Dublin City University has announced it will become home to the Mobile Newton Room, in partnership with Boeing and FIRST Scandinavia, for three weeks in May 2022. The goal of the Mobile Newton Room is to demonstrate an exciting and quality-assured method of STEM education to communities around Europe. This is the first time the Newton concept will come to Ireland and will feature three professional flight simulator panels.
Mobile Newton Room
DCU is known for its innovative approach to STEM education and the Mobile Newton Room will provide an excellent opportunity for secondary level students to visit the campus to experience STEM education in a new and exciting way.
Not only is DCU a strong proponent of advancing STEM education with the DCU-led STEM Teacher Internship (STInt) Programme, which provides pre-service STEM teachers with the opportunity of a paid-internship experience in STEM focused roles and careers in global corporate firms, it is also home to highly regarded undergraduate and postgraduate courses in aviation management.
The state-of-the-art Mobile Newton Room will be open from May 9 until May 27 and be located on the University’s Glasnevin campus. It will be accessible to Transition Year students in secondary schools from across the country, with bookings made via a dedicated Newton Room website which is now live.
Schools who sign up for the Mobile Newton Room will spend a full day on DCU's Glasnevin campus, with lunch provided. They will take part in two modules over the course of the day, including a rescue mission and completing a flight in advanced flight simulators.
About the Mobile Newton Room
The Newton concept was launched in Norway in 2003 by FIRST Scandinavia. It was prompted by the realisation that science teaching needed more practical content, with equipment often being obsolete, and classrooms in Norwegian schools lacking resources.
Working with teachers, schools, and industrial partners, FIRST Scandinavia created the first Newton Rooms in 2007. The project grew quickly and today there are nearly 50 Newton Rooms installed in various schools around Europe, including Norway, Scotland, Poland, Spain, and Denmark.
The global aerospace company Boeing joined forces with FIRST Scandinavia in 2018, investing €4.5m to set up an aviation-themed Newton network across Europe, benefiting thousands of students in places like France, Germany, Italy and Belgium. The first Newton Flight Academy outside of Norway opened this spring in Glasgow as part of Boeing’s investment.
The Mobile Newton Room is an innovative classroom solution, made of two expandable containers designed to fit on a ship, train, or truck. The classroom can be set up anywhere in the world, engaging with local partners and teachers to provide 70m2 of high-quality, inspiring and curriculum-based STEM educational space.
https://newtonroom.com/newton-international