Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan, is attempting to incorporate new teaching and learning strategies across the curriculum. As part of this initiative, the science department will pilot an Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) approach to the delivery of STEM subjects. To support this, the school is participating in the Inspiring Science Education programme (ISE) (http://www.inspiring-science-education.net). It is hoped that participation will provide digital resources and opportunities for teachers to make science education more attractive and relevant to the lives of our students. We envisage that 6 or 7 teachers from the Science Department will be directly involved. The teachers hope to attend a range of training activities being organized as part of the European Inspiring Science (ISE) project in order to upgrade their professional competencies and develop educational alliances that may help achieve the aims listed above. In essence, it is hoped that the attendance at the training activities - coupled with online access to digital resources developed as part of the ISE programme - will support the teachers to: - Develop new eLearning resources and eTools, - Upgrade existing eLearning opportunities and assessment methods, - Embed IBSE in STEM teaching and learning opportunities. The over arching rationale behind this project is to modernise the teaching and learning of science within an IBL approach. The long term benefits of which will involve: - Addressing ongoing changes in the National Science Curriculum and changes in modes of assessment at Junior Cycle - Incorporating ICT and multimedia technologies into STEM teaching and learning in a meaningful and effective way - Increasing the uptake of the sciences by our female students - Preparing our students for further education and/or employment in the STEM disciplines.