The PE Hall in Colaiste Iosagain was packed to capacity yesterday as the Portarlington school held it’s second ever Sci-Fest competition.
The Third Years were the ones exhibiting as they have been busily preparing their projects over the last number of months.
The fruits of their labour were on display as more than 30 projects were demonstrated for their parents and guests.
Projects ranged from how to make a lava lamp to the harmful effects of both vaping and smoking.
Yesterday morning, a panel of eight judges reviewed each project and questioned the students.
Alan Dunne, School Liaison Officer for Sci-Fest, TJ Carey, Schemes Adviser with Teagasc, Rachel Linney, Education Officer at NCCA and Vivienne Phelan, veterinary surgeon and Fine Gael candidate, were among them.
While so too were Rebecca Boyhan, BSc in Sports Science with Exercise Physiology in TUS, Megan Cronly, of Offaly County Counil Libraries, Hannah Flynn, BSc in Education at UL, and Criodan O Murchu, Science Outreach Executive at Midlands Science.
The ceremony then commenced and the Student Choice Award was won by Solomon Udeze, Dylan Quick and Ben McCann.
Their project explored the differences in exercise performances between males and females.
The Spirit of Colaiste Iosagain Award went to Elise Farrell and Kayla Gannon.
They investigated how sound frequencies can affect a person’s sleep.
The SciFest Award went to Conor Dunne who carried out a political survey of the school’s teachers.
Rachel Carey, Kelly Nolan and Orla O’Keeffe were the winners of the EirGrid Cleaner Climate Award.
They impressed the judges with their project which was all about the steps that can be taken towards sustainable diary farming.
The overall Sci-Fest runners up were Muireann Smith and Ella Reidy for their project: Does the surface effect the bounce height of a tennis ball.
While the overall winners were Tara Kelly, Aine Ryan and Holly Kerrigan.
Their project investigated if music type affects a person’s ability to retain information.
Congratulations to all who took part and check out some great pictures from the day below:
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