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| Setting Up Our Oyster Farm
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| Children in Clarinbridge set up an oyster farm near their school with the help of BIM and the local co-op. Here they explain some of the science involved in maintaining their oyster farm.
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| School: Scoil Mhuire, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway
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| Running time: 8'45"
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| Strand: Living Things
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| Waste Management
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| Watch how these children turned their school GREEN! By investigating ways of recycling their rubbish they reduced the amount going to landfill by half. Quite remarkable!
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| School: Scoil an Chroí Naofa, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
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| Running time: 4'40"
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| Strand: Environmental Awareness & Care
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| Floating and Sinking Investigations
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| Infants predict and investigate whether an orange will sink or float. They also look at some dancing raisins!
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| School: Kileeneen NS, Craughwell, Co. Galway
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| Running time: 6'00"
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| Strand: Energy & Forces
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| Truailliú san Aer?
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| AS GAEILGE. Is there pollution in the air? Children test rain water collected from outside their school to see if they can detect signs of air pollution.
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| School: Scoil Íognáid, Bóthar na Sliogán, Galway City
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| Running time: 4'00"
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| Strand: Environmental Awareness & Care
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| Properties of Water
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| Senior and junior pupils investigate some of the properties of water, including surface tension and capillary action.
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| School: Scoil Colmcille Naofa, Castlegar, Co. Galway
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| Running time: 6'30"
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| Strand: Energy & Forces
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| Trout of Lough Corrib
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| After learning about the life cycle of trout, children dissect some fish as this tells them about the water quality of the lake where the trout live.
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| School: Scoil an Chlochair, Oughterard, Co. Galway
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| Running time: 6'30"
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| Strand: Living Things
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| Silver Eels: An Amazing Journey
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| A short documentary that tells the amazing story of how silver eels make their way from Galway to the Saragasso Sea (south of Bermuda) to breed.
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| School: St. Michael's NS, Mervue, Galway City
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| Running time: 5'10"
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| Strand: Living Things
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| Seaweed Survey
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| Children undertake a survey of the seaweeds found along the shore, from the freshwater river to the seashore where their school oyster farm is.
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| School: Scoil Mhuire, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway
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| Running time: 6'25"
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| Strand: Living Things
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