BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2019
Congratulations to all participants in the BTYSTE held in the RDS, 8th – 11th January.
Transition Year
Arlene Haas, Katie Loughney, Melanie Bryce
Project Title: To Test If Hockey Sticks With A Low Bow and High Carbon Content Are Really The Most Effective.
Category: Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Robin Keating, Hannah Armstrong
Project Title: Improve Your Learning
Category: Technology
Won Display Award
2nd Year
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Aoife McMahon and Rachel Ingle
Project Title: An Investigation Into Making Food Waste Into Bioplastic for Everyday Use
Category: Biological and Ecological
Awarded Highly Commended
(Thank you to John Ohle Photography).
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Science Success for Santa Sabina Science Students at SciFest@College 2019
On 3rd May 2019, in DCU 2nd year students Aoife McMahon and Rachel Ingle beat 103 other projects to win the top prize on the day, the SFI Discover Best Project Award. Their project “An Investigation into Making Food Waste into Bio-Plastic for Everyday Use” aims to “develop a means of producing bio-plastic from school and household food waste with a view of producing sufficient materials to manufacture canteen utensils for everyday use”.
As Best Project Award winners the girls will be invited to exhibit in Dublin at the National Finals on 23rd November, 2019. The prize for this exciting competition includes an all-expenses paid trip for the winning students and their teacher to represent Ireland at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Anaheim, California in May 2020.
Transition Year students Arlene Haas, Melanie Bryce and Katie Loughney also received an award for winning the Institute of Physics Award for the Best Physics Project. Their project was entitled “To test if hockey sticks with a low bow and high carbon content are really the most effective”.
We are very proud of both teams of students and wish them further success.
Mr Nugent is the mentoring teacher for both projects.