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ReelLIFE SCIENCE Video Competition

Year Awarded

2021

Amount

€30,029

  • Organisation:University of Galway
  • Audience:Primary Students, Transition Year Students, Primary Teachers, Post Primary Teachers - Junior Cycle, Post Primary Teachers - Senior Cycle, General Public
  • Format:Informal Education
  • Location:national
  • Topic:Science

Project Summary

ReelLIFE SCIENCE is a nationwide STEM engagement programme, which encourages young people and the general public to discover more about STEM and its impact on individuals, society and the environment, while at the same time developing participants’ creativity, communication and digital skills.

Young people from primary schools, secondary schools and youth organisations are challenged to research a STEM topic and communicate it for the public via an engaging and educational three minute video. The best videos are awarded prizes of up to €1000 and are screened for the public at the Galway Science and Technology Festival, at other public events and online.

Based in NUI Galway and launched in 2013, ReelLIFE SCIENCE has enabled more than 16,000 young people from all over the country to directly engage with STEM in a novel way. The videos produced have had a secondary audience of over 400,000 online and at public screenings, increasing the general public’s knowledge and engagement with science and technology.

In 2022, ReelLIFE SCIENCE will continue to engage a growing number of students and teachers across the country in primary and secondary schools, while also specifically targeting, training and empowering a network of youth workers and youth leaders to drive STEM engagement in youth groups and youth development programmes around Ireland. In this way, ReelLIFE SCIENCE will increase the science capital and develop the digital skills of young people from a wide range of backgrounds, making it more likely they will choose STEM subjects and pursue future STEM careers.