Space To Learn

Summer in Northern Ireland is well underway with preparations focused on the upcoming Autumn Outdoor Coding sessions. The WatchBox prototype is due for deployment in October. An ideal tree is now ready - with a new video stream of that tree in place . The data link to that tree will be helped by its proximity to an access point and plenty of sunlight will…

Beginning to consider what a more exciting logo might look like.. AI is great, but the woodland featured in this creation does not yet feel accurate - Mourne Park is predominantly a beech wood with venerable trees creating a canopy through which the Whitewater river flows, sometimes in considerable torrents. The AI rendering reduces this to a rather generic coniferous wood!

CloseUp Cam1 is now in operation!

Kilkeel Primary School Camera tree established Entrance by the long table! fallen tree habitat The clearing Badger run through the middle Camera with focused sound experiment View from camera 1 It is a long time since I attended Kilkeel Primary School, but the large assembly hall door was just as I remember. There was a familiar sense of anticipation too.. Meeting with Helena McCabe…

The Whitewater River in Mourne Park is a what is known as a spate river.  Torrents of water cascade down from the Mourne Mountains - usually rushing past faster than we can register. Slow motion photography helps to capture the beauty. It may look intense - but it is truly peaceful.   https://youtu.be/hugkvGu9rx4?si=XCbuyZ6c9HF813O5

Exploring the versatile Micro:Bit in Mourne Park: orienteering with a [coded] compass through the woods; searching for treasure with [coded] metal detectors then sampling the natural environment with sensors. Thank you Anthony and the team for coming along - full report here: www.flickernet.net/stlouis