Education & Research
The Rediscovery Centre waste education and research centre is developing a range of courses and training programmes to cover all aspects of waste management for both students and teachers. The programme caters for students at all levels from Primary Level right through to university undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Find us
Postal Address: Rediscovery Centre Ecostore, Unit 1 The Turnpike, Santry Cross, Ballymun, Dublin 11. Click here for Google map
Programmes and Active Projects
Discover Primary Science & Maths
The Rediscovery Centre is an accredited Discover Centre under the Discover Primary Science & Maths initiative. Under this programme schools can attend exciting and interactive waste or energy workshops that are linked to the SESE curriculum. Attendance at either workshop can help you gain credit towards achieving an Award of Science Excellence for your school. Please see www.primaryscience.ie for more information.
Click here to download the Teachers’ Notes for the Waste Workshop
Click here to download the Teachers’ Notes for the Energy Workshop
Click here to download the Bottle Bank Colouring Sheet
Click here to download the Composting Colouring Sheet
These workshops are available for booking for the 2011/2012 academic year. Please contact us for more details.
Feedback from teachers on the Discover Primary Science and Maths Workshops:
“It was great - really interesting and informative and very hands on for the children well done and thank you”
“The children enjoyed the visit and they learned a lot! Thank you”
“Very impressed and not easily impressed, thanks a lot”
“Excellently run, very organised, very educational”
“Excellent workshop, very hands on with lots of pupil interaction”
Second Level Education Programme
The Rediscovery Centre is currently developing waste education workshops for second level students. These workshops introduce pupils to the concepts of effective waste management, the environmental impact of waste and innovative approaches to design that minimise waste. The content of the worshop is linked to the second level curriculum through CSPE (Concept of Stewardship), Art and Science. This cross curricular approach provides students with an opportunity to be creative and develop analytical skills in a hands-on way.
Two workshops are currently available; an introduction to waste management, and, an introduction to sustainable design.
Feedback from teachers on the Second Level Workshops:
“Very well organised and thought out, very varied, pupils were fully involved in all aspects of the workshop and thoroughly enjoyed the activities.”
Click here to download the Teachers’ Notes for the Second Level Education Programme
Click here to download the Second Level Education Programme Information Leaflet
Third Level Education and Research
The Rediscovery Centre actively participates in education and research and development with third level institutions.
MA in Design Sustainability
The Rediscovery Centre in collaboration with the Market Development Group for Waste Resource (rx3) and the National College of Art and Design are currently facilitating two MA Design Sustainability scholarships which commenced in January 2010. Having identified sustainable design as an area of focus the two projects aim to exploit the potential of waste resource through sound design practice.
- Recycling Playground - Darragh Kirby
The design and prototyping of an educational playground in order to make recycling a fun, active and educational experience for children.
- New Products from Recycled Materials - Kate Cronin
The evaluation of materials available for recycling and the design of new products based on these materials to be manufactured in a community based setting.
Third level field trips & seminars
The Rediscovery Centre offers field trips to third level students which incorporate seminars on the current Rediscovery Centre projects and a tour of the Rediscovery Centre. Please contact us for more information.
Contact
For all Research and Education queries please contact:
E-mail: tara@rediscoverycentre.ie
Tel: 01 8429811