Fionn Films
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Rahasane Turlough
What is a turlough? You can find out lots about the turlough in Rahasane, including the animals that visit it each year. Watch the children build a working model of a turlough too.
School: Carrabane NS, Athenry, Co. Galway
Running time: 9'10"
Strand: Living Things
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Air Experiments
Watch how these children investigate the air all around us. You can't see it, but it's there.
School: Kileeneen NS, Craughwell, Co. Galway
Running time: 4'20"
Strand: Energy & Forces
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Update on Our Oyster Farm
An update on how the oyster farm set in 2002 is progressing. The growing oysters are taken to be graded and then put back in bags of 10kg. This ensures each oyster can grow properly.
School: Scoil Mhuire, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway
Running time: 1'50"
Strand: Living Things
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The Mute Swan of the Claddagh
Documentary about the swans living near this school in Claddagh. Includes some lovely scenes of nesting swans and cygnets hatching and offers plenty of facts about how swans live.
School: St. Nicholas' NS, Claddagh, Galway City
Running time: 6'00"
Strand: Living Things
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Seaweed
Children head to the windy seashore to investigate seaweed. They then take some back to school to investigate dyeing.
School: Scoil ChiaraĆ­n Naofa, Doorus, Co. na Gaillimhe
Running time: 5'00"
Strand: Living Things
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Glengowla Mines
Children set off to learn about the lead and silver mining that took place here from 1815-1865. They then have a lot of fun making "Paddy", a life-size model of a miner.
School: Scoil an Chlochair, Oughterard, Co. Galway
Running time: 7'15"
Strand: Materials
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