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6th Class in Delphi – Day 2

The next morning we did kayaking. We did kayaking for two and a half hours. We played fun kayaking games. We played cops ‘n’ robbers game like ‘Sharks and Minnows’. We did pier jumping and played on our kayaks. Afterwards we did team building. Some games were confusing! The first one was called ‘Spiders Web’. It was ropes all tied together which we had
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6th Class in Delphi – Day 3

Delphi Day 3   The Great Adventure We woke up and took everything out of the room and put them in the sports hall. Next we had breakfast we had cereal, tea and toast. Soon we headed for the zip wire .We climbed up a ladder joining to a pole. On top of the pole there was a wobbly platform and a very nice
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6th Class Art Project

6th Class have been involved in planning and designing a mural for our school bike shed. Karen Webster:    On the 5th of May 2011 an artist called Karen Webster came into our classroom and talked to us about the sea. She then told us about a mural we were planning to do and that we would be having different sessions with her. She
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6th Class qualify for Xperience Engineering National Finals

The boys and girls in 6th class are delighted that all of their hard work has paid off! Our Xperience Engineering Project has been chosen in the top 20 in the country and we have been invited to the Helix in Dublin on June 9th to present our project to the judges. Four children from our class will get the opportunity to travel to
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What is the Xperience Engineering Challenge?

What is the Xperience Engineering Challenge? Xperience Engineering is a program run by Engineers Ireland for primary schools. The project is divided into 2 categories, 3rd/4th Class and 5th/6th Class. The top 20 projects from each of the categories will be chosen to represent their school at the Xperience Engineering National Final in the Helix in Dublin in June.        This years theme is
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What is an Oyster?

What is an Oyster?   The action of the waves moves the device up and down. This action activates the pistons causing high pressured water to be pumped to the shore, through an under water pipeline. Onshore hydro-electric generators convert this high pressure water into electricity. By Shauna, Seán M, Aoife, Carla, Sophie    


What is a Pelamis?

What is a Pelamis?   This Pelamis is a huge “sea snake” in the water. It generates power in the hinged joints that connect its cylindrical tube sections. As the wave move the joints up and down, and side to side, hydraulical rams drive an electrical generator. The electricity is carried to shore via a sub sea cable. In a Pelamis the pistons move
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6th Class Visit Strandhill Beach

Our visit to Strandhill        On Monday the 21st of March our class went to Strandhill as part of our Steps Xperience Engineering Project. While in Strandhill we took advantage of the big waves and took a few pictures.        To get a close up picture of the waves we had to do stepping stones across a foot deep pool of water. Unfortunately a
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Construction in the Classroom

                   Miss Hynes asked the class to bring in things like toilet rolls, plastic bottles and straws to construct a model of a wave energy generator. The choices were a Pelamis or an Oyster. Most people made a Pelamis.                 When everyone had finished making their Oyster or Pelamis, they left them to dry at the back of
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An Engineer Visits our Classroom

       Micheál O’ Halloran is a mechanical engineer. He came into our classroom and spoke to us about the engineering that is involved in things like Avatar and Grey’s Anatomy. He told us all about the different engineers that are involved in making a rollercoaster. He explained to us how a Pelamis works. We learned that there is a motor and a generator inside
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