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    Jessy Smart Kids - Summer 2020

    Jessy Smart Kids - Summer 2020

    Newsletter
    Strand Unit – Living in the Local Community

    Farm safety newsletter containing safety advice on silage and quad bikes. Includes crossword and fermentation experiment. 

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Natural Environments

    How to make Soil Cakes

    How to make Soil Cakes

    Video
    Strand unit: Rocks and Soil

    Join Luis as he explains the importance of soil, and teaches us how to make soil cakes, along with a fun water retention experiment using your freshly made soil cakes!

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    Making Soil Texture Shakes

    Making Soil Texture Shakes

    Video
    Strand Unit: Rocks and Soils

    Join Luis as he shows us how to make soil texture shakes, a fun experiment that helps us determine the amount of sand, silt and clay in different soil samples. 

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    Tree Activity Pack

    Tree Activity Pack

    Worksheet
    Strand Unit: The Local Natural Environment

    This pack contains games and activities all about trees, including leaf matching games, tree trunk true or false quiz, tree type wordsearch and plant respiration experiment. 

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    Forestry Resource Pack

    Forestry Resource Pack

    Worksheet
    Strand Unit: The Local Natural Environment

    This forestry pack goes through the various aspects of a woodland, including tree parts, food webs, pollination, photosynthesis and woodland ecology. Contains question sheets as well as experiment protocols. Produced in conjunction with The Tree Council of Ireland. 

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    Forestry Resource Pack (as Gaeilge)

    Forestry Resource Pack (as Gaeilge)

    Worksheet
    Strand Unit: The Local Natural Environment

    This forestry pack goes through the various aspects of a woodland, including tree parts, food webs, pollination, photosynthesis and woodland ecology. Contains question sheets as well as experiment protocols. Produced in conjunction with The Tree Council of Ireland. 

    Access the forestry resource pack here

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    Teagasc Marine Research

    Teagasc Marine Research

    Worksheet
    Strand Unit: Land, Rivers and Seas of my Country

    A series of easy to understand articles about Teagasc’s marine research. Includes QR codes for more information about article topics and link to Science Squad RTE video. 

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