Discover Science & Engineering
Encyclopedia
Discover Science & Engineering (DSE) is an Irish Government
initiative that aims to increase interest in science
, technology
, engineering
and mathematics
(STEM) among students, teachers and members of the public in Ireland
.
DSE’s mission is to contribute to Ireland
's continued growth and development as a society
that has an active and informed interest and involvement in science
, engineering
and technology
.
Overall DSE objectives are to increase the numbers of students studying the physical sciences, promote a positive attitude to careers in science
, technology
, engineering
and mathematics
and to foster a greater understanding of science and its value to Irish society.
In September 2009, Discover Science & Engineering launched a redeveloped corporate website built on the open source CMS, WordPress.
DSE runs numerous initiatives, including:
Irish Government
The Government of Ireland is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland.-Members of the Government:Membership of the Government is regulated fundamentally by the Constitution of Ireland. The Government is headed by a prime minister called the Taoiseach...
initiative that aims to increase interest in science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
(STEM) among students, teachers and members of the public in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
DSE’s mission is to contribute to Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
's continued growth and development as a society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
that has an active and informed interest and involvement in science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
.
Overall DSE objectives are to increase the numbers of students studying the physical sciences, promote a positive attitude to careers in science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and to foster a greater understanding of science and its value to Irish society.
In September 2009, Discover Science & Engineering launched a redeveloped corporate website built on the open source CMS, WordPress.
DSE runs numerous initiatives, including:
- My Science CareerMy Science CareerThe My Science Career website is an Irish online resource for career information in science, technology, engineering and mathematics .The website has a famous Irish scientists section, science related articles, a science career glossary and a video interviews section with scientists about their work...
- Project BloggerProject BloggerProject Blogger is an educational initiative in Ireland by Discover Science & Engineering . It provides blogging tools and an online space for secondary school students and their teachers to create blogs about their school science experiments and science interests.Through the blogs, the students...
- Science.ieScience.ieThe Science.ie portal provides all sorts of information about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics .- Overview :...
- Science Week IrelandScience Week IrelandScience Week Ireland is an annual week-long event in Ireland each November, celebrating science. It is the largest science festival in the country, involving tens of thousands of members of the general public in workshops, talks, laboratory demonstrations, science walks and other science-related...
- GreenwaveGreenwaveGreenwave is a mass science experiment involving primary schools across Ireland. It examines and records how spring arrives in Ireland. This is an educational and science initiative of the Irish Government’s Discover Science & Engineering awareness programme.Irish students observe and record when...
- Discover Primary ScienceDiscover Primary ScienceDiscover Primary Science is a flagship project of the Irish Government’s Discover Science & Engineering awareness programme.It facilitates teacher training in general primary science and provides teachers with online resources and classroom activity packs which can also be used by parents and...
- Discover sensorsDiscover sensorsThe Discover Sensors project is an initiative of the Irish Government’s Discover Science & Engineering to support the use of sensor technology in hands-on scientific investigations by Junior Certificate Science students...
External links
- Discover-Science.ie – official website of Discover Science & Engineering (DSE)
- My Science Career - resources for finding out more about a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM)
- Follow Science.ie on Twitter
- MyScience.ie - DSE blog about Irish science
- I Love Science Bebo page
- DSE YouTube channel - videos from the Science Week Lecture Series and the BT Young Scientist