Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

Freelance STEAM and Coding educator Creative facilitator with Creative Schools BLAST STEAM artist Loves Fishfinger 🐟 sandwiches Donegal, Ireland Joined February 2009

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

2 months ago

Accurate representation of teachers on the last week of school 😂😂😂 #scribblebot #STEMEducation

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Rocking it out at Ballymore NS summer camp today 🤘 The children used a @makeymakey to connect to their cardboard guitars and had great fun using the Audio Sampler to create tunes 🎸 #STEMeducation @OideTechinEd #Donegal

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

3 months ago

Making rock music with my @makeymakey guitar hooked up to @scratch I think myself and @jackblack would roll well in school 😁

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

3 months ago

Raining today so thought I'd try this wee project by @BrownDogGadgets Using mini motors, maker tape and coin cell batteries to make a spinning pinwheel. Pretty cool indeed 👍 #STEMEducation #circuits @CuriousMindSTEM

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

3 months ago

Used my old skills as an adventure instructor to lay out an orienteering course for some local schools @coilltenews had a map for Ards Forest but some posts were missing so I put some new markers out. It was great to see the children using map reading and teamwork skills 🌳

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

3 months ago

DIY STEM kit that uses a sound sensor to activate the lights. Very easy to assemble and pretty cool! I'll be adding this to the STEM kits that I make available to schools 🙂 #StemEducation @CuriousMindSTEM @EdChatIE

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

3 months ago

Delighted to reconnect with Ranga 6 in Cnocfola NS for a game development workshop using @scratch Super bunch of kids and I wish them well on there transition to secondary school 🎓

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

4 months ago

Thoroughly enjoyed working with St Fhionains NS on our sustainable city project. We incorporated @makeymakey recycle bins, electric cars, LED houses, cress head growth and @microbit_edu step carbon counters. Thanks to @Education_Ire for funding under the ESD programme

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

4 months ago

Such fun doing a rocket workshop with Ballymore after school club. We made straw rockets, tested stomp rockets, created our own rockets for stomping and then blew it out with effervescent rockets @OidePrimarySTEM 🚀

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

5 months ago

Introducing waste management in our #sustainablecity project using @makeymakey and @scratch Ss created circuits in the bin that closed when trash was added which triggered a Thank You message 😊 #STEMeducation @ESDN_network @CuriousMindSTEM @OidePrimarySTEM

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

5 months ago

As part of our #sustainable city project we need to look at how people can grow their own food. I found the cress head activity and decided to give it a go. This is one weeks growth in cotton wool. I love it 😁 #growyourown #sustainable @CuriousMindSTEM

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

5 months ago

I'm blown away with what Ss in our #Aspire cluster managed to create today in 1.5hrs! With just egg cartons and minimal craft supplies they built and coded some fabulous interactive Microbit Pets 🐓 #STEMed #Donegal @National_AiE @Leargas @microbit_edu @EdCentreDonegal

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

6 months ago

Made a wee demo solar car for my Sustainable city Ss. See how quickly it stops when it hits the shade! Hopefully we'll have some sun tomorrow so they can see it in action 🙏 #sustainablecity #cleanenergy #solarpower #STEM @CuriousMindSTEM @esbscienceblast @OidePrimarySTEM

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

6 months ago

Today I walked to the top of Errigal mountain on a beautiful spring day ☘️ #Donegal #Ireland

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

6 months ago

Our new youth club Space project blasted off yesterday 🚀 We looked at how pneumatics were used in Space, from rocket launch to providing O2 to astronauts. Then it was time to get busy with building our own pneumatic claw 💉 #STEMEducation @nycinews @Foroige

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

6 months ago

Great start to our 'Sustainable city' project in St Fhionaín's NS Led lit houses and street lights 🔌 Loads of learning about circuits, conductivity and building 🙂 #sustainable #Donegal @EngineerIreland @CuriousMindSTEM @esbscienceblast

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

7 months ago

Starting a new school project next week on building sustainable cities. First task will be to light our houses with Led lights and add a streetlight 🛣️ #futurecity #sustainable #STEMeducation @EngineerIreland @CuriousMindSTEM

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

7 months ago

New laser game kit just landed on the factory floor. Can you position the mirrors to reflect the light out the hole ? Great for teaching the laws of reflection 🪞 #STEM #Donegal @CuriousMindSTEM

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

7 months ago

Today I walked 7km and met some sandy sheep Donegal, Ireland

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Kathleen Gallagher @firekit

7 months ago

Finished up a 5 wk STEAM workshop in Glenmaquin NS with Balloon races! We tested them on their own and then added a nose cone to see if they would go faster... and they were! ⏩ Got presented with a lovely bunch of flowers too ❤️ #STEMEducation @National_AiE @EdCentreDonegal