*Eilidh Lawless and Caoimhe McCarthy from Mary Immaculate Secondary School Clare and their project “Does water temperature affect the righting ability of two species of starfish (Asterias rubens and Asterina gibbosa)?’ at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2024 in the RDS Dublin.
Clare students received no less than five honours at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition held in Dublin this week.
Oisin Jackson from Mary Immaculate Secondary School received the Met Eireann Award presented by Broadcast Meteorologist Joanna Donnelly for the project ‘An Investigation into the Relationship Between Precipitation and Water Levels in Turloughs in the Burren’ in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Category.
Conor Crotty, Caragh Killeen and Cian McInerney from St Josephs Community College Clare with their project “Sea the Smell is Gone” with Bio-Liser: A Seaweed-Derived Pyrogenic Biochar for Enhanced Soil Stability, Reduced Nutrient Loss, Emission Control and Odor Mitigation”.
Ailish Marrinan, Caragh Killeen and Cian McInerney from St Joseph’s Community College in Kilkee received the third Senior Group Award in the Biological and Ecological Sciences Category to for their project “Sea the Smell is Gone” with Bio-Liser: A Seaweed-Derived Pyrogenic Biochar for Enhanced Soil Stability, Reduced Nutrient Loss, Emission Control and Odor Mitigation’. The group also won the WILLIAMS LEA Ireland award.
Therese Gunning, BT Ireland presents the 3rd Senior Group Award in the Biological and Ecological Sciences Category to Ailish Marrinan, Caragh Killeen and Cian McInerney, St Joseph’s Community College, Kilkee, Co Clare for the project “Sea the Smell is Gone” with Bio-Liser: A Seaweed-Derived Pyrogenic Biochar for Enhanced Soil Stability, Reduced Nutrient Loss, Emission Control and Odor Mitigation’.
Eilidh Lawless and Caoimhe McCarthy from Mary Immaculate Secondary School were highly commended for their project “Does water temperature affect the rightingability of two species of starfish (Asterias rubens and Asterina gibbosa)?’.
*Clodagh O’Connor, Saorla Crowe, Ruby Mooney from St John Bosco Community College Co Clare with their project “A Statistical Analysis of the Knowledge of Women’s Health and the Status of the Women’s Healthcare Services in Ireland”.
Also highly commended were Clodagh O’Connor, Saorla Crowe and Ruby Mooney from St John Bosco Community College with their project “A Statistical Analysis of the Knowledge of Women’s Health and the Status of the Women’s Healthcare Services in Ireland”.
*The Met Eireann Award presented by Broadcast Meteorologist Joanna Donnelly to Oisin Jackson Mary Immaculate Secondary School Clare for the project ‘An Investigation into the Relationship Between Precipitation and Water Levels in Turloughs in the Burren’ in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Category.
