Are your students curious about our planet and how to protect it? Climate Detectives, a European Space Agency (ESA) project, invites students to investigate local environmental issues using tools like satellite images, climate data, or their own measurements. Through this process, students propose ways to monitor, reduce, or raise awareness of the problem, whilst also building valuable scientific and problem-solving skills.
The project has three main phases:
For younger students, Climate Detectives Kids offers fun activities to explore Earth and earn badges.
To learn more or get involved, visit the ESA Climate Detectives website and inspire students to explore and protect our planet.
Join the Moon Camp Challenge and design a project related to space exploration. Create anything from a scientific experiment or astronaut base design to a 3D printing model or virtual reality world. Choose a topic and format that suits your team and let your creativity shine.
Learn how astronauts stay healthy in space and on Earth with Mission X. Through fun physical exercises and science investigations, students develop key skills while helping mascots Luna and Leo on their virtual journey to the Moon. Find out more and register
Discover what it takes to create a real space project from start to finish. The CanSat competition challenges students in TY and Senior Cycle to design, build, and launch a mini-satellite, all within the size of a beverage can. Registration for the 2026/2026 competition will open on 15th September 2025 – check back to register then! CanSat is a competition by the European Space Agency (ESA) for secondary school students. The challenge is to fit a satellite’s key parts—like power, sensors, and communication systems—into a beverage can. Students design, build, and launch their CanSat, collect data as it descends, and send it back to a ground station for analysis.
