Context/background of project; Colaiste Bride is one of 21 Irish Schools partaking in the Inspiring Science Education (ISE) Project. The aim of the course is to support school innovation and to train teachers in their schools and to promote the development of their schools into open learning communities, and thus improve the quality of all aspects of schooling. Through this project we are also part of 500 other European schools and are connected to more than 1200 schools who are all connected via Inspiring Science Education (ISE) and ODS (open discovery space). We have identified the possibility to achieve three main objectives through this project: 1. Train teachers on eLearning tools and inquiry based learning used in Science and STEM related subjects. 2. Encourage the learning of Science at junior level, Physics, Chemistry and Biology at Senior level in a fun and interactive way. 3. Enhance ICT and other lifelong learning skills of our students. 4. Promote movement of future workers within different European Countries (by providing problem solving and critical thinking skills, STEM related skills and ICT skills; by encouraging cooperation and collaborative learning). Total number of participants is eight. The Science Department consists of seven full time Science teachers. In addition to teaching Science these teachers also teach either Biology, Chemistry, Physics at Senior Cycle. Five teachers of the seven teachers in the department also teach Maths and one teaches ICT. The number of years teaching in the department varies. One teacher has over 25 years teaching experience, four teachers have over 10 years experience and 2 have 5 years experience and one has 3 years experience. The ICT Co-ordinator has over 15 years experience teaching ICT and is the lead on the EU school’s Living Labs project which Colaiste Bride is Ireland’s representative in. The Inspiring Science Education International Summer Academy will take place in Attica, Greece, from 13 to 18 July 2014. The three programmes applicable to our Colaiste Bride are: Education and Robotics Engineering; Go-Lab (Global Online Science Lab for Inquiry Learning in School); Discover the Cosmos From Telescopes to Accelerators. Methodology to be used in carrying out the project: The training course comprises 8 hours of lectures and demonstrations and 15 hours of hands-on workshops. These sessions will be framed with field trips and hands-on outdoors activities that will regard innovative ways for creating links between schools, research centres and non-formal learning settings. The lesson plans, eLearning resources and learning scenarios made by all teachers on the ISE course will be made available to all participants through the ISE website. The resources and the methods created will be open to further development and expansion and continue to be used after the end of the project. Results and impact envisaged: The project will contribute to the modernisation of school education. It will support teachers and students in acquiring digital competences. It will engage teachers and pupils in the development of innovative educational practices; provide innovative eLearning resources. It will provide an online platform through which participating ISE schools can collaborate with their EU counterparts. This project will strengthen European integration by increasing cooperation across state borders, and by bringing together different cultures. It will also promote the idea of European citizenship among children, parents and the extended local community. Potential longer term benefits include the skills acquired by the students such as critical thinking and ICT skills will make them more employable in STEM related areas in the future. Innovative teaching resources created during the project will be available online after the project is finished for use by other teachers for free. It will provide a platform of connections between EU and Irish schools which will continue after the project has finished. It will help decrease any cultural barriers still existing among different European countries that are only a result of language barriers and prejudice. It will provide a platform for future movement of employees within the European Union, by showing students how Science and Technology is embraced by other EU schools and thus will promote integration.