# Greenwave

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{{Short description|Mass science experiment}}
{{For|other meanings of green wave|Green Wave (disambiguation)}}
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'''Greenwave''' is a mass [science](/source/science) [experiment](/source/experiment) involving primary schools across [Ireland](/source/Ireland). It examines and records how spring arrives in [Ireland](/source/Ireland). This is an educational and science initiative of the [Irish Government](/source/Irish_Government)’s [Discover Science & Engineering](/source/Discover_Science_%26_Engineering) (DSE) awareness programme.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2008/0202/1201821933083.html Article in The Irish Times]</ref>

Irish students observe and record when certain plants and animals react to the longer days and warmer temperatures, in order to find out whether the "green wave" of spring moves from south to north across [Ireland](/source/Ireland) or inland from the coast to the centre of the country.<ref>[http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story/?trs=mhgbauauid Article in the Sligo Weekender]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>[http://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news/tipp-schools-take-part-in-experiment-on-spring-season-1288914.html Article in The Guardian]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.forfas.ie/publications/forfas_annrpt06/developing/dis.html |title=Forfás Annual Report 2006 |access-date=2008-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925082046/http://www.forfas.ie/publications/forfas_annrpt06/developing/dis.html |archive-date=2008-09-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Taking part in Greenwave is a practical way to support the teaching of Social Environmental and Scientific Education (SESE) part of the Irish Primary School Curriculum. The students develop their skills in:
*Observing
*Classifying
*Recognising patterns
*Estimating and measuring
*Recording and communicating

Schools registered in the [Discover Primary Science](/source/Discover_Primary_Science) programme, another initiative of DSE, can also earn credit towards their Award of Science Excellence by taking part in Greenwave.

DSE runs numerous other initiatives, including [Science Week Ireland](/source/Science_Week_Ireland), [Discover Primary Science](/source/Discover_Primary_Science) and [Science.ie](/source/Science.ie).

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.greenwave.ie Greenwave website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418155634/http://www.greenwave.ie/ |date=18 April 2009 }}
* [https://archive.today/20130217171756/http://www.discover-science.ie/programmes-and-audiences/greenwave Information about Greenwave on Discover-Science.ie]

Category:Science education in Ireland
Category:Science and technology in the Republic of Ireland
Category:Environmental education

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