WORLD OF WONDER AT KERRY SCIENCE FESTIVAL

AS part of National Science Week, The Kerry Science Festival – funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and led by IT Tralee – will be hosting a programme of free public workshops, science shows, talks, laboratory demonstrations, science walks and other science-related events around the county.

The Festival themed “A Prospective on Climate Change” will feature over 40 events developed in collaboration with industry, businesses, public bodies, schools, libraries, teachers, researchers and students throughout Kerry.

Highlights will include an ‘Effects of Climate Change’ VR experience; a ‘Climate Hack’ for second level students; advanced biotechnology food and cosmetic testing and a climate-themed movie screening

The range of events have been organised in partnership with Killarney National Park; Tralee Bay Wetlands; Dingle Seaworld; Dairymaster; Enercon, and Tralee Chamber Alliance, among others. IT Tralee will host the flagship event as part of the Festival a ‘ Women in STEM’ Careers event and a Climate Change Family Showcase.

The Women in STEM careers event will take place at IT Tralee’s North Campus on Friday November 15 from 6 to 9pm.

It will include a careers discussion for females of all ages to understand how a career in STEM goes beyond numbers, equations and lab coats.

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in discussion, learn something new, and meet others females who have made significant leaps in their STEM careers.

The following day, Saturday November 16, a family Showcase event will take place at the ITT North Campus.

This day long event offers a vast array of fun, educational and interactive events for all age’s including VR experiences, scientific testing, robotics, weather forecasting, electric vehicle display, sustainable food making, zoology, book reading, children’s sustainable recycling workshop, slime experiments and much more.

Details of all of the events during the Kerry Science Festival

can be found at www. kerryscience.com.

All events are free but some require registration as places on the interactive workshops are limited.

Photos by Domnick Walsh O’Brennan National School pupils Ethan Leacy , Sophie McDonald , Caiden Moriarty and Katie Walsh lying back with their high-tech devices at the launch of the Kerry Science Festival.

ABOVE: LEFT: O’Brennan National School pupils Harry Rush and Sam Slattery at the IT Tralee for the launch of the Kerry Science Festival with Professor Joseph Walsh Head of School of STEM ITT and Dr Fiona Boyle Manager Tralee Agritech Centre of Excellence.