Explore Ireland’s marine environment and biodiversity GALWAY Atlantaquaria is the National Aquarium of Ireland. As Ireland’s largest Native Species Aquarium, we are the perfect location for school tours, field trips and workshops based around Ireland’s diverse marine environment and biodiversity, sustainability, environmental awareness, care and ecology investigation. We cater for students of all ages, with options available to pre-school, primary, secondary and third level educational needs. We are located on the seafront in Salthill, within easy access to parking, food service providers and habitats to explore.
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Educational options Our educational options include: Galway Field Studies Modules including Grassland and Seashore Ecology Investigations (secondary level only) Seashore Safaris (preschool and primary)* Animal anatomy workshop based around a squid dissection (primary and secondary)* Engineering Workshops based on designing flood defences* (primary and secondary) Maths Workshop based around tank design in the aquarium (primary and secondary) Sustainability Workshop based on
fisheries and sustainable food production (secondary) · Marine Litter Workshop based on materials and environmental "We cater for awareness and care, and students of all responsible personal choices. ages, with Option to include a beach clean options on our local shore available to available to schools. (primary and secondary) pre-school, · Water Investigations Workshop primary, based on the properties and secondary and characteristics of water and the third level oceans. (pre-school and educational primary)* needs" *DPSM accredited workshops. All workshops include a one hour guided tour of the aquarium.
