2025 Science Week Post-Primary Activity Pack
To support teachers and educators in bringing Science Week into busy classrooms and getting young people involved, we’ve put together...
Resources
Our incredible range of classroom resources have been carefully designed by ESA and Curious Minds to link in with the strands of the Science, Technology and Engineering curriculum. For more guidance when planning science teaching download the Curious Minds Planning Guide for Teachers.
12 resources found
Engineers Week 2026
Celebrate Engineers Week 2026 with the complimentary resource booklet!
- Education Level
- Primary Level
- Subject Area
- 3. Materials
- 4. Energy and Forces
- 6. Engineering
- Format
- Lesson Plan
- Teaching Guides
Looking at the Earth
Understanding that the Earth is represented as flat on maps, use Google Maps and the internet to explore locations, and...
- Education Level
- Primary Level
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
Lots and lots of stars
Understanding that stars give off light, recognise that the Sun is a star and that stars are visible at night,...
- Education Level
- Primary Level
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
Lunar eclipse and phases of the Moon
Journey to the Moon as we describe and identify the phases of the Moon, understand what causes a lunar eclipse,...
- Education Level
- Primary Level
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
Send your message via satellite!
Understanding that messages are sent via satellites using digital signals represented as zeros and ones.
- Education Level
- Junior Cycle
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
Special life
Understanding that, as far as we know, there are no alien beings in space, identify what makes life on Earth...
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- Primary Level
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
The planets
Journey through the solar system as we identify the eight planets, understand that they revolve around the Sun and that...
- Education Level
- Junior Cycle
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
What can you see?
Looking at constellations through the Ancient Greeks, learn the story of Queen Cassiopeia, and identify the constellations Orion and Cassiopeia.
- Education Level
- Primary Level
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
What does the Moon look like?
Working collaboratively, move in time to music, listen and respond to rhythm, and recognise the four main phases of the...
- Education Level
- Junior Cycle
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
What do you do in a day?
Understanding that day is followed by night, identify the sequence of daily activities, and recognise the different times of day:...
- Education Level
- Primary Level
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
Where do you live?
Developing fine motor skills, build a model by copying an example, name everyday activities, and identify the features of a...
- Education Level
- Primary Level
- Subject Area
- Primary Level
- Format
- Lesson Plan
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