explains the forces of gravity.
The show was produced by MAVRIX.
The GSTF YouTube Channel
Go to www.youtube.com/galwayscience
- ReelLIFE SCIENCE at Home Cinema
- Sea Science on the Seashore by Marine Institute
- Dr Michel Dugon aka Bug Doctor
- Your Beautiful Biased Brain by James Soper
- Secrets of Superhero Science by Dr Barry Fitzgerald
Converting Weather to Music, performed by Danny Diamond
Spark the Scientist/Engineer in you!
2021 GSTF
Promises to bring you exciting STEM based workshops, demonstrations and talks
8th – 21st November, 2021
Programme of Events will be announced in October
Join the conversation #galwayscience #scienceweek
This Years Dates
7th – 21st November, 2021
For more details www.galwayscience.ie
- To register your interest Click Here
Calling all primary and secondary schools
We would love to feature your science work during the Festival
We invite both primary and secondary schools to make a short video of an experiment you conduct in class and send it to schools@galwayscience.ie and we will feature them on our social media platforms.
To see the fun and excitement that students and teachers had at our 2019 Exhibition check out our video!
Teacher Information
- The 2021 Programme of Events will be launched in early October.
- We aim to place STEM related workshop kits in all 225 primary schools throughout Galway city & county.
- Secondary School students will be invited to participate in coding workshops and science based talks.
- TY students will be a particular focus.
- Career Stories by local engineers and scientists will feature in the 2021 GSTF.
- We aim to empower teachers to teach STEM related workshops with support materials.
Inspiring the next generation of innovators
Reach kids where they are
Motivate, educate and inspire
Teachers
get your class involved!
Reach kids where they are
Thanks to the funders & sponsors
Galway Science and Technology Festival Committee would like to thank the many funders and sponsors that continue to support the work of the Festival.
