Students from Desmond College in Newcastle West continued their tradition of entering the annual exhibition thanks to the encouragement of teacher Donal Enright. The school had an impressive 8 entries at this year’s virtual exhibition and took first and third place honours in their categories. 5th year students Ethan Kirwan and Jack Kelly earned gold in the Senior group with their project “Aeroacoustics of the swinging corrugated tube” in the Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences category. 5th year students Niamh O’ Mahony and Alzbeta Barisova took third place in the Senior Technology Group with their project “Smart Ruler – Reduce errors due to ADHD and Dyslexia”. Other Desmond College students who took part were Laura Brennan with “Alert System to Warn of Harmful UV Rays”, Emma Greaney and Faye Murphy with “Self-Watering Plants” and Madison Brouder and Ciara Barrett with “Canine Comfort” – a device to assist dogs with phobias arising from thunderstorms and pyrotechnics. Also competing were Aoibhilinn Heath with her project “E.A.T. Eating Assistive Technology”, senior students Lucy Flaherty and Trevor O’ Shea with “Sanitising Station” and Edel McMahon and Róisín Solley-Ambrose with “Chicken Motel”.
Coláiste Chiaráin in Croom also competed this year under the guidance of teacher Edel Farrell and claimed a top prize in the Junior group. Second year students Rosemary Lucey and Sarah-Jane Noonan won with their cost-cutting and recycling project ‘How much Sauce is left in Condiment Bottles?’ in the Physical, Chemical, and Mathematical Science category. They were also awarded the Williams Lea Ireland Award for their project, a special award that acknowledges the best use of graphic design in both the display presentation and the project report book. Seán and Sarah O’Sullivan also represented the school in the Intermediate Technology Category with their website ‘ClimateActionHow.com’, which aims to educate, inspire and call us to action in the fight against climate change.
Students from Mungret Community College who took part in this year’s Virtual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2022 pictured with their teachers ahead of the competition.
Mungret Community College in Limerick also qualified for this year’s competition with teachers Jessica Heffernan and John McCarthy helping their talented students with four different projects. These included Aadith Prakash Cheruppumpullil’s project “To investigate the attitude of Irish people towards the Irish language” in the Social and Behavioural Sciences category and Adeel Mujahid’s entry “To investigate the changing attitudes and prejudice against Islam” also in this category.
Also representing the school with their Group Projects were Grace Kelly and Rachel McKenna with their project “Colour Changing Nail Polish” in the Biological and Chemical Science Category and Cathal Carmody and Kate Swift and their project “To Investigate Whether or Not Irish Teenagers are Desensitized to Violence” in the Social and Behavioural Sciences category.
Students from Kilkee Community College who took part in this year’s Virtual BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2022.
Kilkee Community College in County Clare also took part in this year’s virtual exhibition with two projects under the inspiration of teacher Laura Egan. The Future of the Loop Head Peninsulafrom students Aine Bonfil, Ella Nagle and Matylda Williams investigated the declining population of Loop Head Peninsula and Coastal Coverings from students Hana Haggag, Ava Walsh and Liam Ferguson aimed to create a biodegradable face mask made of fabric constructed from seaweed fibres, that prevents acne and skin disease as well as reducing the spread of respiratory disease.
St Anne’s Community College also qualified for inclusion in this year’s competition with teacher Greta Hogan helping Eoin Gilmartin and Jack Fairfield with their project in the Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences group category entitled An Investigation into the Effect of Water Temperature on the Degradation of Plastics into Microplastics
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board has responsibility for 18 multi-denominational post-primary Community Colleges in Limerick and Clare, providing crucial learning opportunities through a rich and varied syllabus which promotes the development of both academic and extra-curricular potential in every student.
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