BT YOUNG SCIENTIST &Technology Exhibition 3008 10th , 11th & 12th January , R. D.S . Dublin
A welcome message from Chris Clark
Ta an Taispeantas Eolai Og na Bliana BT ar an saol anois le 44 bhliain, agus sa treimhse sin to coil bainte amach aige mar ceann de na h-ocaidi eolaiochta, teicneolaiochta agus matamaitice is mo ar domhan. Tugann an taispeantas seo leis do dhaoine oga ar fud na tire ar fad teacht le ceile chun teoirici an iniuchadh, chun teicneolalochtai nua a aimsiu agus chun leinn na h-eolaiochta a chur chun cinn i gcoitinne.
The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, now in its 44th year, is one of the finest showcases in the world for science, technology and mathematics. This all island exhibition provides a platform for our young scientists and technologists to come together to investigate theories, discover new technologies and advance current knowledge through innovation.
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Continued focus is needed on developing Ireland as a knowledge economy. We believe that our investment in, and commitment to, this exhibition encourages schools throughout the island to have a passion and interest in those very skills that will help Ireland advance and thrive. The success of the event endorses our investment and commitment. A record number of projects were entered this year from 31 counties across Ireland. And previous winners have gone on to enjoy success at a European level with BT Young Scientist of the Year 2007, Abdul Abubakar, winning First Prize in Mathematics at the 19th European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Valencia, Spain last September. It is also gratifying to note that, under BT's stewardship, the volume of projects entered into the Young Scientist competition has almost doubled over the past six years. This is even more remarkable if we consider that the number of students taking science subjects at second level has declined during the same period.
There are a number of people I would like to acknowledge, for without their input there would be no Young Scientist.
Ar an gcead dul sios ba mhaith liom buiochas a ghabhail leis na m6inteoiri a thugann an oiread sin spreagtha agus c6naimh do na daltai oga. Chomh maith leo si6d, ba mhaith liom buiochas a ghabhail leis na mic leinn iad fain as ucht a ndiograis agus as ucht a bhfiosracht ar an saol mor-thimpeall orthu, agus ni feidir dearmad a dheanamh ar na tuismitheoiri a thugann cabhair agus misneach doibh i gconai.
Firstly, I would like to thank the teachers for their positive support which provides the necessary motivation to stimulate young minds. Next, my thanks to the students themselves for their enthusiasm, drive and questioning of the world around them and also to their parents and guardians for giving that all important encouragement.
Ar deireadh, cuimhnimis ar na breithimh a d'oibrigh chomh than sin thar na blianta, agus is da bharr si6d a thainig rath ar an gcomortas le 44 bhliain anuas. Ta na breithimh neamhspleach go h-iomlan agus tagann said o reimse leathan d'institiuidi leinn agus on earnail tionscail ar fud na tire. Gabhaim buiochas leo go lair mar go gcuireann said a gcuid ama agus a gcuid ndiograis ar fail d6inn go flaithi6il.
Lastly, we should not forget our judges, as their work has helped the competition survive and flourish for 44 years. The judging panel acts completely independently and is drawn from academia and industry across Ireland. I thank them all most sincerely for their dedication and for giving their time so generously.
Ba mhaith liom mo bhuiochas a ghabhail leis an Aire, Mary Hanafin agus a comhghlachaithe sa Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaiochta, agus in a dteanta sin, na h-urraithe eile agus gach einne ata bainteach leis an taispeantas. Is buaiteoiri iad uile na mic leinn ata ag leiriu a gcuid tograi anseo san RDS an tseachtain seo, agus gabhaim comhgairdeachas leo go lair go bhfuil said cailithe don bhabhta cheannais. Gach rath oraibh anois agus amach anseo sa todhcai.
I would also like to thank Minister Mary Hanafin and her colleagues at the Department of Education and Science, plus all of our co-sponsors and exhibitors for their support. The students who are showcasing their projects this week in t R.D.S. are already winners. I would like to congratulate them making it through to the finals here in the R.D.S. I wish you e
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Awards 2008
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Category Awards There are 36 prizes for Individuals and 36 prizes for Group
each of the four categories:
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Minister for Education & Science, Mary Hanafin T. D. with Mike Maloney COO of BT Ireland, presented the BT Young Scientist of the Year 2007 Award to Abdul Abubakar, from Synge Street, CBS Dublin.
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Rolls-Royce Science Prize
Central Fisheries Board
Lennox
CALMAST
Astronomy Ireland
The Irish Centre for Talented Youth
Naturally Wild
Order of Malta
Irish Universities Promoting Science
Geological Survey of Ireland
Air Corps
Tipperary Institute
ENFO
Galic. • The President's Award
Royal Society of Chemistry
Notice Nature
Futuroscope
HP
Robinson's
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Department of Environment. Heritage and Local Government
Science Spin
Pharmachemical Ireland
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Down Syndrome Ireland
CareerCamp
Dubbin Zoo
Mensa
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• 2nd prize of €225 /f157. 50 for both Individual and Group projects
• 3rd prize of €150/f 105 for both Individual and Group projects
Eli Lilly Comhar Environmental Protection Agency Science Foundation Ireland Patents Office Self Help in collaboration with Irish Aid ERP Forensic Science Laboratory The Marine Institute Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland The Health Research Board safefood Road Safety Authority Royal College of Surgeons Foras Na Gaeilge
In the event of a tie in any category, the prize money will
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A number of Highly Commended and Display awards will be awarded in each category by the panel of judges.
Travel Awards Intel Student Award Analog Devices Student Award Intel and Analog Devices Educator of Excellence Awards
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Winners of the intel Student Award at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition receive an all expenses trip to the USA to represent Ireland at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). This is a fabulous opportunity to network and create friendships with other young people from all over the world. Ardit Kroni won the Intel Student Award in 2007 and can be seen here with his teacher Jim Cooke, representing Ireland at the Intel ISEF in Phoenix, Arizona.
This Student award is presented to an Individual or Group for outstanding work exhibited in the Technology category. The prize consists of a trophy plus an all expenses paid trip to America, visiting the Analog Devices Headquarters in Boston and our plant in San Francisco as the guest(s) of Analog Devices. During this trip, students have the opportunity to visit third level institutes at the cutting edge of technological research and sample the diversity of American culture. Finally, Analog Devices will donate â&#x201A;Ź2500 to the winning student(s) school, towards its science laboratory equipment fund. Adam Magill and Matthew McCartney, both pupils of the Abbey Grammar School , Newry, Co. Down were our winners in 2007. Adam and Matthew are both pictured below with Bill Hunt of Analog Devices in the R.D .S. last
Young Scientist Judges 2008 BT Chairperson Emer Kennedy
Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Dr. Anne Breslin Dr. Stephen Connon Prof. Sean Corish Dr. Padraig Dunne Prof. Pat Guiry Prof. Frank Imbusch Prof. Tom Laffey Dr. Michael McGrath Dr. Eoin O'Neill Dr. Rachel Quinlan Dr. Tony Scott Dr. Orla Feely
Dr. Michael Byrne Mr. John Dunnion Dr. Carol Gibbons Mr. Leonard Hobbs Mr. Bill Hunt Mr. Barry Kennedy Mr. Owen Mackessy Mr. Aaron McCormack Mr. Tom O'Dwyer Ms. Ann O'Sullivan
The Intel Educator Award was won by Ms, Audrey Byrne from Lucan Community College. This prize was an all expenses trip to the USA to attend the Intel Educator of Excellence Academy which also took place in Phoenix, Arizona. Audrey can be seen here receiving her award from Mr Eamonn Sinnott, Fab24 Plant Manager, Intel Ireland.
The winners of the 2008 Intel awards will represent Ireland at the Intel ISEF and the Intel Educator Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.
ISEF has been sponsored by Intel since 1997. It is the worlds largest celebration of science showcasing the worlds most promising scientists and inventors. Through education programmes such as the Intel ISEF, intel works to inspire and educate children in communities around the world in the areas of science, mathematics and engineering.
January. In their project, entitled 'Moto Xtra Safe' they developed a unique design that aided the safety of anyone driving a quad bike. The students had carried out research into the cause of accidents from the riding of quad bikes, a popular activity in their area. From their research, three principle reasons of serious injury from quad bike accidents were identified, namely driving without a helmet; pillion passengers falling from rear of bike; and bike continuing to run after a rider had fallen from bike in an accident resulting in rider being rolled over. The project then provided safety measures to prevent these types of accidents from happening.
Analog Devices also recognises the dedication and hard work of the educator through its sponsorship of the Analog Devices Educator of Excellence Award. This award is presented to the teacher whose commitment and encouragement has consistently enables their students to participate successfully in the technology section at the exhibition . The winner will receive the Analog Devices Trophy plus an all expenses paid trip to America Ms. Lisa Kiely from Castletroy College, Castletroy, Co. Limerick took the award in 2007. She is pictured below with Ann O ' Sullivan of Analog Devices.
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pical Sciences Dr. Lucy Byrnes Dr. Joe Caffrey Dr. Brid Crombie-Quilty Dr. Catherine Dalton Dr. Billy Fitzgerald Dr. Patricia Fitzpatrick Mr. Hubert Fuller Prof. Mary Garrett Prof. Michael Hennerty Dr. Mary Kelly-Quinn Dr. Ursula MacEvilly Dr. Declan Murray Dr. Padraig O'Kiely Dr. Kathy O'Boyle Prof. John O'Halloran Prof. Bruce Osborne Dr. Lesley Powell Dr. Dagmar Stengel Dr. Dermot Walls
Social & Behavioural Sciences Mr. Sidney Blain Dr. Joe Brady Dr. Barry Brunt Ms. Annette Cahalane Ms. Edel Conway Prof. Ray Fuller Prof. Des Gillmor Dr. Kevin Hourihan Mr. Des Hourihane Mr. Jim Hourihane Dr. Jones Irwin Mr. Frank Kavanagh Dr. Angela Leahy Dr. Maeve Martin Mr. Des McCafferty Mr. Des McCluskey Mr. Ciaran McCullagh Mr. Paid McGee Dr. Paul McKeown Mr. Seamus McLoone Dr. Des McQuaid Ms. Lynda McSweeney Dr. Niamh Moore Prof. Aidan Moran Ms. Ruby Morrow Mr. Paddy O'Dwyer Mr. John O'Leary Dr. Thomas Quigley Miss Bride Rosney Dr. David Silke
Special Awards Panel Ms. Roisin Burke Mr. Seamus Doyle Dr. Larry Taylor
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(UVB) rays from sunlight
Teacher: Paul Nugent
Teacher: James Mcgrath
patterns an symmetrical patterns i will calculate the fractal dimensions of each path and mathematically analyse their gait School: Our Ladys College - Drogheda
- Castleblayney Teacher: Jimmy Brophy
School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn Teacher: Micheal O Giobuin
Stand no: 1311 Student(s): Ross Greaney, Scott Hughes Title: Domestic Recycling - How Much
Legally Bought Air Guns
Student(s): Terri Mc Laughlin
Stand no: 1305
Does It Really Cost?
Title: Frankenfoods
Overview: The aim of this project is to
Title: To Use Or Not To Use, That Is
Student(s): Aife Caomhanach, Isabelle
investigate that legally bought air
The Question? Overview: A project to develop an indicator which would show whether sun creams were still viable or not, In other words whether the sun cream still had a factor 15 or above School: St Mary's College - Derry Teacher: Ann Blanking
Ni Eochagain, Vivienne Bhreathnach
Overview: We are measuring the quantities of water (hot & cold) used in a number of households to wash recycling. We will find out how much it costs to do this per kg of recycled waste
Overview: We wish to investigate and compare the nutritional value of genetically modified foods to naturally grown foods using a series of chemical tests School: Athlone Community College
School: St. Alibe's School - Tipperary
Teacher: James Mcgrath
Stand no: 1007
Title: To Find The Optimum Structure ,
Its Highest Apogee
Student(s): Sean Totterdell Title: Are Volcanos All That Unpredictable Overview: My project is to see
Overview: This p roject tests four
whether we can predict when
have affected them and the instances
Stand no: 1109
different sized unmodified PET bottle
of frost and ice
Student(s): Eimear Maguire
rockets . Using varying amounts of
volcanoes are about to erupt by counting the amount of small
water and compressed air to find the
earthquakes before the eruption
School: Loreto College - Foxrock Teacher: Helen Hennessy
Ballsbridge Teacher: Patrick McGrath Stand no: 1008 Student(s): Jack Carolan
are capable of a fatal shot School: Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal - Blarney Teacher: Sean Foley
Title: An Investigation Into The
Presence Of The Fibonacci In The
Stand no: 1306
Roisin Ralph, Jodie Bullivant
Title: Hockey Sticks: Wood Or
Roberts-Allen, Nicola Kerr
Overview: In our project we investigate
Title: Watching Paint Dry
Overview: We will cover boxes with
Overview: We are carrying out
rational estimates for irrational
and the rhythm of the text
Overview: Investigating the factors
insulating materials. We'll place a
calorimetric experiments on
School: St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Teacher: Siobhan Greer
that affect the drying time of paint -
ringing bell inside them, and measure
firelighters to see which releases the
temperature material painted and
the sound coming out using a sound
most energy and which lasts longer
what are the best materials for hockey sticks how different features of the stick make a sticks price change School: Bandon Grammar School Teacher: Edward Gash
type of paint
Stand no: 1110 Student(s): Sarah-Jane Scully Title: The Allergy Solution
Teacher: Sharon Connolly
level meter School: Loreto College - St Stephens Green, Dublin
and which brand is the most powerful (rate of energy release) School: St. Alibe's School - Tipperary
Stand no: 1404 Student(s): Ross Bateman,
Teacher: Yseult Whitaker
Teacher: Kieran O'Dwyer
Shepherd's Delight Red Sky At Overview: I am going to investigate
playing tennis is there a difference in distance and speed between stopping on contact with the ball or following
and computer programming for
:Red sky at night shepherd's delight ,
through on the stroke
red sky at morning shepherd's
School: St Peter's College - Dunboyne
School: Alexandra College - Milltown Teacher: Niamh Mcshane
warnin g and see if it's true
Teacher: Catherine Clair
School: Gort Community School
accuracy. I shall also include interactive demonstrations in my project
Stand no: 1313
Pressure On A Tennis Ball When
Student(s): Fergal Rowe, Sean Walsh, Arthur 0 Sullivan Title: Folklore Weather Forecasts: Fact
Bowled Like A Cricket Ball Overview: we will use tennis balls to test out different swing methods in
Or Fiction
cricket e.g. on a tennis ball we will
Overview: To test the accuracy and/or scientific merit of folklore weather forecasting's
wrap one side in cello tape this cello tape would equal a shiny side on a cricket ball
School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir
Stand no: 1307 Student(s): Gearoid Neville, Michael Mcgrath, Title: Wind Energy Potential In North Clare Overview: We are going to measure wind speeds at 5 sites over a two month period to assess the suitability of the sites for small wind generators
School: St. Geralds College - Castlebar
School: Bandon Grammar School
Ceanainn
School: Mary Immaculate Secondary
Teacher: Brendan Mchugh
Teacher: Edward Gash
Stand no: 1314
Stand no: 1405 Student(s): Mark Synott, Conor Keating, Stephen Noone Title: Ball Tampering-Is It Worth It?
Overview: A project to compare the
Student(s): Aoise Molloy,
dissolution times (rates) in (i) water
Kate Mc Elroy, Taylor Feeney
Title: An Rata Tuaslagadh De Chinealach Difriula Ibuprofen Overview: We will be testing different brands of Ibuprofen to determine which dissolves the quickest, therefore delivering the fastest pain relief
Student(s): Ara 6 Daimhin
Stand no: 1009
Title: Promhadh Seileach Ar Lorg
range of Allergy (hay fever)
Student(s): Rosanna Irwin
Marachuan
Medications
find out how people think in chase
players taking shots, attempting to
Overview: To provide a less intrusive alternative to a blood sampling to show the presence of marijuana in a driver using saliva School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir
School: St Mary's College - Derry Teacher: Ann Blanking
Overview: My project will attempt to
Title: What Makes A Good Gaelic Football Kicker? Overview: I propose to film some
Senior Individual
Sam Hunter, Lawerence Pybus
Title: To Investigate The Effect Of Air
Stand no: 1301
Stand no: 1104
and (ii) simulated stomach acid of a
put the ball over the bar. I will then
Student(s): Holly Fleming, Madeline
Junior Group
Composite What The Difference?
Title: To Investigate Red Sky At Night
slow it down by 16 in order to analyse how the point of collision affects the outcome of the kick School: St. Joseph's Secondary School
Stand no: 1312 Student(s): Carmel Lonergan,
Of Firelighters-Does Zip Really Last Longer?
shall use straightforward mathematics
natural world School: Bandon Grammar School Teacher: Edel Mcgovern
Stand no: 1403
School: Gaelcholaiste Na Mara - Arklow Teacher: Padraig O'Meachair
Title: Comparing The Thermal Output
Overview: To investigate when
and how this can be linked to the
Teacher: Kieran O ' Dwyer
Student(s): Martha Fitzgerald, Sinead Mcdonagh, Isobel Jones Title: Can You Hear Me Now?
Title: Follow Through!.
Stand no: 1003 Student(s): Killian Long Title: The Maths Of Chase
cover, for 100 days
empty tins, milk cartons etc. for
Stand no: 1300 Student(s): David Howley, Peter Keane
Student(s): Mark Gibbons
Teacher: Edward Gash
Title: Dea-Aimsir Nb Droch-Aimsir Overview: We set up our own weather station. We measured rainfall, temperatures, humidity, wind speed and direction, pressure, and cloud
Overview: This project is to investigate the presence of the Fibonacci sequence in written text and the relationship between these numbers
Stand no: 1103 Student(s): Clara Ottewill Title: Diophantine Approximation Overview: I intend to find good numbers, e.g. pi, square-root 2 etc. I
School: Bandon Grammar School
guns that are purchasable by any age,
Stand no: 1203
Rhythm Of Text
School: St Conleths College -
Teacher: Theresa Gannon
School - Lisdoonvarna
Ceanainn
Stand no: 1200
Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobuin
Student(s): Con Quigley
Stand no: 1004
- Navan
Stand no: 1105 Student(s): Caragh Stapleton
Title: A Mathematical Investigation Into The Nature And Equation Of 3 Dimensional Lines
Stand no: 1302 Student(s): Seamus Mac Conaglaigh, Jason Orr, Padraig 0 Gallagher
Student(s): Conor Whooley
Teacher: Moire O'Sullivan
Title: How Clean Is Our River?
Overview: I propose to investigate the
Title: Comparaid A Dheanamhidir
Megan Heffernan, Emily Long
Overview: I wish to test our local river for pollution using a variety of chemical tests and find a possible cause and solution to any problems found School: Grennan College Thomastown
nature of 3-D lines I believe that the
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Title: To Determine The Effect
Student(s): Colm Finlay, Thomas Wyse Jackson Title: Wind Energy For Outdoor Adventure Overview: We are experimenting with
general 3-D formula is more
MdrAgus Amuigh Faoir Tuath
Temperature Concentration And Particle
toy mills linked to a battery charger to
complicated then is understood today
Overview: We are trying find the
Size Has On The Rate Of Reaction
see if it would be possible to generate
is the most efficient way of tampering
School: Colaiste Chriost Ri - Cork Teacher: Susan O'Connell
ozone grow level in a town and in
Overview: We want to investigate
enough energy to charge a battery
the country School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobuin
when outdoors School: The High School - Rathgar Teacher: Carol Whitford
Stand no: 1303
what effect temperature concentration and particle size has on the rate of a chemical reaction School: Presentation Secondary School - Thurles
School: Catholic University School Lower Leeson Street, Dublin
Sound Patterns
Student(s): Conor 0 Braonain, Conor
Teacher: Olivia 0 Brien
Overview: My project "Mathematical
Mac Giolla Bhain, Ciaran 0 Ceanainn
analysis of the sound patterns" is to investigate the relationship between categories of sounds. Sounds like car engine and running water will be recorded School: Our Ladys College - Drogheda Teacher: Frances O'Reegan
Title: Staidear A Dheanamh Ar Na
Gcoinniollacha A Chuireann Isteach Ar 'Sar-Fhuar6' Overview: The goal of this project is to investigate what effects the super cooling of water School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir
Ceanainn
Title: Productive Uses Of Cycling Overview: I wish to investigate how I
Stand no: 1010
can convert ener gy exerted while
Student(s): Killian Farrell
c y cling into electrical energy that will
Stand no: 1005
Title: A Study Of The Application Of Chaos Theory In Weather Forecasting Overview: Studying the application of Chaos Theory to the forecasting of the behaviour of the Global Weather System School: Templeogue College
Student(s): Darren Martyn
Teacher: Una Keenan
be used to charge a battery School: Belvedere College - Dublin Teacher: Jemma Egan
Title: Household Led Lighting System
Overview: The project is about using an LED li g htin g s y stem to light up the entire household and provide plans and ideas for future versions School: Calasanctius College Oranmore Teacher: Helen Van Eesbeck
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Teacher: Mary Byrne
with a view to carry out tests on the
Stand no: 1402 Student(s): Bronwyn Reid Mcdermott, Clara O ' Neill
Stand no: 1108 Student(s): Ciaran Buckley Title: Investigation Into The Danger Of
Student(s): Clan Mcleod
Mornin g She p herd's Warning
School: Athlone Community College
School: Our Lady's Secondary School
Stand no: 1001
Stand no: 1002
School: St Dominic's High School - Sutton
Teacher: Nigel O Fearraigh
Stand no: 1102 Student(s): Laura Clarke Title: Climate Change And Icy Roads In Ireland Overview: An investigation into road surface temperatures over the last ten years and how climate change may
School: Balbriggan Community College
golf balls
ultraviolet-A (UVA( and ultraviolet-B
sub-topics associated with simple cables and building a scale model School: Eureka Secondary School - Kells
Teacher: Frances O'Reegan
ri g ht size and ratio of contents to achieve the maximum apogee
and with a certain part of the foot
relationship between five specific
Title: Physics Of The Yoyo
Overview: my project is a mathematical
Unmodified Water Rocket To Achieve
sunscreen products for blocking
investigation into the paths left by
Snail Trails
And Volume Of Contents Of An
aerodynamics of eight brands of
and physical experiments to determine
snails i will look for geometrical
Student(s): Eileen Odonovan
Teacher: Cornelia Hourihan
when struck in a certain place, speed
their unique properties and uses
Title: A Mathematical Analysis Of
relationship between these properties School: Ardscoil Phobal Bheanntrai
measure the effectiveness of different
Leitir Ceannain
Stand no: 1000
properties e . g . diameter weight string
Overview: The goal of our project is to
lattices involving mathematic models
Overview: The aim of my project is to construct a parabolic solar distillation still which will help increase the efficiency rate of existing distillationstills School: Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair -
Stand no: 1006 Student(s): Elenora Horan
thickness and establish any
Student(s): Cathal Waldron, James Donnellan Title: The Aerodynamics Of A Golf Ball Overview: Design a golf ball launcher
Stand no: 1304 Student(s): Cait Ni Giolla Ruaidh, Aoise Ni Mhaolmuaidh, Taylor Feeney Title: An T-Eifeachtas Ata Ag Grianscagaire Difriula
Stand no: 1101 Student(s): Helen Miff Title: To Investigate The Mathematics Of Simple Cables Overview: I am investigating the mathematics of simple cables and the
Junior Individual
Overview: To examine the physics of the yoyo considering its physical
Stand no: 1401
Stand no: 1310 Student(s): Iseult O'Donnell, Roisin Skwirbat Title: Curl Like Carlos Overview: Our project is to investigate the various directions footballs travel
Stand no: 1202 Student(s): Patrick Kerr Title: Acoustic Band Gaps-Where More Is Less Overview: A scientific investigation into acoustic band gaps and phononic
Intermediate - Individual
Teacher: Nicola Murphy
Stand no: 1106 Student(s): Mel O'Leary Title: To Learn More About The Nature Of A Bouncy Ball Overview: In this project I plan to
Stand no: 1100 Student(s): Niamh Mc Gowan Title: Fruit Numbers? Overview: A project to measure the total salicylate content in a selection of fruits and vegetables School: St Mary's College - Derry Teacher: Ann Blanking
discover whether or not a bouncy ball displays features of a chaotic system School: Lucan Community College Teacher: Aisling Quirke
Stand no: 1107 Student(s): Emma Ni Fhearraigh Title: Rogha Eile Ar Dhroigeadh Grianda
Stand no: 1201 Student(s): Dada Oyinlola Title: Mathematical Analysis Of
Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobuin
Teacher: John Sims
Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobuin
Stand no: 1308 Student(s): Julianne O'Connell,
Intermediate Group
Overview: In this project we plan to
investigate if ball tampering is worth the risk of getting banned and which
Teacher: Ruth Hickey
Stand no: 1406 Student(s): Ruairi 0 Donnchadha, Donall Mac Giolla Bhain,
Stand no: 1400
Clan 0 Gallachoir
Stand no: 1309
Student(s): William Cosgrave,
Title: An T-Eifeacht Ata Ag Ceimic
Student(s): Lorcan Miller, Paul Jarvis
Adam Byrne, Shane Vickers
Title: The Use Of Fruit Dyes On A Gratzel Solar Cell Overview: To test which fruit dye will
Title: A Comparison Of Bluetooth And Infra Red On Phone Overview: Research, test and compare
Lasair Mhoillitheach Ar Crann Siorghlas Overview: The aim of our project is to determine the effects of different flame-retardant chemicals on the
produce the most power when put on
the capability and range of Bluetooth
combustion of a particular
a gratzel solar cell
technology and infra red on mobile phones
evergreen tree
School: St Andrews College - Blackrock Teacher: Hilary Rimbi
School: Abbey Community College -
School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn
Wicklow
Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobuin
Teacher: Mairead Lennon
7
Stand no: 1407
School: Confey Community College-Leixlip
Green, Dublin
Student(s): Darragh Breathnach,
Teacher: Rachel Linney
Teacher: Yseult Whitaker
Manus McCole, Conal Mcginley Title: Airde Ti?An E Fachtoir Neamhchasuil? Overview: We want to find out if the height at which the tee is placed affects initial aspects of a ball after it has been hit School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobuin
Stand no: 1408 Student(s): Clara Mulvihill, Aoife Duggan Title: What Are The Odds!
Title: To Improve The Efficiency Of Tungsten Light Bulbs
Stand no: 1414
Stand no: 1420
Student(s): Keara Mc Glinchey,
Student(s): Karen Donnelly, Juliet Dodd, Jacinta Dempsey Title: A Gym That Generates Its Own Power Supply
Leanne Roan, Linda Friel Title: What Materials Work Best In A Sandbag For Blocking Floodwaters? Overview: The purpose of this
Overview: We'll investigate creating a
experiment was to see what materials work the best in a sandbag for
gym that satisfies its own power
preventing a flood
School: Deele College - Lifford Teacher: Mary Gibbons Stand no: 1415 Student(s): Amy Moore, Mary Maher, Clara Horan
needs) Kinetic energies converted into electrical energy this energy can be
Overview: To create a bulb that produces more light than heat and to investigate the quality and quantity of
tungsten used in a light bulb School: Salesian College - Celbridge Teacher: Sinead Green Stand no: 1427
Green, Dublin
Student(s): Eoghan O'Sullivan, Mark Murray, Sean O'Sullivan Title: Can Styrofoam be used as fuel? Overview: We intend to subject
Teacher: Yseult Whitaker
Styrofoam to pyrolysis in order turn it
used to power equipment
School: Loreto College - St Stephens
Stand no: 1432 Student(s): Carrie Keenan, Sarah Laverty, Christine Caffrey Title: What Percentage Of T.Y. Girls Can Sing On Relative Pitch? Does Singing On Relative Pitch Depend On
or other multiple bets School: St Laurence College Loughlinstown
Teacher: Anthony Carolan
Teacher: Tony Mcgennis
Student(s): Anthony Coates,
The Age Or Musical Background Of
Student(s): Charlene Curran,
The Subject? Overview: We will calculate the percentage of T.Y. students who can sing on relative pitch. We will then survey them to find out their musical background
Dervla O'Connell, Carey Hasson Title: Fuel For Thought Overview: A project to investigate the
School: St Vincent's Secondary School
- Dundalk Teacher: John White
Stand no: 1504 Anthony Murphy,
tand no: 1438
calorific content per g of various fuels
(both commercial and homemade from household rubbish), that can be burnt in an alternative energy heating system
Title: The Significance Of A Dominant
Collision As An Indicator Of Success In Rugby-A Further Investigation. Overview: The aim of this project is to statistically analyse the collisions, scums, rucks, mauls, tackles as an indictor to success in the game of rugby using the top eight teams in the World Cup 2007 from the quarter
Stand no: 1510 Student(s): Kevin Walsh, Roisin Curtin, Christy Storer Title: Rip Currents At Lahinch Beach Overview: It is intended to measure the velocity of the rip currents on Lahinch beach and to predict the rip
current traits under certain conditions School: Mary Immaculate Secondary School - Lisdoonvarna Teacher: Sarah Moore tand no: 1511 Student(s): Sarah Gahan,
School: St Mary's College - Derry
finals onwards
Katy Watson, Brian Delaney
Teacher: Ann Blanking
Schoo: Balbriggan Community College Teacher: Theresa Gannon
Title: Variations In Domestic
Michael Conwell, Nial Mcelhatton
Overview: We plan to test water
Overview: The goal of this project is
Overview: Investigating the composition
Stand no: 1428
Title: Phosphates Down Our Drains Overview: We are trying to find out how we could reduce the levels of phosphates from washing machine waste water before it goes for treatment Schoo: Scoil Chonglais - Baltinglass
Student(s): Slobhan Weir,
Water Supply
Teacher: Eileen Gallagher
Transmission Of Vehicle Unlocking
and how it varies from house to house
affects a player's shooting percentage
Systems By Cellular Phone
Stand no: 1512
Student(s): David 0 Mahony, Daniel Waugh,
Aine O'halloran, Sinead Liddy Title: Using Energy Beads To Test How Effective Different Sun creams Really
Overview: An investigation of water
to determine if the ball's starting position for shooting a basketball
Title: An Investigation Into The
of fog and whether or not a circuit can detect the presence of fog in order to save lives on Irish roads School: Dominican College - Drumcondra
samples from various towns and from Aluminium cooking utensils to find out if they comply with EU standards of Aluminium
and the reasons for this
School: St Wolstan's Community
Overview: An investigation into the
Student(s): Aoife Mckeon,
School: Loreto Convent - Letterkenny
Are And Developing A Method For
Aisling O'Farrell, Sarah Shields
Title: How Green Are Alternative Blo-
Teacher: Susan Kenny
The Promotion Of Positive Skin Care In The Sun
School - Celbridge
School - Celbridge Teacher: Paula Kirrane
transmission of vehicle unlocking
Teacher: Mick Moriarty
School: St Wolstan's Community
systems by cellular phone in terms of feasibility and variation School: Christian Brothers' GS- Omagh
Tite: Radon Levels In Our Water And Environment
Teacher: Kate Mcbride
of Radon gas - the radioactive decay of uranium in our water and in our
Overview: A mathematical and statistical study on the odds offered and requested on internet betting
exchange sites during sporting events to identify cross market correlations School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Teacher: Karma Lyne Stand no: 1409
Fuels In Relation To Carbon Emissions? Overview: We plan to investigate whether or not blo-fuels give off
more carbon emissions than fossil fuels and are as potentially harmful to our atmosphere School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Teacher: Fiona 0 Sullivan Stand no: 1410
Student(s): Eoin Callaghan, Douglas Halligan Title: The Effects Of Air Pollution On
Title: Can A Circuit Be Triggered By Fog To Automatically Turn On Fog Lights
Anne Mc Menamin
On A Vehicle And In Turn Save Lives?
Title: Are We Foiled By Aluminium?
Stand no: 1416
Student(s): Sinead Nichathain, Eithne Nicdhomhnaill, Fiona Nicheirisc Title: Ce Hiad Na Tairgi Coitianta A
Stand no: 1422 Student(s): Kerri-Maire Delaney, Deirdre Swaine
Bhainimid Undid As In A Mbionn
Title: The Level Of Chlorine Contained
'Parabens' lontu
In Lettuce.
Overview: Rlnneadh staidear
Overview: We discovered that lettuce
ar'parbens' le deanai agus thainig eolaithe orthu i gcnoc ailse. D'fhoghlaimid go bhfuil siad le fail i tairgi coibanta mar shampla: dibholaioch School: Gealcholaiste Reachrann -
is washed in chlorine so we began to wonder could it be dangerous & if so how much is too much? School: Lucan Community College Teacher: Aisling Quirke
Domhnach Mide
Overview: The aim of our project is to
Teacher: Jacinta Ni Dhubhain
Teacher: Anne Mc Hugh
Stand no: 1411 Student(sl: Susan O'Connor, Sinead O'Sullivan, Caitriona Morris Title: Local Variations Over Time In Temperature And Rainfall In South West Kerry Overview: In this geography project we intend to investigate if temperature and rainfall have changed over a period of time in our local area and possible reasons for this Schoo: Colaiste na Sceilge - Caherciveen Teacher. Orlaith O'Sullivan Stand no: 1412
Student(s): Jack 0 Broin, Brian 0 Rlada Title: Teannas Sa Leadoige? Overview: Conas a chuireann teannas
into styrene oil. We will refine this oil
Stand no: 1421 Student(s): Chloe Coyle, Jessica Neely,
The Performance Of Solar Cells
see the effects that some common air pollutants have on solar cells We are setting out to see what changes occur to the performance of the solar cell as the light travels through various pollutants
Stand no: 1417 Student(s): Lucy Gleeson, Amy Hannigan
Stand no: 1423 Student(s): Orla Fox, Rachel Mannning, Ashleigh Connors Title: Aluminium And Deodorants
Title: An Investigation To Find The
Overview: To investigate the quantity
Weakest Point On The Structure Of An
of aluminium present in deodorants
Egg Shell
due to the theory that aluminium can
Overview: we plan on applying force
be one of the causes of breast cancer School: Mount Sackville Secondary School - Chapelizod Teacher. Jennifer Simmons
to specific measured angle on an eggshell and in doing this to pin point the weakest angle point on an egg
School: Loreto College - Foxrock Teacher: Helen Hennessay
Stand no: 1418 Student(s): Roisin Corcoran, Estelle Purcell, Title: Swigging The Lead; Are There Heavy Metals In Your Coffee? Overview: We will investigate the
amount of lead and cadmium in coffee beans we will go to NUI Maynooth to carry out our experiment
School: Loreto College - St Stephens Green, Dublin Teacher: Yseult Whitaker
Stand no: 1424
Student(s): Catherine Nic Fhloinn, Aine Nic Fhloinn, Sarah Nic Suibhne Title: What Effects Viscosity? Caidd A Chuireann lsteach Ar Slaodacht Overview: In our project we will carry out various tests on Newtonian and Non Newtonian Fluids to determine what effects their viscosity We will also
analyse the mathematics of the topic School: Pobalncoil Ghaoth Dobhair Leitir Ceannain Teacher: Susan Ni Loinsigh Stand no: 1425
Distances And How Road Surfaces
Student( s): Nathan Moran, Timothy 0' Callaghan, Ricardo Freire Title: Converted Chimneys Overview: To develop a filter for use on domestic chimneys which will
Stand no: 1413
Affect Braking Efficiency
reduce or eliminate carbon monoxide
Student(s): Aisling Breen, Maire Concanon, Shona Mc Grath Title: Investigating Parachute Flights
Overview: We hope to investigate if a
and Nitrogen Oxide output
car's braking distance depends on a road's surface and if the components of a road surface contribute to a cars braking efficiency School: Loreto College - St Stephens
Srhonl Presentation College - Askoa
an sreang sa ralcead leadoige isteach ar an cluiche School: Colaiste Pobal Osrai - Kilkenny Teacher: Madailin Mhic Chana
Overview: We aim to investigate the
best weight to surface area ratio for
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Andrew Keating, Simon Munro
a parachute
Stand no: 1419
Student(s): Aine Kenny O'Shea, Emma Mc Donnell, Lorna Begley Title: Investigation Into Braking
to see if it can be used as fuel School: Salesian College - Celbridge Teacher: Sinead Greene
Student(s): Rebecca Murphy,
Maeve Kenny, Meg O'Connor
tand no: 1439
Student(s): Gillian Keenan, Celine Joy Title: Improving Your Basketball Skills
Teacher. Louise Ward
Senior Group
Overview: This project will use energy
Stand no: 1505 Student(s): Ryan Byrne,
Overview: Studying the occurrence
Stand no: 1434 Student(s): Tadhg O'Flynn,
Stand no: 1500
Micheal Brosnan, Seamus Sheehan
Student(s): Robin Flake, Finn Krewer
Stand no: 1506
environment
Title: An Investigation Into The
Title: Virtual Lab 3D
Student(s): Sinead Mcloughlin,
School: St Josephs College - Lucan
Overview: We are programming a
Justin Polley
Teacher: Tom De Brit
when sun cream needs to be reapplied
various angles and positions and see
virtual simulator of a chemistry lab with all the chemicals and equipment necessary for students and teachers to perform experiments virtually
Title: The Mathematics Of Fractals
bracelets that can be used to indicate
Various Angles Used In Order To Obtain The Perfect Score. Overview: Our project will attempt to place a basketball into the hoop at
School: St Caimin's Community School
which method is the most successful School: Hazelwood College -
beads to test the effectiveness of different brands and SPF of sun-creams
Energy beads turn different colours when exposed to UV radiation This will help us determine the approximate time that the sun cream will need to be reapplied. We hope to make UV
- Tullyvarraga Teacher: Maria Sheehan
Teacher: Michelle Herbert Student(s): Stephen Pearson,
Overview: We intend to investigate
Stand no: 1513
the phenomenon of the fractal in a variety of areas including creating our
Student(s): Sam Hall, Eoin Browne, Matthew Airlie
School: Gort Community School
own fractals and writing our own code
Tite: Do Backs Pass Forward?
Teacher: Marian Lowry
School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
Overview: A study of passing in rugby
Teacher: Fiona 0 Sullivan
to investigate if some passes, which appear back, are in fact, forward. This
Student(s): Paraic Kelly, Storm Helwill
Stand no: 1507
is done through experiments and use
Student(s): David Tapley, Brian Aston Title: Singin' While Your Scrubbin' Overview: investigation into the
of Vector Theory School: St Laurence College Loughlinstown
acoustic properties of shower cubicles
Teacher: Tony Mcgennis
Dromcollogher
Stand no: 1429
Stand no: 1501
Title: An Investigation Into The Causes
Title: Can't See The Carbon For The Trees Overview: an investigation into the ability of trees to sequester atmospheric
Overview: To prove that grinding
And Effects Of Lunar Transient
C02 and if trees can they used as a
and the reasons why your voice
more finely produces stronger coffee
Phenomena
means to curbing global warming
always sounds better whilst in the
Overview: It is an investigation into
Stand no: 1430
the causes of Lunar Transient Phenomena, temporary changes on the face of the Moon, a poorly researched topic to date
School: Marian College - Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Teacher: Eamonn McCabe Stand no: 1502 Student(s): Nicole Lynch, Aoife White
Student( s): Benedict Blunnie,
School: Methodist College - Belfast
Title: Ketchup On Lycopene
shower School: Colaiste Phadraig CBS - Lucan Teacher: Kevin Carey Stand no: 1508 Student(s): Sarah Donohoe, Olen Bajarias
Daniel Cooney
Teacher: Julie Copeland
Overview: A project to determine the
Title: Fresh Or Frozen?
Colm Greene, Carl Whitehead Title: In Search Of A Perfect Cup Of Coffee
with different taste and to explain why this is the case School: St Eunan's College - Letterkenny Teacher: Anne Coll
Stand no: 1435 Student(s): Daniel Williams, Mark Paulin, Anandagopal Srinivasan
Stand no: 1514 Student(s): Michael 0 Kane, Toner Michael, Glass Blaidhan Title: Wi R Ur Kidz Safe??? Overview: Do Wi-Fi classrooms pose a danger to pupils and staff? An investigation
School: St Patrick's Co-Ed Comprehensive Coll - Maghera Teacher: Julian Mcgale
amount of Lycopene present in
Overview: A comparison of the
Levels In Different Styles Of Housing Overview: An analysis of sound
Stand no: 1436
various types of tomatoes and tomato
Student(s): Kyra Coyne, Aine
based products
amount of vitamin C in fresh and frozen foods
penetration levels in a variety of
Hannigan - Dunkley,
School: St Mary's College - Derry
School: Fingal Community
Student(s): Laura Taheny,
modern and old housing and a study of the factors which affect this
Title: Is School Damaging Your Hearing For The Future?
Teacher: Ann Blanking
College - Swords Teacher: Nancy Tobin
School: St Gerard's - Bray
Overview: We want to find out if
Stand no: 1503
Tara Conlon, Eimer 0 Neill Title: Using Your Head!!! A Study Into Transponder Signal Enhancement,
Teacher: Catherine 0' Dwyer
everyday school life could be harming
Student(s): Rhona Togher, Eimear
Stand no: 1509
Using The Human Head!
O'Carroll, Niamh Chapman
Student(s): Andrei Zhereshchin,
Overview: Our project is to investigate
Stand no: 1431
our long and short term hearing School: Scoil Phobail - Clifden Teacher: Jamie Bain
Title: Are You Hearing Me? A Study
Helen Cheevers Title: Chlorine Levels In Pools - How Much Is Too Much? Overview: A comparison of the levels of chlorine and pH in a number of
why car key transponders will open
Title: A Study Of Sound Penetration
Student(s): Brian Watters,
Robert Morton, Martin White Title: The Effect Of UV Light On Swimming Pool Sanitizer Overview: We are investigating how exposure to UV light effects the effectiveness of swimming pool
Teacher Lucinda O'Connor
disinfectant School: St Patrick's High School - Keady
Stand no: 1426
Teacher: Paul Lavery
Student(s): Shane Carney,
tand no: 1433
Stand no: 1437 Student(s): Josh Hall, Craig Flynn, Darragh Hughes Title: Bet You Losei. Overview: Study of betting on football matches to show that the bookie has a huge advantage especially true when someone bets doubles trebles
Into Sound Localisation Ability In Humans. Overview: Our project will investigate
whether young people are better than adults at locating the source of pure tones between 2KHz and 4KHz This experimentation is based on the existing ability of young people to
Stand no: 1515
cars at an increased distance when held to the human head School: Ursuline College - Sligo Teacher: Anthony Carolan
swimming pools School: Fingal Community College -
Swords Teacher: Nancy Tobin
hear higher frequencies than adults School: Ursuline College - Sligo
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panel; breathnu at usaid fuinneamh
ecnnoiogy
Adam Keilthy, Conor Scully etector As A Safety Mechanism An Electromagnetic Field Detector as a Safety Mechanism which can detect overhead power lines and can be placed on high
ric Higgins Detection Of Vehicle Lighting Faults And Improved Lighting Systems
bodied construction vehicles to warn
circuits for installation in cars that alert
created by high speed light-weight
of impending harm from power lines
drivers if a failure of lights occurs, and
induction elements Gonzaga College - Ranelagh Joe 0 Briain
Leitir Ceannain
njor Individual
enrik Bruesecke An Investigation Into The Use Of
Americium 241 Radiation As A Storage Device For A Rom Disc I am trying to use radiation as a type of storage instead of magnetic or pits (Pits are found in CD's)
A Web Browser For The
Louis Gates-Hardiman tud, Tile Domestic Wind Turbine To design and construct a small wind turbine for domestic use with high energy conversion ratios
Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair Siobhan Ni Shearcaigh
I'm developing electronic
also warn of low light conditions
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal - Blarney
Andrej Pacher 4-D Gaming System
: To design and test a 4-D gaming console, whose image is created by low-density lasers
Rockbrook Park School Rathfarnham David Nolan
lan Coyne
Effect Of Different Coloured Light On Growth Of Cress Studying the variations
Overhead Projector
in plant growth depending on
overhead projector using materials
sensors to detect objects close to a
light colour St Andrews College - Blackrock Hilary Rimbl
that are cheaper, lighter, smaller, and more cost effective than marketed projectors already on the market Salesian College - Celbridge Sinead Greene
visually impaired person
xanc
Stud=
A Prototype For A Revised My aim is to construct an
Mark Rafferty Eternal Light
A unique light that absorbs Conor Healy Subtitles For Radio And Live TV Shows To develop a computer programme that will automate putting subtitles on live TV shows and
and re-energises its power source by
use of its light emissions thus providing an endless light (power source) Abbey Christian Brothers GS - Newry Gerald Savage
Radio chat shows, thus eliminating human error
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Colaiste Phadraig CBS - Lucan Kevin Carey
Luciano Van Rheenen T.P.S. (Tailgating Prevention System)- Reducing The Number Of Rear-End Collisions My project prevents rear-end-traffic collisions by sensing
if the vehicle behind hasn't enough distance for braking for its speed and if not the car brakes Oatlands College - Blackrock,
Patrick Mc Cann
Dublin
Joey Crofts
The 'udder' alternative to fossil fuels I wish to show dairy farmers can use geothermal heat
The Laser Grass Eraser
pumps to not only save their oil
Osazemen Aden Stud 째 Title: A Simple Electric Generator Ov. I intend to build a simple basic AC (alternating current) generator which will be constructed with the cheapest available resources
I have been working on this
project over the last four months. I want to investigate weather a laser beam is more effective and efficient at cutting sporting field grass than the traditional petrol lawnmower. The laser
beam will be mounted on a fixed rota St Peter's College - Dunboyne Caroline Toole
heating costs for their home but reduce their dairy running costs and
cool their milk in much less time Blackwater Community School - Lismore
Sandbags and barbed wire make excellent robust emergency shelters . Are there better alternatives
to using the heavy and expensive barbed wire without losing robustness? Presentation Secondary School - Listowel Kay O'Mahony
Sean Rooney
Kilo-Count A portable pocket size electronic weighing device which will prevent consumers being levied for excess weight in their luggage
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circumstances
The Institute Of Education Lower Leeson Street, Dublin
increase contrast of colour images, improving visibility and the marketing impact of company logos
Bandon Grammar School
breaking the third world poverty trap and associated unacceptable mortality rates resulting from open stove pollutants Presentation Secondary School - Loughboy Joan Cashin
Catherine Tattersall
Eoin Colgan
The Colour Catcher
Follow up on last years project the "White 0 Meter" which measured whiteness electronically. This project builds on that and measures colours digitally Vocational School - Abbeyfeale Ryan Kennelly
Stud Clara O'Brien T o ', Trash Can Energy I plan to make a model/ prototype of a machine that processes
food normally put in a compost bin to create electricity for the home St Wolstan's Community School - Celbridge Louise Ward
Simon Mac Giolla Easbuic An Electromagnetic Field
Title Smart Bike An innovative design, which incorporates new technology (smart-
wise) effectively, and will save many lives, by braking a bike automatically when a child is travelling too fast Abbey Christian Brothers
Variation On Single Instruction
Computer I intend to design my own processor architecture based upon the One Instruction Set Computer concept and benchmark it against a traditional processor Christian Brothers Secondary
School - Midletown
GS - Newry Tony Mooney
Cellne Flynn No-Go On The PTO To design and construct an automated alarm/shut off system for the PTO on the back of a tractor and to test its efficiency Blackwater Community School
Pat Hurley
David King
Grainne Bucke, Gemma Bucke
How The Motor Industry Can Axe Out Drink Driving
Tackling the ever increasing problem of drink driving on Irish roads by devising a method of preventing motorists starting their cars when under the influence Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Karina Lyne
Daniel Hobbs, Thomas Dempsey
programmable robot which we will
use to help the environment. We are going to call it Envirobot and it will be used to search and detect where people have left on lights Maynooth Post Primary School Helena Ryder
We are using a range of
natural pigments in solar cells to see if they improve the electrical output of the solar cell St Michaels College Ailesbury Road, Dublin
Jason Kelly
individual and a third party
Desmond College - Gortboy Donal Enright
Niamh Murphy, A Steamy Idea...
Using Teslacoils
John O'Brien
piece of equipment that uses solar energy to charge a mobile phone Dominican College - Wicklow John O'Brien
Tony 0' Rourke
Alexandra Carey, The Pivoting Ramp Generator (PRG) Investigating the conversion over a spring-loaded pivoting ramp,
Laura Walsh
An automated extraction
device which will extract smoke and fumes from domestic and multioccupancy dwellings in the event of fire assisting in safe evacuation of premises
How Effective Is Sun cream We are investigating the
effectiveness of sun creams using a variation of brands and SPF's by using a nail varnish that changes colour in UV light Sandford Park School - Ranelagh Alison Graham
Matthew O'Grady, Patrick Markey, Alan Morgan Pressure Propelled Vehicle We plan to pressurise water
and release it onto a turbine to move a car and keep the cycle going so the car doesn't stop
Fuinneamh Na Greine Taighde a dheanamh ar fuinneamh na greine; tomhais an
mheid fuinneamh a faightear o solar
Joanne Corbett
Roisin Ni Ghallachoir, Orla Core
Taimid chun dineamo a ceangailt le roth dubloir voltaisluchtalrecharr guthanphoca chun e a Luchtu Deanfaimid gleas practciuil-tairge usaideach agus glas
Scoil Chaitriona - Glasnaion Carmel De Grae
Orla Nic Dhonnchadha, Jacqueline Stewart,
Mark Carlisle Fuel Identifier
being put into your vehicle. This
problem costs thousands of pounds' worth of damage annually, even just in our locality Abbey Christian Brothers GS - Newry Mark Rodgers
Fiachna Mac Murchd, Shane Breathnach Bio-Fuel Jet Engine A homebuiltjet engine that runs on ethanol Meanscoil San Nioclas Rinn 0 gCuanach
Colette Ni Nuanain
Paul Gormley,
Frozen Once? Frozen Twice? Who Can Tell... We'll Tell You We are constructing a device which indicates whether food has
been previously frozen and thawed, to prevent food borne illnesses Colaiste lognaid S.J. - Gaillimh Brian Stewart
Donal Brady,
Laura Birch, Eadaoin
We propose that by
Eunan Cannon, Cian Henry Tecro Line Creating a new system of
inserting a small microchip under a child's skin can aid the child being
pitch marking combining a soccer
Heating Bills Using Microwaves
tracked by the radio waves it
and artificial grass to operate the
The project will investigate a novel & efficient way of heating water in a boiler used to heat a home
produces, if the child goes missing
new system
Eoin Mac Lachlan An Innovative System To Cut
by using microwave energy
Brigidine Secondary School - Mountrath
pitch and rugby pitch using motors
Summerhill College - Sligo Damien Keenan
Bronagh Mullen
Templeogue College Fiachra 0 Mearain,
: Thomas Franklin, Keith Mooney, Paul Martin
Ar Scoil Nua: Tionchar
the Antarctic St Aidans Comprehensive School - Cootehill
Salesian College - Celbridge
Gabriel McCoy,
Stephen Barry, Luke Fogarty, Declan Naughton
not freeze in the cool conditions of
Sinead Greene
Gerald Savage
Conor 0 Shea,
onor Moynagh, Liam Keane, Cian McPhillips Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? We wish to investigate the
A Luchtu Agus Muid Ag Rothaiocht?
Justine Gates
Gs - Newry
Karina Lyne
An Feidir Linn An Guthan Phoca
Patrick Orr, Hamza Khan, Res Lynch
Chip 'N' Track
Colm Keenan, Exhume A Fume
Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
School - Cork
Comerford, Aisling Dowling Francis Murphy,
speed in serving
theory behind why penguins' feet do
Jane Aston
embedded in roadway, to generate electricity as renewable energy : Christ King Girls Sec.
This project is to examine Hayley O'Dea, Elaine O'Brien
European/Japanese-Style rubbers,
to see which produces more spin and
Ballymahon
teslacoils and similar devices
Moyle Park College - Clondalkin Christine Kilcoyne
tennis rubbers, Chinese-Style and
Mercy Secondary School -
of kinetic energy from traffic travelling
the problem of the wrong type of fuel
Solar Charger
In this project we hope to
use animation as an advertising tool in a subway tunnel
electricity can be transmitted using radio waves. To do this we will use
Putting 'waste' energy in
the kitchen (steam from kettle, heat from toaster) to good use Dominican College - Wicklow
Sinead Farrell, KateO Boyle Animated Advertising
Stephen Joyce, Dean Larkin Wireless Power Transmission
A wearable portable device that detects the symptoms of
Envirobot We are doing a project on a
Testing Natural Dyes In Solar Cells
Hypoglycemia Early Detection Alert
Hypoglycaemia and alerts both the
ona Cahill,
Butler, Gordon Quigley
Our project is to prove that
Abbey Christian Brothers
Joey Donovan
An investigation of two
different styles of inverted table
aurence Quinn, Gavin
- Lismore
In my project I will make a
David McCarthy
Speed In Serving?
Sutton Park School
Amber Byrne, Laura Egan
My project aims to assist
Patrick Xie, Scott Shellard Which Style Of Table Tennis Rubber Creates More Spin And/Or
browser for the colour blind which will
Jim Darcy
Edward Gash
Abbey Christian Brothers Gerald Savage
To develop a device capable of providing early warning of small motorised craft approaching Irish shores in unusual or suspicious
Intermec
at airports GS - Newry
Tracking (EIST)
Tara Mcgrath Novel Hybrid Pressure Stove
Stud
Research And Development Of Emergency Sandbag Shelters
Rory Mc Glynn Electronic Illicit Shipment
Kevin Fahey
David King
Niamh O'Connor Emer Jones
Deansrath Community College - Clondalkin Mary Banks
Martina Downes
Sinead Nic Phaidin
Sean Foley
lan Byrne The Use Of Sensors To Help The Visually Impaired The project involves using
Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh Bishopstown
We have designed a web
ary Prendergast, allum O'Brien
Colaiste na Coiribe - Gaillimh
Colour-Blind
St Columba's Comprehensive
School - Glenties Kathleen Molloy
na greine sa scoil nua
Sean O'Regan Ultraflylet - An Improved Way To Kill Flying Insects We hope to design a new
type of ultraviolet insect killer to help people who find flying insects to be a nuisance. We will design this using sketches
Gaswatch
An innovative product,
Daire Mac Aodha Gleas Gailf Chun Liathroid Agus An Ti A Chuir Sa Talamh Can Crom Sips Is gleas e see le usaid i
which will use radio waves to alert the
gailf. Bata fada ate ann chun do
owners of the gas tank whether
Liathroid agus do ti a chuir sa talamh
everything is functioning and gas tank
gan cromadh sios
is high/low Abbey Christian Brothers
GS - Newry Tony Mooney
Gealcholaiste Reachrann Domhnach Mide
Eibhlin Ni Mhuircheartaigh
1
Social & Behavioural Dominique Twomey, Sinead Curley
John Murphy The Effects Of Driving Speed While On The Phone Or Listening
Christopher Harte,
David Howley,
Ciaran Crook, Niall Farrell,
Analysis Of Melodic Sequences In Traditional Irish Music We will build up a large
To Music
Peter Rice, Liam Mcglade Guitar Tutor designed and aimed at teaching those
database of traditional Irish tunes and
who can't afford lessons, how to play
to music alter your driving speed
analyse melodic patterns in them
the guitar
while driving?
using database queries. Then we will write a program to generate new
Abbey Christian Brothers GS - Newry
compositions automatically using
Tony Mooney
Do phone calls/listening
Boyne Community School - Trim
Paula Smith
these patterns
We intend to investigate Irish teenagers knowledge of internet
Sean 0 Fathaigh, Clan 0 Ceallaigh Fiosruchan Ar An Lion
To Develop And Test An Ergonomic Self Cooling Water Bottle We have plans to develop a water bottle that has a self cooling
security on social networks and the
Leictreachas A ChuirtearAmb
mechanism, through the use of an
effectiveness of that security
Le Riomhairi Gach la chuirtear an tufas leictreachas amu le riomhairi nach bhfuil muchta gan aonduine a nusaid
endothermic reaction
Catholic University School Lower Leeson Street, Dublin Ruth Hickey
St Marys College - Rathmines John Nisbet
Gealcholaiste Reachrann Laura Hannon,
Domhnach Mide
Eibhlin Ni Mhuircheartaigh
Evan Mcgrath,
It is a salt sprinkler like
Swipe Car To design and construct a safeguard system for car ignitions that will only let licensed and registered
Stephen O'Brien, David Cahillane, Conor Geary Bus Black Box We are designing and
drivers start a car Blackwater Community School
constructing a prototype model of a detection system for students on
- Lismore David King
machine that will automatically distribute salt on roads when the temperature reaches less than -4C
Blackwater Community School - Lismore David King
school buses. The system will ensure students are wearing seatbelts and Declan O' Brien,
if not will inform parents using
Clive Helen, Daniel Schuston, Killian Doyle Limiting Deaths On Our Roads:
SMS technology Blackwater Community School - Lismore
We plan to make a indicate to driver and authorities if
We aim to design and
School: Balbriggan Community
Overview: I am doing a detailed study
- Knocklyon
Overview: I am going to test to see
College
of how lack of sleep affects a person
Teacher: Leila Martin
which colours people trust the most
Teacher: Theresa Gannon
emotionally and physically and I am also conducting experiments to prove
School: Blackwater Community School
my hypothesis to include a controlled
does increase your concentration and
Stand no: 3107 Student(s): Nathan Feeney Title: The Breakfast Club
Stand no: 3001
Stand no: 3006 Student(s): Jeremy Boles Title: Do People Prefer Products With Longer Or Shorter Names
Student(s), Steven Shannon
Oveview: I entered this project in the
Mountrath
Club -Is it targeting the right students
Title: The Benefits Of An Assistance Dog
hope that I would be able to find out
Teacher: Bronagh Mullen
School: Community School - Carrick-
For Families Of Children With Autism
if people prefer long or short names
Overview: To demonstrate by
of products
Stand no: 3102
Teacher: Marie O'Conghaile
scientific enquiry that an assistance
School: St. Clare's Comprehensive
Student(s): Stephen Faulkner
dog facilitates significant improvement
School - Manorhamilton
Title: Meaningless Violence
Stand no: 3108
in behaviour, cognition, language,
Teacher: Edel Mc Phelim
Overview: By reviewing paper reports
Student (s): Hannah Lucey
on violent assaults on teenagers,
Title: Risk Appraisal In Young Adults
autistic child
Stand no: 3007
collecting data on arguments,
Overview: This proposal aims to
School: Sligo Grammar School
Student(s): Callum Maclver
questionnaires examine the statistics
examine risk appraisal in young
emotional and physical domains in the
sleep -deprivation situation followed by testing
Overview: It is a Survey -What is the
School: Brigidine Secondary School -
typical student that uses the Breakfast
On-Shannon
on why the attacks occurred, reasons
adults and the relationship between
On Short Term Memory Of Different
for the attack and what times they
subjective fears and objective risk in
Stand no: 3002
Age Groups
most occur
young adults
Student(s): Fionn 0 Marcaigh
Overview: To see the effect of colour
School: Colaiste Lorcain -
Title An Bhfuil Daoine Cosuil Lena
on short term memory of different
Castledermot
Madrai?
age groups
Teacher: Sylvester Mc Evoy
School: Loreto College - St Stephens Green , Dublin Teacher: Jennifer Campbell
Overview: Do people look like their
School: St Andrews College -
Teacher: Rita Shannon
isle: The Effect Of Different Colours
dogs? Build on work of Christenfield
Blackrock
Stand no: 3103
Stand no: 3109
and Roy (2004). To create a dog
Teacher: Hilary Rimbi
Student(s): Emma McCluskey
Student(s): Roisin Nic Eachmharcaigh
Title: Research Into The Effect Of
Title: Nbsanna Hiodraitiu I Measc Fir Agus Mna Sportdil I Dhun Na Ngall Overview: I want to investigate the
/owner similarity scale and test it experimentally
Stand no: 3008
Music On Memory In The Left Brain
School: Colaiste Eoin - Bothair Stigh
Student(s)'. Kevin Kiernan
Overview: I plan to prove that music
Title: UVA And Skin Cancers-How
can be used to improve a person's
hydration practices of sports managers
Teacher. Cionnaith 0 Dubhthaigh
Protected Are You? An Investigation
memory
and trainers in the North West
Into Public Awareness In Ireland Overview: My project is about testing
School: St Wolstan's Community School - Celbridge
School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn
Stand no: 3003 Student(s): Amira Mahdi
the about of UVA rays in the Irish
Teacher: Louise Ward
Title: Carbon Footprints-How Big Is Ours?
sunlight, to test public awareness of
Overview: Global warming is a serious
these rays and to test the ability of
Stand no: 3104
issue with carbon emission being a
sunscreens to protect against UVA rays
Student(s): Rosalind Ni Shuilleabhain
Title: Do The Clothes You Wear Make
School; Balbriggan Community
Title: Does Chewing Gum Aid
You More Attractive?
Lorgan
Tired Of Road Deaths? Here's A Colourful Solution prototype model tyre which will
Wirelessly Controlled Speed Limiter
Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobuin Stand no: 3110 Student(s): Tadhg Bolger
develop an automatic speed limiting
the thread is running to low or if the
system which uses radio frequency to
alignment in the car is off
major contributor. I am investigating
Blackwater Community School - Lismore
my schools commuting carbon
College
Concentration In Young People?
Overview: My hypothesis is that the
footprint & identifying and then
Teacher: Theresa Gannon
Overview: In my project I aim to prove
clothes you wear make you more
improve safety conditions on roads and prevent accidents caused by excessive speed
Bandon Grammar School Edward Gash
Anthony O'Sullivan, Brendan Jones
Thelobby.le An online community made up of Irish secondary schools, where students can view daily homework and projects, discuss matters and academics and view helpful resources Colaiste Pobail Naomh Mhuire - Cill na Mullach
Patrick Curtin
Michelle Liston, James Hunt, Thomas Moran
Ben Mcredmond, Patrick O'Doherty HiPPstr, Social Networking Redefined HiPPstr, is an online social networking service, built from the ground up, with innovative design, usability and functionality Gonzaga College - Ranelagh Joe 0 Briain
David King
Portable Chewing Gum Removal Machine Our project is a portable electric device that allows the user to
Colm Glennon,
remove chewing gum from paved or
Domhnall Mc Gowan, Christopher Davey
concrete areas Desmond College - Gortboy
Friend To highlight and prevent hackers retrieving unwanted
Kellie Nwaokorie, Lesley Humphreys, Katie Boyle The Bio Deg Bottle: Redesigning
aids memory and concentration in
School: Terenure College
interviews as my main research tools
Student(s): Sarah Casey Thiesen
young people
Teacher: Joe Mcdonnell
School, Castletroy College
Title: A Comparative Study Of The
School: Loreto College - St Stephens
Teacher: Lisa Kiely
Fitness Levels Of Teenage Boys And Girls
Green, Dublin
Stand no: 3111.
Overview: In this project I hope to test
Teacher: Jennifer Campbell
Student(s): Clara Lynch
Stand no: 3004
the correlation between gender, age
Student ( s): Stephen Harford
and fitness levels
Title Is The Choice Of Golf Ball
information from other people's
Significant In The Game Of Golf?- A
Teacher: Theresa Gannon
computer
Scientific Investigation
Summerhill College - Sligo Fintan Whelan
Enhance Their Biodegradability
impact of plastic drinks bottles
attractive
Stand no: 3009
School: Balbriggan Community College
Plastic Beverage Containers To
And Reduce Their Negative Impact On The Environment
or disprove whether chewing gum
I am using questionnaires and
implementing ways of reducing it.
Keylogger- A Hacker's Best
Donal Enright
Minimise the environmental
12
Niall Ahearne, David Cahill
David King
The Development Of An Automatic
School: Pobail Scoil Naomh Coilm Cille
Title: The Colour Of Trust
Marie Russell Auto-Salter, Disaster Alter
Eoin Scanlon, David Walsh
increase your memory
Individual Physically And Emotionally
Stand no: 3000
Teacher: David King Killian Gromley Traynor
Craig Duff,
Title: How Sleep Deprivation Affects An
Peter Roche,
Sean Murphy
Safetynet
listening to music during study really
- Lismore
Gort Community School
Jack Toner, William Downey
Stand no: 3101 Student(s): Aoife Lyons
Student(s): Joseph Fitzgerald
Investigation Overview: This study investigates the language of testing and the negative effect on our literacy skills
Junior Individual
The project is an aid that is
Sean Hynes, Eamonn Walsh, Conor Phillips
Hand Held Timed Drug Dispenser We made a user friendly,
through redesign incorporating the
0veivinw: Golf is a game of precision
Intermediate - Individual
& accuracy - you need to match your
Title: You Are What You Wear!
Stand no: 3105 Student(s): Dereck Gombedza
Overview: We are investigating if
Title: Vuisal Wrod Rcegoniition, Are
We have "dressed-up" as many
Boys Better?
stereotypes and observed people's
Overview, This project is to see
reactions to individual style
whether the brain is really capable of
School: Bandon Grammar School Teacher: Carena Mullins
people judge others on first impressions.
skills and experience with your golfing
Stand no: 3100
reading and understanding words that
accessories & equipment particularly
Student(s): Donnchadh Robinson
contain letters which are rearranged.
the golf ball. In my project I ask why
Title: Can Early Morning Exercise
It also compares this ability between
Stand no: 3112
so many choices ? Does it really matter
Improve Cognitive Ability In B-People
boys and girls within my school
Student(s): Hannah Carey Smyth
to the game?
Overview: The recent resurgence in
School: St. Killian's Community School
Title: The Effects Of Hobbies
School: Balbriggan Community College
interest in "larks Vs Owls" through the
- Bray
Overview: I wish to conduct a survey
Teacher: Theresa Gannon
launch of "B-society" has lead me to
Teacher: Martha Lannin
into people's hobbies and interests and do reaction and concentration tests to
use of biodegradable styrofoam and a
reliable, handheld tablet dispenser.
investigate the effects of exercise on
reusable antimicrobial outer casing
We have addressed all the problems
Stand no: 3005
"b-people" who I recruited from
Stand no: 3106
see how they are affected by them
creating the Bio Deg Bottle
which we have been made aware of
Student( s): Ryan Bissett
transition year for this study
School: St. Joseph's Secondary School
r, tits;, Texting Has Compromised Our
School: Skerries Community College Teacher: Katie Corbett
Student(s): Darragh Kelly - Murtagh Title: Does Music Really Help You Study? Overview. I hope to find out if
St Josephs College - Lucan Michelle Dunne
St Joseph's Secondary School - Foxford
Literacy Levels - A Scientific
Declan Cafferkey
- Navan Teache: Patricia Curran
Stand no: 3310
Stand nor3316
based activities
years and what adverse effect it is
School: Mean Scoil Muire - Galway
Young Males And Females In The
Student(s): Chris Hayes, Mark Bailey,
Student(s): Cliona Burke,
Teacher: Honora Meade
School: Co l aiste C h rao bh Abh ann -
Dublin 8 Area
having on the environment
Ovvvllew: This is a Multi-Instrument
School: Midleton College
Conor Kemp
Luke Watson, Katelyn Brennan Title: Increase In Obesity In Ireland
Stand no: 3322
Stand no: 3304
Title: The Effect Of Group Discussion On Attitudes To Mental Health Overview: Study the effects of
Teacher: Ruth Driver
Through The Ages And The Link With Diabetes
Student(s)'. Ciaran Kelly, Daniel Bray
participants doing questionnaires singly
Overview: Our Young Scientist project
Title: Do Dogs Have A Calming Effect
or in groups and see if there is a positive
is investigating the increase in obesity
School Mary Immaculate Secondary
Teacher: Michael Minnock
Student(s): Clodagh Feehely, Emily Cullinane, Amy Mckibben Title: How Diet Affects Academic Ability Overview: We wish to find out if
Stand no: 3328 Student(s): Mark O ' Sullivan,
the p ast 30 y ears and why they did so
investigation into the awareness levels about AIDS in two schools in a Dublin postal area School: Synge Street CBS - Dublin
Teacher: Louise Curtain
On The Elderly?
effect on attitudes by working in groups
in Ireland through the ages and the
having a breakfast Affects your ability
Title: Mice L ik e Ch eese
School: Christian Brothers Secondary
link with diabetes. For our project we
to work in class
Overview: We will see if they choose a
Overview: We are testing to see if
School - Wexford Teacher: Mick Walsh
will focus on the factors that have contributed to the increase in obesity in Ireland School: Colaiste Mhuire - Johnstown Teacher: Julie Gleeson
School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
high sugar f ood or c h eese t h at w ill b e
Teacher: Michael Neaves
in a small maze School: Bandon Grammar School Teacher: Edward Gas h
S tan d no: 3113
Stand no: 3119
St u d e nt(s): Ciaran Greane y Ti t l e: I s M ore O r L ess B e tt er ?
Studentlsl: David Crowe Title: A Study Of The Location Of Car
O ver view: I want to investigate if less
Dealerships In Munster
p l ayers on a fi e ld d ur in g a Gaelic f oot b a ll ma t c h w ill l ea d to less v i o l ence, more open p l ay, l ess fo u ls
Overview: I want to examine the way that car dealerships have moved over
an d a more entertainin g g ame Sc h oo l : S t E unan ' s C o ll ege -
School - Lisdoonvarna
L ett er kenn y
Teach,
St u d e mt ( s ) : Sadhbh So p er Ni Chafraidh
Stand no: 3200
Stand no: 3206 Student(s): David Mason Title: The Study Of The Potential For Overhead Cable Cars As A Form Of Public Transport In The Older, Hilly
Ti t l e: M o ti va ti ng P up il Performance-
Student(s): Laura Sims
Parts Of Cork City
elderly people in nursing homes feel calmer, relaxed and happier after visits with a dog School: Blackwater Community School - Lismore
Whi c h I s M ore Eff ecti ve, Hi g h e r Or
Title: Did Geography Count In The 2007 General Election? Overview: I want to see if there is a relationship between the voting p atterns in the general election of 2007 in relation to the home of the candidates
Overview: Some streets of Cork are
Teacher: David King
School: Mary Immaculate Secondary
John Sims
T eac h er: M ar i e K e ll y
Senior Individual S tan d no: 3114
L ower S c h oo l E xam Results? O verv i ew: Thi s project's aim is to i nvest i ga t e w h a t e ff e ct relativel y 'h ar d' or ' easy ' gra di ng of exam paper s has on p u p ils p erformance in aca d em i c su b jec t s S c h oo l : Th e Hi g h S c hool - Rath g ar T eac h er: C aro l Whitf o rd
Stand no: 3115 Student(s): Elizabeth Swanwick Ti t l e: S av i ng E nergy: What Is It Worth?
teenagers eating habits, their impressions of their own body image
Title: How White Is Right?
watch and their participation in
Overv ew: In the U S on average t h ere
Adam Flood, Garry Maguire
Title: Pray You're Not Shark Prey
Overview: The project will ( a) assess the
various sports
effectiveness of different bleaching
School. Mayfield Community School -
and how today's culture, the media and society pressures contribute to these problems School: Arklow Community College
School: St Michaels College Ailesbury Road, Dublin Teacher: Anne Lynch
are six steps in the connection between every b o d y. W e are l oo kin g to see how many there are i n I re l an d School: Loreto College - St Step h ens
Teacher: Helen Corbett
Green, Dublin
Stand no: 3324
Teacher: Yseult Whitaker
Teacher: Jennifer Campbell
Student(s): Katie O ' Conner,
Laura Porter, Amber O ' Reilly
S tan d no: 3330
Stand no: 3318
Title: To Hear Or Not To Hear - The
Student(s): Sarah Curt i n, Cl ara C a lli nan,
Truth About Mp3 Players Overview: In our project we wish to investigate the dangers that listening to MP3 players has and will have on
Cork
School: Chanel College - Coolock
Overview: We wish to carry out water
Overview: We hope that our project
young people
analysis on the canal and see how
it and find the reasoning behind our
Sara Dana h er Title: The Effects O f E xerc i se O n Mental Ability Overview: To see i f do i ng exerc i se h as an effect on student ' s menta l a bili t i es
increase in immigration levels here
will provide information about
omega 3, 6 and 9.We will conduct a
School: Dominican College - Wicklow
and reaction timing
in Ireland
teenagers attitudes, knowledge and
survey, a poster campaign
Teacher: Helen May
School: Mary Immacu l ate S econ d ary
School: Catholic University School -
motivation towards wearing helmets
School: Mount Sackville Secondary
Lower Leeson Street, Dublin
and bicycle usage School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobbin
School - Chapelizod Teacher: Jennifer Simmons
conducting experiments and doing survey i will see whether it is a valid statement
Stand no: 3300 Student(s): Samantha Henry,
St u d e nt(s): Derek Nall y Ti t l e: St u d en t P os t ure And The School
Stand no: 3202 Student(s):Orla Mcsweeney
much of this pollution is due directly to the traffic on our roads We will work out ways that people can travel to our school to reduce the traffic on our roads and help the environment
Ch a i r O verv i ew: S tu d en ts are oft en c orr ected
Title: Food To Dye For: Peoples
School: Loreto College - Crumlin
Reaction To A Change In Food Colour
Teacher: Liam Byrne
on sea ti ng, i w ill i nves ti g ate how
Overview: My project is to record the
compa tibl e o ur school chairs are with
reactions of people from different age g rou p s to unusually coloured food School: Ballincollig Community School Teacher: Aoife Lancaster
Stand no: 3301
Student(s): Clara Griffin, Amy McGrath, Title: The Influence Of Internet Advertising
Student(s): Donna Joyce, Shannon Brett Title: Are We Culture?
Overview: This year we are doing our
Title: Glasses, Contact L enses A n d
Shreya Ahluwalia
Student(s): Ashling Gleeson, Stephanie Phelan, Amy Collins
Overview: Our project is about
Laser Surgery: Att i tu d es, C osts A n d
Title: Is It A Pet's Life?
recognising the difference in different
science project on " the most common broken bone in the body " . We will find
Overview: Our project is to investigate
out more about this School: The Teresian School Donnybrook, Dublin Teacher: Sharon Wilson
Overview: Investigat i on i nto att i tu d es,
Teacher: Elaine Cotter
cultures, i.e. Language behaviour, bone structure, through research and interviews with people of different cultures School: Killinarden Community School - Tallaght Teacher Helen Concannon
Student(s): Aisling O'Dwyer,
costs and experiences o f presentat i on students regarding g l asses, contact lenses and the experience o f a d u l ts who have had laser eye surgery School: Presentation Secondary School - Thurles
Stand no: 3314
Stand no: 3320
Naomi Pierse, Jennifer Keogh
Teac h er: Ni a ll M urp h y
Title: Jeepers Creepers! How To
Stand no: 3307
Title: How Does Cerebral Dominance Effect Your Perception? Overview: We are researching how left /right brain dominance effects people's ability to perceive optical illusions
St u d en t(s): Martin O'Shea
Internet . We will give a questionnaire
Schoo'h. Sutton Park School
pet care between age groups
Teacher: Catherine Tattersall
to understand the influence of
Student( s): Laura Breslin
Music On Work Performance Overview: To see the effect of different styles of music on the amount of work done and it's quality in a g iven time School: Lucan Community College
internet advertising School: Mary Immaculate Secondary
School - Lisdoonvarna Teacher: Sarah Moore
School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
Stand no: 3308 Student(s): Bethany Hegarty, Roy Stem, Nicole Butler
Student(s): Joy Mulcahy,
Kevin 0' Regan, Kevin Hennessy Title: New Notation
Protect Your Peepers Overview: We will study how UV rays affect your eyes and how effective sunglasses are. We will survey Irish teenagers on their use of
Stand no: 3332 Student(s): Siobhan M cgrat h , A o if e Staunton Title: The Behaviour O f A S o litary D o l p hi n Overview: To study the pattern o f
sunglasses/glasses
School: Loreto College - St Stephens Green, Dublin
be h av i our o f a so li tary d o l p hi n, an d compare its behaviour to t h at o f ot h er
Overview: We are going to compare
Overview: We have devised a new
and contrast the lives of teenagers in
way of notating music. We hope that
this way will be found easier and more effective School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
to survey people to see what their
Teacher: Hugh O'Callaghan
current attitudes are to blood donation,
S c h oo l : N aom h l o s ae f - Caislean An
Stand no: 3204
Title: The Green Teen Scene
Ireland with those on the continent
Bh arra i g h
Student(s): Klaraghkaitlyn Mulvey
Overvew: Our project is about adults
Teac h er L orra i ne C ar e y
S tan d no: 3118 S tu d en t(s ) : T omas Miller
Title: The Integration Of Non-Nationals In Our School Overview: I wish to investigate the inte g ration of foreign students into
and children but mostly teenagers views and knowledge of recycling and do they know how they can help the environment
(especially in the Netherlands) School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Teacher: Rosemary Murphy
T ti e: A Com p arative Study Of Society's
my school and find out the attitude of
School- Our Ladys Grove - Goatstown
Reco g nition Of Traditional Religious
Irish students towards them and make
Ima g es With Po p ular Media Images
recommendations for the future
Overvew, I wish to investigate and
School: Community School -
com p are , throu g h surve y s of five
Carrick-On-Shannon
to carrying an organ donor card and the idea of automatic donation School: Kinsale Community School Teacher: Gerard Hogan
Teacher: Jennifer Campbell
Stand no: 3321
Title: Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome
Overview: In our project we wish to
Student(s): Claire Stone, Saoirse Houston
Overview: Our project is on Scotopic
investigate the problems that our
Title: Good Night Sleep Tight
Sensitivity Syndrome. SSS is a perceptua l
generation may face in the future as a
Overview: We aim to prove that sleep
dysfunction. It is a visual problem
result of the different shoes worn School: Dominican College - Wicklow Teacher: Helen May
is vital in everyday lives. We have asked volunteers to deprive
which is not detected by standard visual and medical examinations. It
themselves of sleep for up to 24 hours
principally affects reading and writing
Stand no: 3309
Stand no: 3315
Student(s): Rebecca Murphy, Natalie
Studentlsl: Hannah Whyte,
Road, Dublin
Parkinson, Clara Murphy
Teacher. Jackie Donovan
Title: Effectiveness Of Cleaning Agents
Kate Byrne, Orla Bolger Title: Shoes: How They Affect Your Health
different a g e g rou p s , people's k now led g e of traditional reli g ious
Teache: Marie O'Conghaile
i mage s and p o p ular media ima g es
Stand no: 3205
S c h o ol: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
Studentlsl: Olawale Hassan
Teacher: Karma Lyne
Title: Awareness Levels Of Aids Among
usage has grown in the last twenty
Experiences
Title: How Do Irish Teenagers Compare To Teenagers In Europe?
Fiona O'Neill
Stand no: 3303 Student(s): Billy McCarthy, Jack Gibbons Title: Fantastic Plastic: But Does It Have A Future? Overview: We will show how plastic
Stand no: 3326
Aoibhin Ryan, Aisling Meade
Student(s): Anna Henderson,
Darcy Mcgahan Title: A Statistical Study Of Attitudes To Blood And Organ Donation Overview: I n recent times there have been regular reports about blood and organ donation shortages. We decided
Stand no: 3302 Student(s): Sandra Hembrecht,
Stand no: 3331 Student(s): Mary-Claire Fitzpatric k ,
Stand no: 3313
Stand no: 3319
Stand no: 3203 Title: The Effects Of Different Styles Of
Teacher: John Sims
Student(s): Niamh Lowney,
Teacher: Ruth Hickey
Overview: We are showing two short films with advertising from the
Stand no: 3117
School - Lisdoonvarna Stand no: 3325
Student(s): Lucy Mcgrath, Sorcha Delaney, Aisling Fitzpatrick Title: The Most Common Broken Bone In The Human Body
animal care, in the town and country, and to enquire about differences of
f o ll ow i ng d ay
Green, Dublin
Student(s): Rebekah Sinclair-McCabe, Grainne Marron, Laura Peters Title: Awareness Of Omega3, 6 And 9 Overview: We would like to find out if students are aware of the benefits of
pu bli c spaces / env i ron m e nt Sei ioo l : Al exan d ra C o ll ege - Milltown
Teacher: Aisling Quirke
attractiveness of teeth and adults School: Loreto College - St Stephens
Studentlsl: Corm ac Singleton, Eoin Shivnen Title: Multicultural Project Ii Overview: Our project is a continuation of last year's entry, we wish to extend
Nadine Kinsella, Jade Fay
act i v i ty perf orme d pr ior to g oin g to b e d an d l eve l s o f a tt e ntiveness the
products (b) compare the perception of
Edith Dodd
Student(s): William McCauley, Christopher McCauley, Eoghan 0 Dhochartaigh Title: Dearcadh Deagoiri I Dtreo Clogad R6thaiochta:Staide6r Tras-Teoran
Stand no: 3306
Title: 28 Years Later).
O verv i ew: I a i m t o i nv esti g ate whether t h ere i s a connecti on between the
Stand no: 3312
Junior - Group
influences people impressions by
Concentration Levels The Next Day
-
Teacher: Denise Heron
Overview: To observe if a persons style
Title : Pre-Slee p Activities And
Overview: An investigation into the
Teacher: Liam Begley
use d to power di sp l ay s enhancin g our
Teac h er: S eamus H ynes
Title: Small World E xper i ment
Student(s): Ryan O'Connor,
i n i t i a ti ve compare d with the ener gy
ana l yse d c h a i r mo u ld examined and a l so posture awarenes s S c h oo l : G a i rmsco il Mh u ire - Athenry
young people play, TV programs they
I want to Investigate the issues and cost of an alternative public transport system for these districts using cable car technology
O verv i ew An investi g ation of ener gy sav i ngs b ase d on th e "Power Of One"
goo d pos t ure, ques ti o nnaires and
Stand no: 3329 Student(s)'. Clara Walsh, Dervla Ga ll en,
Overview: Our projects will investigate
Title: Waist-Ing Away
School - Lisdoonvarna
Stan d no: 3116
Title: Screen Teen Or Jumping Bean? Overview: Is there a connection between the type of video games
Stand no: 3305
Teacher: John Sims
School: Loreto College - Foxrock Teacher: Helen Hennessay
Student(s): Fionn O ' Feargail, J.P. Pugh
parts of the North side where I live.
really narrow and steep, Particularly
behaviour of a hunting shark, and into its methods of attack
Stand no: 3201
Stand no: 3323
Ben Scott, Andrew Shorten
Stand no: 3317 Student(s): Hannah Glass, Jane Drew, Rebecca Conroy
Student(s): Clara Mitchell Title: How Style Influences People First Impressions
T eac h er: Ni a mh Mcshane
Stand no: 3311 Student( s): Jordan Guilfoyle, Chloe Ormonde Murphy, Lauren McCarthy
Ki l coo l e
On Work Surfaces Overview: We will examine different types of hygiene wipes and cleaning
agents to see which is the most effective on kitchen worktops School: Dominican College - Wicklow Teacher: Helen May
dolphins ' normal be h av i our. H ow it reacts to different people different l y School: St Flannan ' s C o ll ege - E nn i s
Stand no: 3327
Teacher: Caroline Wh e l an
Student(s)'. Anna Mcglynn White,
Keelin Drew
15 14
Stand no: 3435 Student(s): Joanne Cronin,
Matra Judge, Karen Mulligan
Siobhan O'Neill, Yvonne Creedon
Title: Divided Dublin, Teenage
Title: The Abuse Of Over-The Counter
Underage Drinking
competition is based on the attitudes
Teacher: Enda Byrne
Perceptions Of The North Side And
Drugs .... A Hard Pill To Swallow!!
Overview: In this project we hope to investigate the link between Alco pops
of second-level students towards the science subjects and how these could be improved
South Side
Overview: Our project is an
Stand no: 3425
Overview: To investigate attitudes to
Student(s): Gearoid Coughlan,
the north-side and south-side among
people are of Osteoporosis in our
Stand no: 3408
Stand no: 3413
Student(s): Orla Rochford,
school and to make people in our
Student(s): Timothy O'Brien,
Student(s): Donna Gallagher,
Niamh Murphy, Chloe Webster-Kelleher
school more familiar with it
Raisin Gillespie, Aine Doherty
Title: Animals In Captivity
School: St Aidans Comprehensive
Colm Smyth Title: To Investigate The Problems
Stand no: 3419 Student(s): Nicole Dunne, Kathy Doyle Title: Science Ed: What Lies Ahead?
Title: Do Alcopops Encourage
Overview: The aim is to find out the
School - Cootehill Teacher: Debbie Coss
Faced By Foreign National Students In
understanding of animals
Stand no: 3403
Ireland Today Overview: We hope to survey and interview a number of foreign national
Scher : Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
Student(s): Clara Mcquillan,
students to find out the problems
to see if more girls than boys drink
Teacher: Rosemary Murphy
Sarah Kieran, Siobhan Hayes
Also pops!!
Leitir Ceannain Teacher: Susan Ni Loinsigh
true treatment of animals in captivity. We hope to give people a better
and teenage drinking. We also want
Diarmuid Crowley, Cian Mulderrig
a sample of Dublin teenagers with a
Title: An Investigation Into Ways For Asthmatics To Reduce The Frequency Of Asthma Attacks
view to establishing whether old
investigation of the abuse of over-the counter drugs in tablet form). It is also an investigation into the knowledge and use of these drugs in
stereotypes persist
today's society amongst the young
School: St Dominic's High School -
and old
Stand no: 3420
Overview: Through questionnaires and
Sutton
School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
Student(s): Amy Harte,
observations of inhaler effectiveness
Teacher: Aine Woods
Teacher: Margaret Dewhurst
we aim to determine a pattern between frequency or asthma attacks and lifestyle and how to improve this School: Ardscoil Ui Urmoltaigh Droichead na Bandan
hoot: St Wolstan's Community
Title: The Side-Effects Of Looking Good
faced by them when they come to Ireland
Stand no: 3334
Overview: We plan to look at the
School: Cavan Vocational School
Student(s): Kevin Murphy,
methods young girls are prepared to
Teacher: Maura Maloney
James Murphy
use to enhance their body image and also the damages these procedures can do both physically and emotionally
Stand no: 3409
Stand no: 3414
Seanagh Glynnmartin
Student(s): Ann Marie Malone, Zoe Walshe, NicolaDunphy
Student(s): Annemarie Breathnach, Leah Tinton, Kirsten Reynolds
Title: Do You Know About Ecoscan?
School: St Louis Secondary School -
Overview: We are investigating the
Carrickmacross
Title: To Investigate The Hand Hygiene
Title: The Wonders Of Left Handers
relationship between right hand
Teacher: Grainne Sherlock
Procedures Used In Hospitals To
Ovcvvievv: The study of the behaviour
Prevent MRSA
of left handed people and are they
Stand no: 3404
Overview: We wish to investigate
Student(s): Lorna Boyle, Anna Keane, Hannah Sioux Daly Title: Is This Making You Yawn?
how hand hygiene procedures are implemented in hospitals and how it could be improved to stop the spread
deemed to be more creative than right handed people School: The Teresian School Donnybrook, Dublin
people know about ecoscan and how much and educate them more about it School: St. Clare's Comprehensive School - Manorhamilton Teacher: Edel Mc Phelim
Overview: The main aim of our project
of this infection
Teacher: Sharon Wilson
Title: Investigation Of The
Relationship Between Hand And Foot Dominance
dominance and right foot dominance
and between left hand dominance and left foot dominance School: Kilrush Community School Teacher: Margaret Pepper
School: Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair -
School - Celbridge Teacher: Louise Ward
Overview: We wish to investigate if
Stand no: 3421 Student(s): Cliodhna Kelly, Ellen Clancy Tith,: The Green Machine - Way To
Stand no: 3335
is to investigate the different levels of
School: Grennan College -
Student (s(: Prionsais 0 Lionnain,
effectiveness of contagious yawning
Thomastown
Stand no: 3415
Household Waste Management
Nathan Breathnach
stimuli. e.g. the sight of yawning
Teacher Nicola Murphy
Studevt(s): Snead Campion,
Jul Ireland
Title: Gleacaiocht Ordoige( Thumb
School: The Teresian School Donnybrook, Dublin
Stephen Murphy, Shauna Dowd
Overview: We are investigating all the
Acrobatics) Oversew. To test for the level of
Teacher: Sharon Wilson
dexterity in peoples thumbs to see if those using gadgets can dial a
number, play an electronic game more easily that those who do not School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn Teacher: Micheal 0 Giobuin
Caoimhe Kelly, Louise Geraghty
of students in our school who have
will develop under the following
diabetes and to investigate if the canteen food in school is suitable for diabetics
headings: 1. Manufacturing
Scnool: Castlecomer Community
management 4.The analysis of data
Gerard Kennedy, Niall Murphy
the human brain processes information and a study into the best methods of learning and remembering our school work School: Loreto College - St Stephens Green, Dublin Teacher: Yseult Whitaker
Ove rnew: The brain is transfused so
Student(s): Barry Thomson, Adam Monks, Michael Joyce
Teacher: Anne Mc Hugh
Stand no: 3400
Overview: To investigate the number
issues regarding household waste management in Ireland. Our project
Title: How Do We Learn?
Tltlc: Who Has The Upper Hand?
Overview: An investigation into how
Stand no: 3411 Student(s): Darren Walsh,
Title: Time Perception Overview: Our aim in this project is to
Stand no: 3406
Eimhin Smyth
see if time seems to go faster when you
Student(s): Lillian Ryan, Ross Warren, Shane Walsh
Title: To Investigate The Relationship
Title: Can Music Help To Improve
Between Social Networking Sites And Personality Types
experimenting with other theories like
Endurance
Overview: Our aim is to establish
does time seem to go faster if you are in the dark or if not etc
Overvrr,ev : We are going to test to see
whether there is any relationship
if music has an effect on the length of time you can run and the effect on heart rate
between peoples use of social types with a MBTI
School,: Salesian College - Celbridge
School. Cavan Vocational School
Teacher: Sinead Greene
Teacher: Maura Maloney
do something fun or does it go slow if you do nothing. We will also be
School: Colaiste Eanna CBS -
Rathfarnham Teacher: Anne Mc Hugh
e: Young People And Diabetes
Stand no: 3410 Student(s): Laura Rock,
Stand no: 3405 Student(s): Sean Flynn,
that left-handed people are rightbrained to see if left-handed people are better at maths School: Colaiste Eanna CBS Rathfarnham
Intermediate Group
networking sites and their personality
Stand no: 3401.
biodegradable plastics 2. Investigating packaging 3. Hazardous waste
School
using TriangleTriage adn the chi test
Teacher Nora Henderson
School: Colaiste Lorcain Castledermot Teacher: Sylvester Mc Evoy
Stand no: 3416 Student(s): Maeve Cooney,
Laura Piggott, Robyn Marren Title: A Boarder's Life For Me?
Stand no: 3422
Overview We plan to investigate the
effect boarding school has on the lives
Clare Gibbons Title: Ta Muid Ag Flosru An Meid
of students from the initial stages of
Daoine A Bhionn Ag Usaid A Nguthan
their life there to when they have left
Poca Agus lad Ag Tiomaint Carr
and draw conclusions from patterns
Swdcr.t(s) . Niall Ryan , Suzannne Healy ,
the results using the variables of age
Overview: Our project is to investigate
and gender
Ruth O'Neill , Eavan Healy
two different methods of teaching the same topic to a group of students and record which method yields better results
Title: True Or False - Can You Tell
The Difference? Overview: A study into whether
teenagers can tell if other teenagers are being genuine with them and how they are lying
School: St Vincent's Secondary School
- Dundalk Teacher: John White
School: Mary Immaculate Secondary School - Lisdoonvarna Teach,
John Sims
Stand no: 3438 Student(s), Michael Mc Gee, Marty Mc Ginty, Eamon Coll Title: A Study Into The Development
School: Muckross Park College -
of the prevalence of left and right brain thinkers in our school and the suitability of our educational system
after running this programme
Seatbelt Wearing In Teenagers
School: ScoilMuire gan Smal -
Overview: Dying to Drive is a project
Overview. To research how aware
Teaching Yield Better Results
Student(s): Aoife Williams , Mairead Bourke Title: How Green Is Our Education? Overview: To investigate the amount
Stand no: 3418 Student(s): Sarah McComish, Teri Quinn
School: St Aidans Comprehensive
Stand no: 3427 Strsdentlsl: Anna Cagney,
Stand no: 3434
the appearance of skin. They will see these changes after undergoing the April Age Progression Programme, We will survey their feelings before and
School - Cootehill Teaches Joanne Corbett
update MacGreils research using only secondary level students and compare
Maeve Boland, Danielle O'Carroll Title: The Battle Of The Brain - Which Side Are You On?
perception on how smoking affects
Osteoporosis In Our School
Overview: In our project we will
School: Gallen Community School Ferbane Teacher: A g nes Doolan
people are stereotyped and defined by their general appearance and age
Title: An Awareness Study Of
Teenagers In Ireland
Student(s): Cliona McCarthy,
Overview: Our project is based on how
Teacher: Declan Cafferkey
Student(s): Leanne O'Doherty, Grainne McCarragher, Aoife Robinson Title: To Test Whether Mneumonical Or Chalk And Talk Methods Of
Teacher: Mick Moriarty
sporting ability/sporting skills in junior
Alison Harper, Tanya Smith
Title: Prejudice And Tolerance Among
to students in St. Josephs College Schooh: St Josephs College - Lucan Teacher: Michelle Dunne
hundreds of foreign workers
investigate if handedness influences
students in our school that travel in a car without a seatbelt
Stand no: 3432
Stand no: 3439
School: Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn Teacher: Micheal0 Giobuin
that will investigate the number of
Tess McGovern
and posture position from the parents
Drumcondra
Overview: To investigate smokers
Roscommon
Student(s): Evelyn Linnane,
potential inherited relationship of gait
School: Dominican College -
Its Cover?
Teacher: Padraig Harlow
Stand no: 3437
Teaches: Yseult Whitaker
has one large industry employing
Overview: Our project aims to
- Foxford
Green, Dublin
Demonstrated By Parents And
our money
Overview: We plan on investigating
School: St Joseph's Secondary School
Overview: Examination of school shoe heel erosion to determine the
Between Rear-Foot Loading Patterns
of Banagher in West Offaly, which
Stand no: 3423
the problem of Peer Pressure and the effects it has on people of our
Stand no: 3402
interview schools and associations for the blind School: Athlone Community College Teacher: James McGrath
Student(s): Carly Sheedy, Clara Morrissey, Fiona Geraghty
Teacher: Jacinta Ni Dhubhain
drivers successfully drive safely and
Student(s): Catherina Mullen,
our eyes. Then we are going to
Their Children?
research if the use of social networking has an effect on teenager's academic results. We also will further research if it has an effect on other areas of a teenagers lifestyle School: Loreto College - St Stephens
Michelle Toolan, Rachel Warren Title: Is There A Genetic Relationship
machine or are we just wasting
Domhnach Mide
simultaneousl y use a hands free car phone
hopefully prove if this is in fact true
Student(s): Hannah Gaffney,
Overview: I am focussing on the town
School: Gealcholaiste Reachrann -
Title: Dying To Drive - A Study Of
typical school day without the use of
Strain On The Community
Teacher: Pat Horan
Title: Beauty Dies Where Smoking Lies
conduct a survey based solely upon appearances , our results will
Overview: The aim of our project is to
Sarah O'Reilly Title: The Claw Machine- Skill Or Luck? Overview: Does spatial awareness affect your ability to play the claw
gcarranna ag disdid guthan poca
Title: Stereotyping: Judging A Book By
Teacher: Patricia Mc Phillips
how challenging we would find a
Stand no: 3426
Stand no: 3428 Student(s): Aishling Carron, Sarah Phelan Title: Immigrants- A Benefit OrA
ceadtadan paisineiri a mbionn i
School: Our Lady's Bower - Athlone
Mary-Louise Finnerty
- Tullyvarraga
Affect Your Academic Results?
Of Young Irish Male Drivers
Young People Today
in modern society. We aspire to
Overview: We are going to establish
Ttle: The Blind Leading The Blind
Overview: We want to look at the
Title: Peer Pressure: How It Affects
Sporting Ability
Networking Sites Such As BEBO,
Sarah Walker
Student(s) Eimear Ellis , Alissa Karpick,
Overview . We want to investigate if
Student(s): Meghan Smyth,
Student (s): Hollie Tumulty,
Teacher. Anne Marie Mee
Overview: Taimid ag tomhais an
Laimhe' Ar Do Thiomaint
Stand no: 3407
Stand no: 3436
Student(s): Rebecca Mahony, Clare Parsons, Clare Fender Title: Does The Use Of Social
Stand no: 3433
that emerge
Stand no: 3417 Student(s): Ryan 0 Dubhchoin, Conchur 0 Giobuin, Caolan 0 Maolchiaran Title: An TioncharAta Ag'Fon Gan
Teacher: John O'Sullivan
Stand no: 3431
Donnybrook
Stand no: 3412 Student(s). Siobhan Handy, Jennifer Fannon
Student(s): Grainne Ashmore, Wynona Grant Title: The Influence Of Handedness On
cycle students in our school School: St Caimin's Community School
16
Stand no: 3430 Student(s): Beth Travers,
Overview: Our project entry for the
the severity of the condition and which phobia's are the most common School: Our Ladys Grove - Goatstown Road, Dublin
Stand no: 3333
development of our young drivers and try to identify the reasons why a lot of
them become killers on our roads School: Deele College - Lifford Teacher: Mary Gibbons
Overoierc Our project is a case study
School: Our Ladys Grove - Goatstown
Stand no: 3429 Student(s): Rachel Sherlock ,
Road , Dublin
Shauna Ryan, Laura Corcoran
of wasted paper and electricity in our
in catering for both. It involves both
Teacher Anna Kilgallon
Title: The Effect Of Lighting On
school through observations surveys
quantitative and qualitative research
generation by means of a survey
Concentration And Attention Levels
and interviews. We also are going to
on a group of approximately
Stand no: 3424
Ovende,v: We wish to find out if
Student(s): Alison O'Brien, Sarah Breathnach Title: 'Fear Factor'
different types of lighting affect
250 students. We will be using statistical analysis and interviewing
concentration levels in a workplace or classroom and if so which type of
research how our school received the green flag and how things have changed since receiving it School: Laurel Hill Secondary School
lighting would be best
FCJ - Limerick
School - Hospital
Teacher: Siobhan Crowe
Teacher Mary Sheehan
Ovarview:
Our project explores
phobias, how they affect people and
S(Iinc!H. Presentation Secondary
what causes them . We also plan to
School - Loughboy
look at whether age has a bearing on
TearH
focus groups
School: John The Baptist Community
Deirdre Knox
17
Stand no: 3464
School: Douglas Community School -
Stand no: 3481
Student(s):
St v d ^ eelsi. Shre y ashee Sen g u p ta ,
Gillian Keohane, Louise Burns
Teacher: Orla De Bhailis
Chloe Higgins, Ciara Murray
Sislinn Cullen Title: Are Pets A Source Of Stress
Cork Teacher: Jennifer Allen
Student(s): Jennifer Moloney,
Student(s): Louise Wade,
Stand no: 3458 Student(s): Mary Cooper,
Stand no: 3470
School: Colaiste losagain - Baile an Bhothair
Stand no: 3452
To Process Information While Asleep
Stand no: 3440
Stand no: 3446
Student(s): Shauna Carrick, Anna Shine , Katie Mullan Title: Do Star signs Really Affect
Your Character? Overview: We are conducting recorded video interviews on various people f rom different a g e g rou p s to determine whether star signs effect peoples behaviour and mannerisms
Title: How First Year Students React To Entering A New School And What We Can Do To Help Them Fit In Overview: This project is all about how people feel about going into 1st year as we ourselves know that it can be difficult and want to help them fit in
School: Muckross Park College -
School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
Donnybrook
Teacher: Hugh O'Callaghan
Teacher: Anne Marie Mee
Title: To Investigate The Human Capacity
Student(s): Gemma Treacy,
Overview: Our project is to investigate
Olivia Brennan Title: The Environment-How Educated
the human capacity to process
Overview: We wish to investigate how educated teenagers in comparison to adults are on the environment using
information while asleep. we are going to test various age groups using audio tapes and see if they retain any information the next morning School: Loreto College - St Stephens
the methods of surveying
Green, Dublin Teacher: Yseult Whitaker
Are We?
Stand no: 3447
School: ScoilMuire gan Smal -
Student(s): Brian Woods, Shokri Raoof, Ad am B ra d y Title: Subliminal Messaging: The P ower T o C on t ro l Y our Mind?
Roscommon
Overview: Our project i s to see h ow
St u dent(s): Adrian Mchugh ,
Louise Mc Loughlin Title: A Mobile Is A Teenager's
R y an Gallagher
Best Friend
Overview: We aim to g ather information
e ff ect i ve su bli m i na l mes sa g in g is and w h o i s mos t suscep tibl e to it , e .g.
Title: An Analysis Of Responses To
Overview: We wish to highlight the
on obesity levels in our local area
males/females and different age groups
Violent Imagery
fact that a teenager's mobile phone is
S c h oo l : Cl ona kilt y Communit y Colle g e
School: Cast l e k noc k C o ll ege
Overview: We wish to investigate the
a big part of their lives and the
Teacher: Patrick 0 Keeffe
Teacher: Sandra Tiernan
Stand no: 3442
Stand no: 3448
amount of time and money they put into them School: St Mary's Secondary School -
Student(s)'. Sinead Foxe, Suzanne Murphy, Kate Watson Title. To Test A Photo Line-Up For Bias
Student (s): Clare Doherty , Niamh Murray
effects of violence on the human mind and to investigate varying levels of desensitivity School: Magh Ene College - Bundoran Teacher: Yvonne Higgins
Teacher: Tomas O'Sullivan
Overview: We want to see if a suspect
It H as O n The Human Bod y And Mind
Stand no: 3454
Stand no: 3460
can be identified from a general
O versew: W e are i n t ere sted in doin g
Student(s): Claire O'Brien , Aoife Creed
Student(s(:Anna O'Flynn, Emma
description or a different photograph
a project on h uman f ea r and p eo p le's react i ons t o thi ngs th a t the y are afraid of or disgusted by S c h oo l : M uc k ross P ar k Colle g e -
Title: Music And Light- Do Certain
Arran g ements Help With Relaxation? Overview: We hope to find out if
Spain, lqra Khanam Title: Feel, See, Hear How Do You Learn Overview: Study of learning preference
listening to different types of music
style amongst a group of students and
Donnybroo k
and bein g exposed to different types
teachers e.g. Visual, Aural, Kinaesthetic
Teacher. Anne M ar i e M ee
of li g ht effects relaxation S c h oo l: C o lai s t e Ch o il m - Ballincolli g
and its possible implications
Stand no: 3449 Student(s): Clare Fenny, Julie Cheung Title: Eatin g Disorders In Today's Society - Are Teenage Boys Forgotten? Ove r view: Our p roject deals with male eating disorders. It examines male
Teacher: Hugh O ' Callaghan
Teacher: Pat Horan
anorex i a and bulimia in toda y 's
increases in cigarette prices has
soc i ety, It a l so ga th ers op inions from teenage males
affected smokers and the amount of cigarettes they consume in a week
School: Christ Kin g Girls Sec .
School: Oaklands Community College
School - Cork
- Edenderry
T eac h er D e i r d re B rosna n
Teacher: Claire Young
Stand no: 3441
Student(s): An g us Harding Smith , Andrew Dullea Title: The Difference Of Obesity Levels B etween A Child A T een a g er And A n Ad u lt
of them
School: Loreto College - St Stephens Green , Dublin Teacher: Jennifer Campbell Stand no: 3443 St u d e nt(s): Kell y White , Lauren Quinn , Aoife Mc Ginley Title: An Investigation Into Irish People's Attitudes Towards Organ Donation Overview: We want to establish people's
attitudes towards organ donation and to ascertain if teenage attitudes differ from those of adults School: Deele College - Lifford Teacher: Mary Gibbons Stand no: 3444 Student(s): Aine Foott , Jean Kelly ,
Teacher: Padraig Harlow
Stand no: 3459 Student(s)', Joanne Lonergan,
Stand no: 3453
Nenagh
School: Our Lady's Bower - Athlone
Stand no: 3461 Student(s): Rachel O'Leary, Thomasina Ryan T it l e: A ppearance C an B e Decei v in g Overview: A study on whether or not appearance can be deceiving when underage teenagers are trying to
obtain alcohol and cigarettes School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Teacher: Hugh O'Callaghan
Student(s): Eibhleann Ni Dhiarmada ,
Stand no: 3456 Student(s): Katie Holian, Kerrie Lynch
Stand no: 3462 Student(s): Amy Clarke, Emer Boyle
Miriam Ni Shullleabhain
Title: More Money-More Health
Title: Can Music Help Us Learn Better?
Title: Staidear Ar An Nasc Idir Bhearnai
Problems?
Overview: We plan to investigate the
Sna Scileanna Luaileacha Agus
Overview: To examine how eating
connection between listening to music
Deachrachtai Foghlama Overview: Nasc a chruthu idir bearnai l ua il eac ha ar leith a g us riachtanaisi tacaiochta foghlamtha leis an aidhm mo dh agus c la r f o ll as d a g us Idi r-g h a bhal a l ua th a m holadh
habits have changed since the Celtic Tiger and how they have deteriorated our health , in particular Irritable Bowel Syndrome
and the ability to learn School: Loreto College - Cavan Teacher: Carmel Gaffney
School: Mount St Michael -
Stand no: 3463
Claremorris
Student(s): Blaithin Hughes,
Stand no: 3445
School: Colaiste losagain - Baile an
Teacher: Bernie Ruane
Aldan Hannigan,
Student(s): Caoimhe Jauch ,
Bhothair
Claire Daly, Louise Daly
T eac h er: V a l er i e Ni Ch o chlain
Aoife Brady
Title: A Study Of Attitudes Towards Blood Donation Over ievw: Our project is a study of p eo p le's understanding attitude and ex p eriences of blood donation . Identify ing people's reservations and motivations towards giving blood School: Carri g aline Community School
Teacher: Maura Carroll
Stan d no : 3450
Stand no: 3457
Syndrome (SADS): An Investigation
Student(s): Cillian Mcgarry,
warning from oncoming trafficthat a
Student(s): Sarah Ni Chiarain, Sarah O'Malley
speed trap is ahead. We aim to
Title: Gaire 1 Shaol Dea g oiri
Overview: A study into the effects
Into The Need For Defibrillators In Schools And GAA Clubs Overview: We intend to give a detailed summary of sudden death syndrome and investigate the need for
explore the attitudes of drivers
Overview: Taimid chun figiur meanach
of video games on different parts of
defibrillators in our school and GAA clubs
towards this School. Colaiste Daibheid - Corcaigh Teacher: Sean Finn
do ce mhead uair san la a bionn
the brain
School: St Aidans Comprehensive
ddagoid ag gaire, cad faoi agus na
Srhoal. Belvedere College - Dublin
difriochtai idir buachailli agus cailini
Teacher: Patrick O'hanlon
School - Cootehill Teacher : Joanne Corbett
Title: The Attitudes Of Drivers Towards Speed Limits Overview One may have received a
S tan d no: 3451
Feli p e Loughran Title: The Effects Of Video Games On The Human Mind
Claire Rooney , Michelle 0' Hagan
Overview. We are going to use a
Title: The Investigation Of Cooperative
driving simulator in a boys' and girls' school , conducting three simple
relief for students based on t h ree experiment and a field study
multi-sensory perception o f t h e gen d ers
L earn i ng
School: Loreto College - Foxrock
School: Mount Sackville Secondary
Overview: Our group wishes to
experiments. One will be driving
Teacher: Helen Hennessay
School - Chapelizod Teacher: Jennifer Simmons
investigate whether learning in a
Relief In Secondary School Students Overview: We are going to fined out whether pets are a source o f stress
Student(s): Emma O'Sullivan ,
Stand no: 3471
effective and in which subject cooperative learning is most successful
whilst dealing with a backseat passenger, one whilst having a conversation on loudspeaker, and whilst dealing with a hysterical child
Elaine Connolly, Eadaoin Ring
Student(s): Patrick 0' Neill,
School. St. Clare's Comprehensive
School: Loreto College - St Stephens
Title: To Investigate The Role Of
Mark McCoy, James Wyse
School - Manorhamilton
Green, Dublin
Colour In Memory And Awareness
Title: The Effects Of Listening To
Teari v
Overview: We would like to
Music Whilst Studying
investigate whether colour affects a
O11eiv1ew: In our project we are
Stand no: 3477
Stan d no: 3482
persons memory and awareness
aiming to find out if listening to music helps you to focus whilst studying
Student-,): Jessica Murshes, Cass i e M urray Ti t l e.. T h e Di str ib ut i on Of M onumen t s
Stand no: 3465
group or as an individual is more
Feel Mc Phelim
T eac h er. Y seu l t Whi ta k er
Student(s): Lynn Kilgannon , Sorcha Keogh
Stand no: 3472
Student(s): Eoghan Brady, Oliver Griffin Title: A Subject Of Taste Overview: We plan to find out the reasons why students perform better in certain classes and find the reasons. We hope to help find out methods of
Title: Eyewitness Testimony - Just
Student(s): Lisa Twohig,
helping students to do better in c l ass
Ci v il W ar & W ar of Inde p endence ,
How Accurate Is It?
t;hcoi: Scoil Phobail - Clifden
compare them & map them using
Teachec Jamie B a i n
regard to both gender and age group,
Luke Twomey, Maeve McCarthy Title: The Accuracy Of Eyewitness Testimony Ovendew: Our project will test
g eo g ra p hical information s y stems School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Teacher: Norma 0' Keeffe
through survey tests and questionnaires
eyewitnesses (age and gender) under
Student(l: Ellen O ' Leary,
School: Loreto College - St Stephens
various scenarios to compare and contrast
Amy Hegarty, Serena Murphy
Stand no: 34 83
Green, Dublin Teacher: Yseult Whitaker
the accuracy of their testimonies
Title: You Likeee My Stereotypeee?!
S tu d entisl .' S usan M u ll an, Ai s hli ng 0 H ea
i School: Colaiste Choilm - Ball ncollig
A Statistical Analysis Of Teenage Attitudes
Ti t l e: Are We B ecom i ng Vi c ti ms Of O ur
Overview. Survey about how
Overv i ew,;: We are i nvest i gat i ng
School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Teacher: Hugh O'Callaghan
or. St Conleths College - Ballsbridge Teacher: Garret Campbell
Stand no: 3466
Overview: We are investigating the
Teacher: Hugh O'Callaghan Stand no: 3467
S tan d no: 3478
From T h e C i v il W ar & W ar Of Independence In Cork
Ovcr,ew: We will find out the num b er and locations of monuments from the
Own Success?
Student(s): Michelle Tighe, Cathy Basquel
Stand no: 3473
Title: Why Science As A Subject?
Student(s): Kate Doyle,
Overview: We aim to research and to find answers to why students pick
Catherine King, Clara Rowan
adolescents view females into stereotyped categories and judge them by image alone. This survey will be
Title: Is Your Food Intake Affected By
taken by adolescents aged 14-18
changes that occurre d i n our soc i ety after the economic boom an d w h et h er these developments have made us victims in a modern world
physics chemistry or biology during
The Amount Of Food In Front Of You?
School Kinsale Community School
School: Christ King Girls Sec. School -
second level education and for a career
Overvieuv We wish to see whether
Teacher: Mairead Du ll ea
School: Sancta Maria College -
people will keep eating food in front
Rathfarnham
of them until it is all gone or until they
Stand no: 3479
Teacher: Mary Murphy
feel full School: Loreto College - St Stephens
Stand no: 3468
Green, Dublin
Student(s): Siobadn O ' Neill,
T eac h ec Y seu l t Whit a k er
St u d en ti s l'. A nn a Harin g ton , Penelope Maguire Title: Students Obedience To Authority In A School Environment
Title: Are Left Handed People
Stand no: 3474
sec o n dar y school students obedience
Claire Ryan Title: What Is The Effect Of Music Vs. Sil ence O n Sl e e p in g Childcare Children?
More Artistic?
Student(s): Poornima Meson,
to authority in the school environment
Oeewieei: Our project i s to compre h en d
conclude whether its true or false School: Loreto College - St Stephens
Chloe Cartel, Elaine Evans Iide: Optical Illusions- How Do They Affect You? Overview: We want to find out if there is a difference in the way people
by carrying out related experiments in
Green , Dublin
especially mentally challenged people
Teacher: Jennifer Campbell
Teacher: Karen Clarke
react to optical illusions and if so why Stand no: 3480
in which atmosphere children will have more restf u l s l eep, c l ass i ca l m u sic or silence! We want to investigate if music could prove to be a distraction. We will investigate the truth, if music helps children sleep more efficiently or not School: Presentation Secondary School - Thurles
Overvless: To investigate the theory
are left handed people more artistic? We plan to investigate the theory and
School: Presentation Secondary
Student(s): Edel Ryan , Fiona Ryan Title: Living To Teach Or Teaching
School-Loughboy Teacher: Joan Cashin
C or k
Teacher: Laura Walsh
Overview: An investigation into
Faye O'Rourke, Ann Donnelly
Stand no: 3469
Title: Sudden Arrhythmia Death
Stand no: 3476 Student(s): Claire Blake,
Clarissa Galllgan, Sarah Kelly itle: How Teenage Driving Ability Is Affected By Background Noise And Our Generation's Technology
R am i a Jameel , Varisha Shahzad Titl e: B att l e Of Th e Senses(!!! O verv i ew: O ur proj ect in v esti g ates how and to what extent the differences b etween th e ma le and female brain causes di screpan cies between the
accuracy of eyewitness testimony with
Tide: To Examine Fear And The Effect
Stand no: 3455 Student(s): Kelly Molloy, Kym Malone Title: Impact Of Smoking Prices Overview. Our project aims to see if
Hanna h H ogan,
reference to milligrams shocking experiment
School: Loreto College - St Stephens Green, Dublin
Stand no: 3484 St u d en t( s ) : E m ma Care y, Orla R y an ,
Studrntlr(. Anastasia Anichkova,
T ea c her: Oli v i a 0 Brien
Yuliaa Chirke, Alex Lister Title: Correct Tyre Pressure And Thread
S tan d no: 3485 S tu d ent(s ) : S op hi e El Ni mr,
Overview A study of the factors
Stand no: 3475 Student(s): Ronan Doyle,
Depth - An Assessment Of The Level Of Driver Awareness And Driver
Rebecca 0 Keeffe, Hannah Kinsella
affecting job satisfaction among
Cilli an B rac k en, Garrett Kidne y
Practices In Lucan
Title: Do The Fears Of Second Level
Second Level teachers in Ireland,
Title: A Comparison Of The Efficiency
Overs'ewv: Determine the level of
Students Vary Wi t h A ge A n d G en d er ?
including age , gender , school size, q ualifications , leadership style and conflict resolution School: Holy Rosary College -
Of The Leaving Certificate And Other
awareness and practices of car drivers
Overview: The objective of this project
European Union Examination Structures Overview, We will compare the efficiency of the Leaving Cert with
on the importance of correct car
is to measure w h et h er common f ears
tyre pressure with respect to vehicle
Mountbellew
other examination structures from the
financial savings
Teacher: Maureen Walsh
original twelve member states of the
Schooi: St Josephs College - Lucas Teacher: Michelle Dunne
change with age and gender amongst second level students S c h oo l : L ore t o Colle g e - St Ste p hens Green, Dublin
To Live?
European Union
handling, the environment and
Teacher Yseult Whitaker
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Analysing the results and concluding the effectiveness and ease at which you can be controlled
Subcultures Among Irish Teenagers
Title: Carbon Footprint: Obviously
memory recall and concentration while studying School: St Francis Capuchin College Rochestown
School: Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal -
Irish teenage society, and what effect
Not Obvious
Teacher: Ellis Foley
Blarney
they have on the social development
Teacher: Sean Foley
of adolescents
Stand no: 3486 Student( s): Bridget Mcgrath, Ellen Standish, Fiona Kennedy
Overview: To examine the carbon
Overview: This project aims to examine the subcultures and trends in
footprint of a large sample of students
Stand no: 3492
in our school and to promote
Student(s): Mairead O'Grady,
Stand no: 3498
School: Patrician High School Carrickmacross
awareness of the effects of their
Martha Dunlea
Student( s): Grace Ward,
Teacher: Eamonn Mcbride
carbon intensive lifestyle choices. It is
Title: Diary Room Uncut
Ruth Mc Lean , Killian Mc Loughlan
also our intention to highlight the
Overview: A comparative analysis of
Title: Darwin & Me
Stand no: 3505
issue of food miles- an indirect
the body responses/gestures of males
Student ( s): Eamonn Bell , David Pearse
contributor of carbon
and females with a view to possible
School: Presentation Secondary
links to personality types
School - Thurles
School: Blackwater Community School
Overview : A comparative study of modern attitudes to Darwin's work School: St Columbas College - Lifford Teacher: Brendan O ' Donoghue
Teacher: Emma Kavanagh
- Lismore Teacher: David King
Title: Human Emotion And Non-Verbal Characteristics Of Speech Overview: We will analyse recordings of conversations in order to match
Senior - Group
non-verbal aspects of speech to the
Stand no: 3487
emotions of the participant
Student( s): Jessica Brown,
School: Sligo Grammar School Teacher: Rita Shannon
Stand no: 3500
what bullying is we plan to investigate
Stand no: 3493 Student(s): Aisling Reilly, Sinead Mcloughlin, Aoife Boyle Title: Study Methods - What Works, What Doesn't?
Overview: Our project investigates
Student ( s): Matthew McCann,
the reasons why people bully and the
Overview: We are living in a
how the lifestyles of people affect
Scott Baker
effects of bullying . During our project we
results-driven society. We intend to
their sleeping
Title: Does Sound Increase Emotional
will carry out various tasks to gather the
investigate different study methods to
School: St Louis Secondary School -
Responses To Frightening Films?
information we need. Why do People
discover the most effective routine to
Dundalk
Overview: We intend to show if sound
bully? What types of people get bullied?
improve memory skills
Teacher: Siobhan Greer
induces an emotional response in
How can bullying be stopped or prevented? what can we do? School, Family and Society
S( hool: St Joseph's Secondary School - Foxford
Stand no: 3501
used galvanic skin response to meas-
School: Old Bawn Community School
Teacher: Declan Cafferkey
Student( s): Alicia 0' Leary,
ure the emotional response
Sinead Murphy , Laura Tattan
School: Salesian College - Celbridge
Stand no: 3494
Title: Multitasking - Are Woman As
Teacher: Sinead Greene
Student (s): Orla Hayes,
Good As They Think?
Stand no: 3488
Shauna Kiernan , Sharon Houlihan
Overview: We plan to investigate
Stand no: 3507
Student( s): Shauna Corcoran,
Title: The Quiet Country Life?
the factors that affect our ability to
Student( s): Jana Foxe, Anahita Taatefi
Sarah Ryan, Michelle Power
Overview: An analyses of the impact
multitask such as age. We will carry
Title: How Technology Affects
Title: Eyes And Ears: Boys Vs Girls
that living in the city /country has on
out experiments to investigate
Young People
Roland Omisore Ttle: Bullying- Reasons And Effects Overview: We are going to define exactly
- Tallaght
Teacher: Edel Mcgovern
Student(s): Kerr Falcon, Aoife Mc Ardle Title: The Effects Of Lifestyle On The Sleep Pattern Of Young People
Stand no: 3506
participants while watching films. We
Overview: a comparative analysis of
peoples stress levels of loudness and
these factors
Overview: Our project is a survey of
the audio and visual memory of males
lifestyle choices
School: St Aloysius College -
students aged 12-18 and the
School : Blackwater Community School
Carrigtwohill
technological items they use, their
School Blackwater Community School
- Lismore
Teacher Niall Sweetnam
opinion of technology and how it
- Lismore
Teacher: David King
and females of ages 9-18
Teacher: David King
affects them
Stand no: 3502 Student ( s): Daragh Larney,
School: St Louis High School Rathmines Teacher: Lorraine Galvin
Student(s): Colm O'Gorman,
Stand no: 3495 Student(s): Matthew Nicholson, Brian O'Ruairc
Darragh Dreelan, Ryan Shiel
Title: Do You Know What You're Eating?
To Music Effects Performance
Stand no: 3508
Title: Blood: Do You Give Yours?
Overview: We will survey a sample of
Whilst Exercising.
Student(s): Ben Armstrong, Cian Ward
Overview: We will look into why
transition year student ' s eating habit's
Overview: We shall use different types
Title: Body Image - It's A Woman's
people are afraid to give blood and
and also see if there's a difference
of fitness tests to find a subject's
World, Or Is It?
Stand no: 3489
Peter O'hanlon, Darren Cunningham Title: To Investigate : How Listening
what affects their decision of not
between rural and urban schools
average level of fitness. We shall then
Overview: We wish to investigate if
giving blood
School: Sandford Park School - Ranelagh
do the same tests while the subject
teenage girls have a different
Teacher: Keith Mcbain
listens to music
perception to teenage boys about
School: Patrician High School Carrickmacross
what the most desirable body shape
Stand no: 3496 Student(s): Tracey Hanley,
Teacher : Eamonn Mcbride
School: St Kevin's CBS - Arklow Teacher: Michelle White
School: St Mary's Academy CBS Carlow
Teacher: Aileen Tennant
of a teenage girl is
Stand no: 3490
Dearbhla De Barra
Student(s): Therese Flynn,
Title: Does Morality Transcend Religion?
Stand no: 3503
Shane Byrne, Ciaran Kelly
Overview: The aim of our project is to
Student ( s): Sarah Murphy,
Stand no: 3509
Title: Is Your Future Your Parents Past? Overview: The effectslinfluence that parents have on their child/children's behaviour. Investigating how the child will develop as a person due to their parents School: Moate Community School Teacher: Alannah O'Shea
compare the moral values of different
Sophie O'Regan , Clare Twomey
Student( s): Ciara Higgins,
religious groupings as well as
Title: Do Our Fears Change As We Age?
Ciara Kavanagh , Megan White
non-believers
Overview: We wish to investigate if
Title: Physics In A Flash!
School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Teacher: Hugh O'Callaghan
our fears change or increase we
Overview: An interactive animation
become older . What ages are most
package to help physics leaving
fearful? Does gender affect this?
cert students carry out and learn
School: St Aloysius College -
mandatory experiments on
Carrigtwohill
their course School: Dominican College - Wicklow Teacher: John O'Brien
Stand no: 3497 Student(s): Darren Dineen, Eamonn Flannery
Teacher: Niall Sweetnam
Stand no: 3491
Title: Subliminal Messaging: How'Easy
Student(s): Michael Glover, Richard
It Is To Be Controlled
Stand no: 3504
Magee, Sean Kearney
Overview: Investigating, researching
Student(s): Gerard Finnegan,
Title: Music And The Mind
and experimenting with the various
Paul Mc Glynn, Tom,D Reilley
Overview: The effects of music on
types of subliminal messaging.
Title: A Study On The Modern
Stand no: 3510 Student(s): Peter Joyce , Michael Mitchell, Tara Nolan Title: Does Brain Lateralization Affect Natural Ability? Overview: We wish to investigate if brain laterafzation affects our natural abilities at
Overview: We plan to devise an alternative
Overview: Staidear ar na hathruithe in
measure for human happiness based on trusted
iompar daoine maidir idir siopadoireacht
Overview: We plan to investigate the
monetary weights as well as previously
oiche agus siopadoireacht lae, agus na
effects of advertising on our buying habits and how consistent marketing can persuade us to buy a product School: Patrician High School Carrickmacross Teacher: Eamonn Mcbride
unconsidered psychological and social weights
leasai soisialta agus eacnamaiocht a
School: Castleknock College Teacher: Jim Mcelroy
mbionn i gceist le siopadoireacht oiche School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Teacher: Karma Lyne
Stand no: 3521 Student(s): Sean Nangle, Michael Towers, Daire Heneghan
Stand no: 3524 Student(s): Natalie Coughlan,
Title: Does Form In Horseracing Matter?
Katie 0 Connell
Overview: Does a statistically significant
Title: An Investigation Into The
relationship exist between stable form and race success? If so is there a gambling
Effectiveness Of The Who Wants To Be A
Student(s): Ciaran 0' Gallchoir,
Stand no: 3518 Student(s): Rebecca 0 Keeffe, Emma Baxter, Caoimhe Horgan Title: Scouts Hot R Not
Breandan O'Mordha, Pat O'Dubhchain
Overview: We wish to investigate the
strategy to capitalise on this
Overview: The who wants to be a word
different attitudes towards scouting in teens of today and factors that influence
millionaire initiative is said to improve the
Overview: We propose to investigate
School: Castleknock College Teacher: Jim Mcelroy
whether chewing gum during an exam
the rapid decline in older scouting groups
logic, language , hand-eye coordination, creativity and reflex School: Presentation College - Athenry Teacher: Karol Mortimer
Stand no: 3511
Title: Guma Coganta: Eochair An Intinn
Word Millionaire
reading ages of participating students. We wish to investigate its merits by pre testing
improves scores and if so which type of
School: Ballincollig Community School
Stand no: 3522
and post testing all junior students. A
gum is best, sugar or sugar free
Teacher: Aoife Lancaster
Student(s): Karen Hegarty, Emma Healy,
control group will not participate and
Sarah Burke
results will be compared
Title: Home Economics - Is It The Key To
School: Davis College - Mallow Teacher: Jim 0 Sullivan
School: Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair Leitir Ceannain Teacher: Siobhan Ni Shearcaigh Stand no: 3512
Stand no: 3519 Student(s): Adam Moursy, Andrew Shorten, Ashley Wood Title: The Gender Question
Student ( s): Alison Flanagan . Olivia Shum
Overview Via observing team activities we
Overview To find out if studying nutrition, diet and exercise for all young people at school is the key to reducing the incidence
Title: Does The Apple Fall Far From
hope to prove which gender is the most
of obesity among young people
The Tree?
intelligent. We are using activities which
School: Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
Overview: Does The Apple Fall Far From
Teacher: Hugh O'Callaghan
The Tree. Our aim is to investigate whether
are proven to test the brain School: Bandon Grammar School
or not a person's beliefs and behavioural
Teacher: Carena Mullins
Stand no: 3523
traits are similar to those of their parents
Reducing Obesity?
Stand no: 3525 Student(s): Gavin Tinnelly, Shane Maguire, Sean Macken Title: Who's The Alpha Sex In Optical Illusions? Overview: We will investigate the differences in perceptions of optical
Student(s): Maria Maher, Karen Buckley,
illusions in males and females. We will
Cormac Doherty, Alan Henry
Sbisialta Agus Eacnamaiochta I
conduct surveys to establish our results School: De La Salle Secondary School Dundalk
Stand no: 3513
Title: Constructing An Accurate Measure
Gcuimhneas Leis Na Earrai Riachtanach Ag
Teacher: Cara Mc Adam
Student(s): Amanda Keegan, Lydia Flynn,
Of Human Happiness
Baint Le Siopadoireacht Oiche
School: Yeats College - Waterford
Stand no: 3520
Teacher: John Winters
Student(s): Liam Townsend,
Fiona Leahy Title: Chun A Chruthb Go Bhfuil Aidhm
Eoin Rogers Title: The Impact Of Musical Tastes On Social Acceptance Among Teenagers Overview: We propose to investigate the influence of music on social acceptance among teenagers and whether or not teenagers are judged by their tastes
in music School: Poball Scoil Naomh Coilm Cille Knocklyon Teacher: Leila Martin
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Stand no: 3514 Student(s): Katie Moran O'Neill, Eibhlin Malone Title: Is Yawning Contagious? Overview: We aim to find out if yawning is contagious by using an experimental method and a control group
School: Hartstown Community School Clonsilla, Dublin
UNIVERSITY rf LIMERICK orrsrnu Lr ' IMNIOK
Teacher: Sean Fitzmaurice
Stand no: 3516 Student( s): Andrew Guthrie , Ger Dunne Title: Can Your Eye Lie - An Investigation Into The Reliability Of The Eyewitness In Assisting In Crime Solving? Overview: The purpose ofthis project is to determine whether eyewitness reports are reliable enough to be used as substantial evidence in aiding and assisting in a crime scene
School: Balbriggan Community College Teacher: Theresa Gannon Stand no: 3517 Student(s): Conor Mcdermott, Ronan Martin , Ian Carolan Title: The Influence Of Advertising: How
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Psychology Can Be More Important Than
The Product Itself
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Biological & Ecological Science
a small anaerobic digester and using it
Dominican College - Blackrock
Junior - Individual
Jacinto Keogh
diet and find a more accurate way to
ichoo!, Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
measure it
leads
Daryl Clarke An Investigation Into The Dietary Habits Of The Irish Teenager This project aims to test the
Muireann Montague
Aoife Broderick
A Study Of Short Term
bunaithe ar me thraineail le
outperform mentally, physically, and
deochanna isea-iocshlainteach agus
health wise, the student who eats a nutritionally unbalanced diet
an modh is fearr chun lad a usaid
Age And How It Has A Role In Acne The purpose of my project
Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh Limerick
Ciara Ni Dhrisceoil
Theresa Gannon
in particular music played at high
in pH of the skin through the ages
volumes through earphones, or at
4-18 years
discos.I will be doing background
Naomh losaef Secondary School - Foxford
research into the science of hearing and hearing los Mount Temple Comprehensive School - Malahide Road, Dublin
Carbon Dioxide Levels In
Barry Kearns Lubabaty Betso
Classrooms
My project is about ragwort: where it grows and how to
My aim is to measure C02
get rid of it. I will survey local farms
levels in the classrooms in my school
and construction sites
and find out if size of room, ventilation,
Bandon Grammar School
Do Body Dimensions Affect Sport Skills?
and population affect these levels
Sean Fitzmaurice Adrian Shannon
Slug Control - The ChemicalFree Way To help gardeners control slugs the eco-friendly way I will conduct
Of A Non-Invasive Blood Sugar Indicator
Colaiste Bhride - Carnew
Gerard Hogan
Staidear Bonnline Eiceolaiochta ar an bhFlora i Riasc Goirt Barleycove Staidear ar na plandai ata
traschrios agus uadraithe chun eolas bonnline a chlard ar bitheagsulacht ages criosuchan an flora Colaiste losagain -
A Study To Investigate If
Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
neodymium magnets affect the
in sport
Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Joan Faherty
Henry Glass
The Detection And Locating Of Food By The Slug, Limax pseudoflavus The aim of my project is
of location of Ranunuculus repens
to discover how the slugs Limax
(Creeping buttercup) in furloughs in
pseudoflavus locate their food
the Barren on its leaf morphology
Kevin Maurine
Probionibacterium acnes? Probionibacterium acres is the causative agent of acne vulgaris I
School - Lisdoonvarna
of daphnia such as heartbeat and
a broad-spectrum baceeriocin, can
movement at various temperatures
Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Karina Lyne
and where these nematodes are found
Effect Of Classroom Ventilation
The Activity Of Daphnia
will investigate whether lacticin 3147, inhibit this acne-causing bacterium
Eoin Boland
The Effect Of Temperature On
- in association with Lennox
Thursday 10th January
3.00pm
IBTS
St Andrews College - Blackrock Hilary Rimbi
It's a project to investigate if ventilation has an effect on students' concentration and performance and if so how much
Sean Foley
Megan Quigley
Radon - a killer gas in Ireland Science in the combat of crime The Future of Blood Donation
whether three turtles can form a social hierarchy and discover which turtle would be most dominant by monitoring them for thirty-five hours hoof, Loreto College - St Stephens Green, Dublin
Jennifer Campbell
SFI Secondary Teacher Assistant Researcher (STAR) Awards Twenty Enlightening Demonstrations safefood for Life - Helping Students brush up on food safety at the touch of a button
Diarmaid O'Donoghue, Zoe Fox, Sharman Feeley,
Stephen Cullinan Turning Local Wastes Into Valuable Resources My project is about building
Matthew Egan The Effect Of Different
Orlaith Fox How Does Irish Dancing Compare In Achieving Overall Physical Fitness? We will do fitness tests e.g. beep test etc, on Irish dancers versus footballers, using people who do no
St. Clare's Comprehensive School - Manorhamilton Edel Mc Phelim
Treatments On Seed Germination We will treat a variety of
seeds with different treatments to see if the treatment affects the speed and rate of germination Mary Immaculate Secondary School - Lisdoonvarna John Sims
Ciara O'hare, Rachael
Dylan Kavanagh, Rachel Fisher, Emily Boland How Clean Is Your School Bag? To quantify the amount of the differences between school bag owners of age, sex and class etc
O'Byrne, Slnead Ryan
Is Make-Up Bad For Your Health? We will investigate the growth of bacteria in cosmetics Loreto College - St Stephens Green, Dublin
Yseult Whitaker
Cross And Passion College Wei Yun Chung
When Will Daffodils Appear I n The Year 2040?
Kilcullen
Caitriona 0 Donnell
when daffodils appear in spring. Also I'll predict when we'll see daffodils
e2r
Mapping Dissolved Oxygen Jeanette O'Meara, Aoife Boyle, Sean Healy Causes Of Classroom Drowsiness To investigate if C02 and
Andrew Robinson
Declan Sweeney, Wayne Danaher
I will investigate how climate change will affect the time
Victoria College - Belfast
Discover Sensors
St. Leo's College - Carlow John Glynn
Audrey Carty
bacteria on a school bags and examine
in 2040 Discover Science & Engineering Science Foundation Ireland Lennox Laboratory Supplies Ltd. safefood
Sutton
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal Blarney
Friday 11th January 11.00am 12.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm
when they are older
St Dominic 's High School -
On Student Performance
I want to investigate
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland Forensic Science Laboratory
fallen arches and the effects that has
was watered with caffeine, etc
Mary Immaculate Secondary
Do Turtles Have Hierarchies?
12.00pm 2.00pm
were more flowers on the plant that
sport as a control group
produce effective natural antibiotics,
Teacher Seminars
how young people today ignore their
I will investigate the effects
John Ortiz
I will monitor the activities
Our project will investigate
water than Coca Cola, to see if there
Ranunculus repens
John Sims Stud
Tessa Roche, Grace O'Dea, Kate Cullinane Feet Or Fashion
(Turloughs) On Leaf Morphology Of
An Investigation To Determine If
Nematodes' guts, can be used to
growth - i.e . to see if the roots grew
Darren O'Gorman
Clongowes Wood College - Naas
found within Entomopathogenic
We are going to find out the effects caffeine has on plant more when we watered the plant with
enior - Individual
Bernadette O'Dwyer
On Plant Growth
Of Temporary Limestone Lakes I will analyse both bottled
Stand:'
Photorabdus Lumiescens Bacteria,
Scoil Mhuire - Ennistymon Sue-Ann Sheridan
Sche Tear
An Investigation On The Effects
Inhibit The Acne-Causng Bacterium,
Sile Somers Studs Title: Rates of Sugar Absorption To explore the rates of absorption of different sugars in the
Sarah Smith, Niamh Crimon To Find The Effects Caffeine Has
effective way to clean them
Use And Abuse Of Bottled Water
The Bacteriocin, Lacticin 3147, Can
The Production Of Natural Antibiotics by Photorabdus luminescens Bacteria
them. I also hope to find the most
Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Karina Lyne
on subjects' sleep patterns to be James Stewart
Sutton
investigation into bacterial growth on
regeneration of planaria
In Sport
St Dominic's High School -
My project involves an
My project is to test if
test subjects and the effects of same
To Measure The Growth Of A I am going to measure the
Donnacha Gleeson
In Planaria
To investigate whether
growth rate of my bearded dragon Rocky, after varying his diet each month
John White
Sheila Dineen
Geena Fitzsimons Bearded Dragon Whilst Varying The Diet
of microscopic plants and animals
then how they react to different foods
rotate
Various infusions given to
St Conleths College Ballsbridge Gobnait Niaonghusa
Oria De Bhailis
depth affects the number and variety
Effective Way Of Cleaning Drinks Cans
John Corcoran
monitored
Baile an Bhothair
Growth On Drinks Cans And The Most
than those with short legs, arms etc
water and team water bottles used
In our project we will investigate whether light intensity and
St Vincent's Secondary School - Dundalk
Magnetism Affects The Regeneration
Effect Of Various Bedtime Infusions
Ira.
non-asthmatics are at risk
location and rotate their locations
Kinsale Community School
Fintan Moloney Assessment Of The Soporific
An Investigation Into Bacterial
results we can predict if
hitting, catching and kicking a ball,
I'm hoping to study bacteria that grow on a toothbrush when you're not using it. After that I will grow it. I have also done a survey on it
Kinsale Community School
ag fas i riasc goirt barleycove, ag usaid
Pond
Lucan Community College AislingQulrke
Emma Hennessy
data-logging spirometer and by our
I would observe how the
Toothbrush Sanitizer
poses the risk of infection
Mille Nic An Aoire
Different Depths In A Fresh Water
the vitamin C levels for
birds reaction to the colour and
The Study And Evaluation Of A
needle, which is inconvenient, and
Miriam Rickerby
A Study Of Microscopic Life At
higher vitamin C levels than fresh vegetables, and how long they retain
activities like running, throwing,
Aidan Doran
Sarah Overy, Hazel Conway
true that frozen vegetables retain
forcefully than necessary using a
Kate Healy
for diabetics. Diabetics normally use a
Audrey Carty
The Retention Of Vitamin C In
asthmatics habitually breathe more
the health of those who drink from
a non-invasive blood sugar indicator
the internet, and record them
Terry Glass
We intend to test if
Sutton
I plan to investigate if it is
Rosemont School - Blackrock
drinks cans and the danger posed to
Claire Shine
various foods and drinks without
Frozen Vegetables
and colour
Spirometer As A Predictor For Asthma
My project aims to develop
experiments, using methods I found on
both species respond to sign stimuli
Birds' React To The Colour, Location
Karina Lyne
and sight by getting subjects to taste
St Dominic's High School Amy Bartley
sticklebacks and neon tetras, where Using A Data-Logging
We plan to test the relationship between taste, smell,
certain senses
between two similar species of fish, Annemarie MacClancy
To Investigate The Relationship Between Smell, Taste And Sight
Investigation of interaction
Carol 0 Donovan
Or Food Inside Of Bird Feeders?
School - Stillorgan
The Development And Evaluation
Carena Mullins
Territoriality In Sticklebacks
and legs and big hands and feet, can
St Raphaela's Secondary
Lucy O'Donovan
Loreto College - Crumlin
Bandon Grammar School
Aoife Ni Cheilechair Defence Mechanism And
discovered that people with long arms participate better in some sport
- Clonsilla, Dublin
Courtmacsherry bay
caused by these treatments
Roisin Mc Mackin
To determine if the amount of sea lettuce is due to the amount of faecal coliform in the water in
Do Different Species Of Garden
In our project, we
Hartstown Community School
Edward Cash
Jonathan Campbell
tle Sea Lettuce - Why Does It Smell?
treatments have on afro hair. I hope to discover the extent of damage
Jessica Boyle-English,
Siobhan Mc Donnell
Stud,:
the effect chemical hair relaxer
excessive exposure to loud sounds,
is to observe and record the change
Cistercian College - Roscrea Jim Mc Manus
I am planning to investigate
of short term hearing loss due to
Megan Carey
Conor Cronin
Titre Eradicating Ragwort
digesting slurry to produce Biogas
I will study different aspects
Judy Tierney Stud'
To Investigate The Effects Of Relaxers On Afro Hair
Hearing Loss
How The PH Of Skin Changes With
Ta an tionscnamh see
a nutritionally balanced diet will
chool.. Balbriggan Community College
Zia Janjua Mariyah
(sea-locshlainteach Ar Me Ralbeail?
hypothesis that the teenager that eats
feud
Bernadette O'Dwyer
ten Eifeacht Ata Ag Deochanna
to find the optimum conditions for
Fiona 0 Sullivan
St Dominic's High School - Sutton i ac
Lino Bangu
Levels In The Rivers Of North Clare We are going to find the oxygen levels in the rivers of North Clare and map it using GIS. We are
02 levels in classrooms affect mental
going to do this over a three month
skills, and to compare classrooms with
period and see if it changes over time
opened and closed windows Newbridge College Dermot Walsh
Mary Immaculate Secondary School - Lisdoonvarna
John Sims
Saturday 12th January 11.00am 12.00pm
ISTA Science Foundation Ireland
Making sense of amps and volts SFI Secondary Teacher Assistant Researcher (STAR) Awards
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Oveid:et. An analysis of nodulation
blood pressure and temperature. We
Stand Emma Dillon, Leah Foyle,
Laura Moffatt, Isabel Chose
Strad
Could Reed-Bed Systems Reduce Sewage Levels In The River Liffey? We intend to find out if reed-bed systems could reduce
Clodagh Donlon , Susan Mcging
Sean Donegan
the laboratory
Kevin O'Connor
a Correlation Between a Person's Limb
School
Blow Dry Or Let It Dry Naturally?
Length and their Speed
l eac'ner: Nuala Burns
Ovenvti: We have organised for
An Exploratory Study Into The Effects That Various Products Have On Cholesterol
St. Jarlath's Vocational School - Mountbellew Oliver Noone
Isolation Of Marine MicroOrganisms That Produce Bioactive Compounds Which Inhibit Pathogenic Bacteria
We propose to research whether there is a correlation between Roxanne Kerrigan,
a person's arm and leg length and foot
Loreto College - St Stephens Green, Dublin Yseult Whitaker
arch and their speed
Rebecca Guyett
1i ^ r', The Teresian School Donnybrook, Dublin Sharon Wilson
The Ultimate Conker - Does It Exist? To test if it's possible to harden chestnuts for the game of conkers. We will test a sample of chestnuts with various substances and conditions
Kevin Vesey, Claire Lawless,
Shane Mc Inerney, Gary Clinton
An Ecological Study Of The Clare Glens Woodland Area
affect their size and population St. Clare's Comprehensive
ecological study of the Clare Glens woodlands to identify the variety of flora and fauna Presentation Secondary
School - Manorhamilton
Edel Mc Phelim
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Stand,' Aaron Kelly, Gavin Tucker Stc Cormorants - Environmental
within a defined area
Lanesboro Community College Michael Lyons
Sarah Buckley, Catherine Mannix Unknown Hypertension among
We are monitoring the
eight weeks Sr_h .I: Loreto College - Foxrock : Helen Hennessay
each take a daily supplement or yoghurt
Irish Students
week. Also we will see what ingredients Strdentlsl: Emily O'Leary,
are present in each supplement to
Aileen O'Brien
investigate which ingredient is the best
pesticides. We will analyse different demon -s-methyl - s u lfo n e Kinsale Community School Gerard Hogan
Eileen Treacy, Rebekah Kennedy, Leona Cremin
An Exploratory Study In Genetic Behaviour And Resulting Offspring From Various Crosses Of Hamsters
Aine Griffey, Kaia Phillips,
and examining the behavioural
Stud'
analysis will be carried out. We will
Laura Greene
traits paying particular attention to
School - Llsdoonvarna
and identify the risk factors
Soil I n The Turloughs Of The Burren We are looking at the soil of Oven the turloughs to see if changes occur in it as you move from the centre to the outside of the turlough
phenomenal characteristics
Mary Enright Kieran Mcgrath, Stand n
Which Natural Fertiliser Will Yield Better Grass Growth?
Kia O'Connell , Aisling Curtis Stud 1 The Effects Of Light On The Growth Of Sunflowers We experimented with how well sunflowers grew in different coloured plastics and not so well in others School Mount Anville Secondary School - Dublin Teacher. Grainne Clear
Our plan is to grow seven trays of different natural fertilisersto see which one yields better grass growth Elphin Community College Castlerea
Brid Fallon
Dereck Withero, Stephen Withero, Kevin Mcinerney The Effect Of Common Ions On The Rate Of Germination Of Grass Seeds
Studer)*,). Brid Ni Fhearraigh, An Elfeacht Ata Ag Caffeine Ar I We intend to conduct an experiment which will determine
these ions on the rate of germination
whether caffeine affects the heart rate of a daphnia magna by adding liquidised caffeine to our subject Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir
Kieran O'Dwyer ,,
Stand
Micheal 0Giobdin
Scott Addison , Mark Murphy
r , Can You Make Celery Sweet? We intend to use sweet
Rachael Farrelly,
drinks for the celery to transpire and
Aoife Lynch, Eimear O'Reilly
to see if the celery absorbs the flavour
The Effect Of Soft Drinks On The Body Our project deals with the effect of soft drinks on heartbeat,
by testing the sugar content Sctw, Ica
Sandford Park School - Ranelagh Keith Mcbain
vt Aoife Kavanagh, Maeve Hosey , Gordana Scully The Truth About Red Hair: Incidence, Genetics and Personality
Newcastle West
Simon Stokes
Fashion Hurts!
A study into the impact of fashionable clothing and accessories on your health Blackwater Community School Lismore Ann Maire Lineen
The Shotgun Fungus
1 Growth of Pilobolus umbonatus on animal dung with analysis of the environmental factors that influence its spore shooting ability
James Delaney, Michael McCarthy How Different Music Affects Cows' Milk Production
This project is a study to see if playing different types of music will increase or decrease milk production
Lismore t, r, ,
A Scientific Study Of The Build-Up Of Micro-Organisms On Shoes A study on the number and types of bacteria and fungi found on different shoes and the various parts of each shoes
Stephen Kiely,
Danielle Horan , Mairead Geary A Practical Study Into The Effects
I Blackwater Community School - Lismore
red hair in our locality and also the
Tead
David King
Ilir Mcgill, Nimai Rawlinson
S. dr
Photosynthesis Efficiency And Its
Fiona Mc Manus
Celia Cremin,
will be noted and compared to the
to endeavour to see does fertiliser really affect a fresian cows milk yield Hazelwood College Dromcollogher he, Michelle Herbert
Ivan Lynch, Shane 0 Connor, Dean Coleman
Jake Cannon,
study on the euro tender to see how much bacteria it contains Blackwater Community School Lismore David King
relationship between the efficiency of
Megan Harper-Smith, Amy Burke
John Scottus Secondary SS School - Donnybrook
Equine PeformanceVersus Exercise
Teacher: Philip Brady
And Recovery Regime
The Relationship Between
1nl-< Heat Therapy - A Proposed Treatment For Arthritis This project involves the
Teaches David King
in decline. We intend to investigate
members in our school
why and suggest possible
So,d
counter-active measures
Tim Horgan
Michelle Herbert
St Joseph's Secondary School
Declan Cafferkey
We will investigate what
are inherited using groups of siblings and their extended family. We will analyze these and show on a
are comparing soil properties and invertebrates inhabiting it with those
yield adherence to glass rod and photograph the results
St Flannan's College - Ennis Michael Horgan
Fmer Hallihan
Claire Hill, Dearbhla McCotter Folic Acid Intake In Adolescent Girls A study of food intake in fourteen-year-old girls in a school.
Scheo Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Fiona 0 Sullivan 1ea,k
Developing in experiments investigating how folic acid levels are altered by cooking
Robert O'hanrahan,
Loreto College - Coleraine Brian Mckenna
Eolann Kitteringham
h: The Carbon Footprint Of A Scout Camp Scouts is considered an environmentally friendly occupation, to increased carbon emissions we wish Skerries Community College
Scho,
Katie Corbett
Teaci
Stand no:. 4311 Ian Curtin , Liam Hennessy
' =,r We plan to solve the problem of the excess of nitrates due to intensive farming in our environment . We plan to do this by biological means Fiona 0 Sullivan
Clara Carroll, Emma Thompson Assessment Of Bacterial Growth On Teenagers' Make-Up Applicators We propose to test the various applicators teenagers in our school use to apply their make-up for bacterial contamination
Brigidine Secondary School Mountrath Teadmi Bronagh Mullen
Anam Hussain, Saphina Imtiaz Fairy Rings Formed By Fungi The aim of this project is to investigate the formation of fairy rings and the fungus that produces them. The soil surrounding the ring will be tested to show that the ring of
Ellen Conneely-Overy,
DNA Extraction in the Classroom standard procedure for isolating DNA
Mallow
pedigree graph
eats
in L.C. biology, We hope to increase
Siobhan Keating, Anna Reddin, Sharon O'Brien A Study Of Nodulation in Clover
.
percentage of fingerprint characteristics
Patrick O'Connell,
We hope to improve the
- Foxford
Our project is on the
invasive Rhododendron Ponticum We
Patterns
ColaisteChoilm - Ballincollig
bacteria found on objects used
Tea, z
St Patrick 's Community College - Naas Emma Daniel
i,u Blackwater Community School Lismore
frequently by pupils and staff
Dromcollogher
rr
The Inheritance Of Fingerprint
The Enviroment
salmon stocks in the Moy fishery are
by arthritis patients
Darragh Buckley
Title: Combat Excess Of Nitrates In
Title: An Investigation Into The Depletion
therapy will alleviate the pain suffered
ha-. Rhododendron ponticum - A Beautiful Disaster
St Mary' s Secondary School Ciaran Hurley,
Student
Of People
Hazelwood College -
Clara 0' Mahony , Katie O'Neill
of a non-invasive plant
racehorses training regime in three 2 week period to see how it/if affects
glove prototype to investigate if heat
Patrick O'hanlon
performance of improving a
their performance in a race
Recent reports suggest that
Belvedere College - Dublin
to estimate it's carbon footprint
this process and bio-fuel yield
Of Salmon Stocks In The River May
We want to test the potential of Azospirillum (bio fertiliser) to replace traditional chemical fertilisers for use in agricultural methods. It reduces phosphate levels
but there are many ways it contributes
Stand r%
Our project is aimed to
onU, Nuala O ' Connor,
A Biofertiliser
We want to carry out a
photosynthesis and whether there is a
investigate the levels and types of
Teacher: John Sims
Oisin Peat, Cian O'Siorain
Microbes on Euro Tender
Studer {,: Grace Moran, Phoena Morris
Jordan Mulvaney
Stand no: 408
type of fertiliser and see do we really
Diversity Of Items Used By A Variety
An Assessment Of The Bacterial Stanrlae:4T26
Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Fiona 0 Sullivan
Furthermore the rate of grass growth
Our project investigates
Intermediate Group
which are immune to antibiotics
project is to scrutinize the effect of
Relationship To Bio-Fuel
Moire Flanagan
Gvrr We want to see what force is needed to dislodge two different types of gastropod - Llttorina littorea and Nucella lapillus from the substrate Mary Immaculate Secondary School - Lisdoonvarna
inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria
fertilisers on a cows milk yield
,, A study into the
St. Leo ' s College - Carlow
bioactive compound they produce to
The overall objective of the
Stan
our school
Tenacity Of Attachment Of Two Gastropods
Of Fertillizers On A Cows' Milk Yield
Martina Downes
Stand s
Slnead Mcnamara, Arnie Barrett, Catriona Callinan
The Potential Of Azospirillum As
David King
St
Bishopstown Aoife Cah i llane, Carole McCarthy
Bernie O'Dwyer
pseudomonas strains and use the
Blackwater Community School
need fertilisers We are going
Clodagh Walsh,
We will investigate the
ieac
Rebecca Hennebry, Kayleigh Reddy
Colaiste An Spioraid Naoimh -
incidence, genetics and strength of
designing and manufacture of a heat
Ceanainn
Stud"
John Sims
Bualadh Croi An Daphnia Magna
potassium iodide to see the effect of
St. Alibe's School - Tipperary
School - Lisdoonvarna
Eimear Ni Eanaigh, Caoimhe Ni Chathail
potassium chloride, sodium iodide and
of the seeds
Scoil Mhuire agus Ide -
personality associated with red hair in
We are soaking grass seeds in solutions of sodium chloride,
Sr"
Mary Immaculate Secondary
Jack O'Donnell, Daniel Hempson
Ciara Moore,
We are breeding hamsters
_
be tested for hypertension. BMI
ro, Mercy Secondary School Tralee
Michelle Herbert
cabbages mainly for the presence of
fitness improves . Mary Immaculate Secondary ,,
Sarah Moore
Dromcollogher
We will be testing different
to see if blood pressure changes as
calculate the percentage incidence
An Analysis Of Pilobolus:
Hazelwood College -
0),, A Statistical Evaluation Of The
Two hundred students will
football team over eleven weeks
cholesterol for eight weeks and their
Sutton
We plan to isolate
Aoife Buckley, Nlamh Coughlan
drink specifically designed to combat cholesterol level will be recorded each
the ecological and environmental
Roisin Hehir, Alison Kelly
blood pressure of each girl in our
prior to the experimentation. They will
This project will examine
habitation on trees and plant life
Cara Enright,
age have their cholesterol level tested
conditioner . We will do this for
Impact On Tree And Plant Life
impact of long term cormorant
The Effect Fitness Training Has
a week using the same shampoo and
vegetables for the presence of
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On Blood Pressure
Five volunteers of the same
Teacher Audrey Carty
School - Thurles
Patricia O'Callaghan Stand ro
twenty people to have three showers
Presence Of Pesticides In Vegetables
Sutton
We wish to carry an
earthworms in different soil types. We will see do the different soil types
St Dominic's High School -
Claire Holohan, Megan Troy
Different Soil Types Our project is about
Paul Stewart,
Tite, Is It Healthier For Your Hair To
To Investigate Whether There Is
St Dominic's High School -
'wild r0 4`3 1
in clover in its natural habitat and in
,-^, ': Bailieborough Community
own reed-bed
A Study Of Earthworms In
Micheal Byrnes,
Grainne Kelly,
Study
soft drinks and sudden cardiac syndrome
Katie Kirwan
sewage in the river Liffey. We will carry out experiments by creating our
investigated the relationship between
stimulated grass that develops is
from nitrogen
Lisa Brady Does Water Type Affect The Speed Of Germination In Broad Bean Seeds?
Schoo!: Colaiste Chiarain - Croom Teacher: Mary Casey
In our investigation we will experiment to see if different water types have an effect on the speed of germination in broad bean seeds
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Amy Nolan, Caoimhe Brennan , Sarah Crowe Tooth Whitening Products How Harmful Are They? We will investigate the damaging effects of whitening
Of Chlorine On The Type, Number And Growth Of Micro-Organisms Found In Various Treated Water Samples We are investigating the effects of the different levels of
rays can cause DNA damage so rapidly
chlorine on micro-organisms in
in other organisms, yet plants are able to protect themselves and never suffer
products on teeth ' s density, strength
pools, tap-water, etc.) to discover the effectiveness of chlorine over a certain
before, after and during the products'
period of time
non-fluoride-based toothpaste and
Our project will investigate the impact of UV light on plants. UV
various water samples, (i.e. swimming
and appearance by testing teeth use. Fluoride-based toothpaste,
How Plants Protect Themselves From Sunburn.
Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
from sunburn
Our Lady Of Mercy College Beaumont Suzanne Mchugh
Elaina O'Grady, Kate Foley, Niamh Kavanagh To Measure Which Trees Give Out The Most Oxygen In our project we hope to
hopefully will help our environment by advertising and making this know
Helen Topham,
ScoilMuire gan Steal Jessica Daly, Aoife O'Leary-
Padraig Harlow
Deirdre Mc Auliffe, Lorna Murphy, Olivia Lyons Testing Biodiversity In Hedges
Mc Neice, Kate Humphryes
A Possible Method For The Prevention Of Some Cases Of Diabetes And Obesity In One Simple Skin Patch Indicator We plan to create a skin patch indicator to prevent diabetes,
Using Beetles
Our project is how the management of hedgerows affects the biodiversity in hedgerows, while using the carabidae beetle as an indicator of the biodiversity
Cholesterol In Battered Fish
different types of white fish Ardscoil Ui Urmoltaigh -
How And Why Agricultural Activities Affect The Quality Of Our Drinking Water The project will be based
content in sweat
St. Angela's College - Cork Ann Barret
Droichead na Bandan John O'Sullivan
Niamh Hanrahan, Aoife Corley, Sinead Devoy
Tanya Brennan
A Microbiological Anaylsis Of Seawater In Bundoran. A Comparison Between 1998 And 2007
Road, Dublin
Our Ladys Grove - Goatstown
Enda Byrne
We wish to investigate whether the quality of sea-water in Bundoran has changed since 1998 by
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Orla Conroy, Dermot Mc Grath Environmentally Friendly/Bio-
water purification in Bundoran bay in
taken into account
the last ten years
To investigate the feasibility of growing environmentally friendly/bio-fuel plants in Ireland Elphin Community College -
Magh Ene College - Bundoran Yvonne Higgins
Caoimhe Mac Neice
Roisin Flynn, Lisa Flynn
Does Wavelength Of Light Affect Growth Of A Typical Monocot Plant? Measure growth of oat coleoptiles grown in heated trays exposed to one specific wavelength of light monitored over two weeks.
An Investigation Into The Therapeutic Effect To The Use Of Lavender Oil As A Means Of Reducing Blood Pressure And Stress We are investigating the use of Lavandula augustifolia (an essential oil) as an alternative medicine, to help alleviate stress and high blood pressure Scoil Mhuire - Ennistymon
Sue-Ann Sheridan Kevin O'Rourke, James Swan, Stephen Ivers Teachers Under Pressure We intend to monitor the
Deirdre Kelly, Denise Phair, Alison O'Reilly Analysis of Different Water Sources
blood pressure & other statistics of a
To investigate the pH, oxygen
sample population of teachers and
levels, chlorine levels and presence of
observe the stress levels presented by
bacteria in a number of different water sources and compare them Loreto College - Cavan Carmel Gaffney k,n
I
Aisleen Sheehan, Frances Sweeney, Jessica Bowen The Effect Of The Concentration
Sheelan Yousefizadeh, Linda Marthe
Natural Sunscreen : A Study Of
Plant Viruses Spreading Species
Our group wish to find out can viruses spread from one plant species to another Dominican College Drumcondra Mick Moriarty
Brid Fallon
Karen Harrington, Aisling Harrington
Containing Meat in meat pies to prevent the "Bad"
Therese Leahy , Jean Ryan Sturlvv inn Psocios - Migration, Effects And Their Elimination To investigate the incidence of psocids in the home, To research their effect on our health, and to find the best way to control populations either chemically or by depriving them of an aspect crucial to their lifecycle Laurel Hill Colaiste FCJ Luimneach Siobhan Crowe
Cholesterol or low density ,
Pobalscoil Inbhear Sceine Kenmare John O'Sullivan ',i oral n,r 4438
Robbie Benson, David Brougham , Conor Greene A Comparison Of The Nutritional Content Of Four Staple Foods
performed eye tests on the students
Ag Tastail Proitein in Uibheacha Organacha, Monarchan Agus Saor Reimsiuil
members an
Beidh muid ag fail
ScoilMuire gan Smal Roscommon Padraig Harlow d o,,, pull
-
Vinita Vincent Kuruvila, Arlin Arms Raju To Investigate The Ability Of Pelargonium citrosum To Act As A Biological Insecticide Examine the potential of natural biological insecticides as an alternative to chemically synthesised insecticides on tomato plants and compare their ability to absorb heavy metals St Josephs College - Lucan Michelle Dunne
We plan to investigate the use of plant matter to grow plants Hydropontcally CIE. using water as a
Carrigaline Community School Maura Carroll
o1 Ann-Marie Egan, Rachel Coyle , Clara Watson Analyzing And Comparing DNA Sequences Within Families With the use of DNA techniques we intend to show similarities and differences within families St Joseph'S College - Athlone e,v
Irene O'Sullivan
how they compare with the Irish potato. We will also investigate growing conditions and will carry out taste tests among Irish and foreign national volunte Marist College - Athlone
Stand ,,
whilst investigating cyanogenesis
9wh
Fiona 0 Sullivan
I Seile Madra? We want to investigate if Niamh Larkin Blay, Maha Elsiddig, Maryam Naeem
meld prOitein iontu
Gealcholaiste Reachrann Domhnach Mide Jacinta Ni Dhubadin
Cian O'Brien
Population Trends In Urban Dublin Has there been a change in house sparrow population in Dublin?
"Pointe" do cosa agus strucht6ir Olivia Hande, Emma O'Brien
Alcohol And Energy Drinks? Bad Mix For Daphnia's Heart ? Our project is to discover
nddurtha an choirp - cnamh mat6in agus ailteanna Colaiste Pobal Osrai - Kilkenny Madailin Mhic Chana
Micheal 0 Giobuin
Niamh Field, Ciara Hendy, Rebecca Murphy
Us And Ultrasound
St Josephs College - Lucan e, i,
Our project is to uncover
Aisling McCabe
Conor Hayes, Samuel Brady, John Fortune
The Prevalence Of Exercise Related Breathlessness In Secondary School Boys In A Rural Community The prevalence of exercise-
Does this mirror the decline of sparrow populations in European
induced asthma in Western countries
cities? If so why
is increasing. We will assess and
Katie Corbett
analyse this increase, within a cohort of rural adolescent males
St Patrick'S College - Cavan Marie Bowler Charmaigne O'Connor, Carol O'Donnell The Impact Of The Extraction Of Water From Lough Ree To Dublin
Ronan Muruchu, Annraoi Mac Giolla Chearra Bitheolaiochta Ar Loch Shannagh
Ree due to its transport to Dublin
TS muid ag iarradh staidear Ecolaiochta agus Bitheolalochta a deanamh ar loch Shannagh. Le deanal curtar tithe thart ar to muid ag amharc an bfhuil aon truili6 ann Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn Micheal 0 Giobuin
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Aaron Keogh , Jamie Shortt Leaf Shape As An Indicator Of Mean Annual Temperature We will test the theory which suggests there is a link between the percentage of leaves in an area with entire leaf margins ( leaves without lobes or teeth) and the mean annual temperature in that area
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Ciara O'Connor, Beth Carthy The Antimicrobial Properties Of Antibacterial Soaps: Triclosan Or A Natural Solution This study examines whether soap solutions containing
- Bray
Martha Lannin
Niamh Fanning, Laura Williams Lichen Distribution in Clonmel We intend to investigate the distribution of lichens in different areas throughout the town, to measure the different levels of pollution
/disadvantages accrued
Scoil Dara - Kilcock Darragh Mcmoreland
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Avril Helen, Tania Helen, Cathal Duggan Omega 3 Fatty Acids in Cows' Milk The aim of the project is to increase the level of OMEGAS in milk by feeding a group of cows a natural
Bandon Grammar School Carena Mullins
Staid6ar Ecolalochta Agus
We are going to investigate
St Joseph'S College - Athlone Julie Coyle
and, as a consequence, the advantages
source of OMEGA3
the effects of the loss of water in Lough
Chun fiosr6ch6in a tearmach a dheanann damhsa ar
Colaiste Ailigh - Leitir Ceanainn
individuals' abilities to detect them
Jack Savage, Aisling Cooke Investigation Into House Sparrow
Damhsa Ar Pointe dheanamh ar an damaiste fad
qualities
details about ultrasounds related to
Stan Clara Ni Mhoalmhuire,
the saliva of a dog has antibiotic
A Hairband Made To Stop The
Invent a formula that will not harm human scale but will eradicate head lice and administered through a hair band
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An Bhfuil Luach Antaibheathach
Valerie Ni Chochlain
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St. Killian'S Community School
Eimear Ni Chonghaile
Siuin Nic Mhaongail, Emma Nic Ghrabhartaigh
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Headlice Epidemic
growing medium) as opposed to hydrophonic solutions
Ballincollig Community School John O'Connell
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Swords. Freisin gheobhaidh muid
Skerries Community College
Rechargeable HydroponicsResults Without The Expense
of this hormone than adults
Calraimeadar a dheanamh,
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Humaima Shahid,
which causes teenagers to be tired in the morning as they have higher levels
Colaiste losagain - Baile an Cormac Mac Ualgairg, Josh Scannell, Stephen Fennessy
and staff of our school, family
sleep promoting hormone melatonin
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between the colour of ones eyes and
We wish to investigate the
We shall survey four different habitats at various times of year for the gene frequencies of marked and unmarked white clover Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig
Ardee Community School Siobhan Greer
the quality of their eyesight. We have
cassava , yam and sweet potato to see
Cyanogenesis: Investigating The
Calraimeadar De Dheantus Baile
whether or not there is a correlation
Lipoproteins from oxidising
nutritional content of staple foods
Gene Frequencies Of White Clover
Mbianna Eagsula Le Husdid
the human eye. We are investigating
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Micheal Harte
Siobhan O'Shea,
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Nic Uileagdid, Meabh Ni Ghiollagain
disinfectant
Robert Shalloo,
Antioxidants In Prepared Dishes
Castlerea Angela Howard,
Laura Brennan. Victoria Mc Cormac, Emma Lynch To Species
activities on the water. R.E.P.S will be
Colaiste Phadraig CBS - Lucan Kevin Carey
Dermot O ' hanlon
Bay has improved since the introduction of a sewage treatment plant in 1991
Fuels In Ireland
classes of varying ages
Limerick
Water Quality in Dublin Bay
Our project researches the Maebh Ni Lorcain, Niamh
depends on the concentration of the
Eye Colour-Does It Effect Eyesight?
Villiers Secondary School -
We wish to investigate
researching any improvements in
with control tray exposed to white light Our Lady's Bower - Athlone Pat Horan
the life of Irish flood planes while also
whether the quality of water in Dublin
monitoring pollution levels and
Compare mean growth of each tray
How bamboo can extend
its varied uses in society
quality and the effects of agricultural
Aoife Corry, Awe Devane,
Can Bamboo Save The Earth?
many sugars through gauging sugar
around our local drinking water
Colaiste Choilm - Tulach Mhor Barry Scully
Tom Jackson, Sadhbh Gaston
by showing when you're eating too
Ashling Mc Eniff,
Padraig Mc Donald, Colm Nolan
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We hope to find out exactly how much cholesterol is present in
reducing carbon levels in the air and
Karina Lyne
Eoin Farrell,
Siobhan Crowe
Denise O'Sullivan, Michael Egar
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FCJ - Limerick
Blame It On The Melatonin
To investigate if bacteria
Our project is based around
Laurel Hill Secondary School
Emma Flanagan
To Investigate Bacterial
most oxygen and have the top 3 trees
Rachel Cuddy, Siobhan 0 Hanrahan
Mary Murphy
Resistance To A Disinfectant
repeated exposure to that disinfectant
which produce the most oxygen and
Rebecca O'Callaghan,
Clonmel
Alannah Smith
resistance to a disinfectant after
to people
Karina Lyne
Central Technical Institute Sarah Tynan, Alison Duffy,
establish which tree gives out the
no toothpaste will be used Roscommon
the effect of alcohol and high energy drinks on the heart of a Daphnia We wish to test different energy drinks St Vincent'S Secondary School - Dundalk John White
Triclosan and other known antibacterial
Hannah Ni Riain,
Kate Nic Einri, Deirdre Nic Charthaigh Staidear Ar Aigead Sailleach Trasach Agus Ar An Eilfeacht Ate Aige Ar An Gcolainn Sa tionscnamh sea , deanfaimid staidear iomlan ar an eifeacht ata ag aigead sailleach trasach ar an duine agus conas mar a oibrionn siad Colaiste losagain - Baile an Bh6thair Valerie Ni Chochlain ,t.ma uu. ddb I
Shauna Leahy, Stephanie Archer Finding New Antimicrobials We hope to find bacteriocins
agents kill harmful bacteria specifically
that can effectively inhibit the growth
strains of staphylococcus aureus
of some pathogenic bacteria. These
including MRSA
could be used in fermented meat
Rathdown School Glenageary Joy Rice
products to improve food safety
Presentation Secondary School - Ballyphehane Gretta 0 ' Sullivan
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parents and their grandparents, Amy Murray, Ashton Scully, Fiona Kelly
Climate Change - Possible Future Effects On Soil And Vegetation
possibly, and see if similarities are present within their vocal range
Colaiste an Chraoibhin Fermoy
Study
moisture and temperatures in the soil
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Lisa Kelly
Anti -Perspirant Shampoo
We want to make a shampoo that has anti-perspirant scalp excessively sweating. This is
Palmerstown, Dublin David Plummer
Niall Roe, Brendan Farrelly, Damien Boylan
Short People
Carrickmacross
Eamonn Mcbride
For this project we hope to
find the answer to our question- do tall people run faster than short Fergal Turner, Paul Martin,
people? or is there any difference
Niall Stafford A Study Into The Effects Of The
Frances O'Reegan
We will take physiological
Athlone Community College James Mcgrath
measurements and fitness levels of fifth years and divide them into two groups. Group one complete two
David Burns, Donna Noonan
Alternative Packaging Method For Fruit And Vegetables To investigate the effectiveness of using Sphagnum moss as an alternative packing method for fruit and vegetables and to possibly extend the shelf life of the product Colaiste Choilm - Ballincollig Karma Lyne
months of P.E. class, group two don't - and then we will repeat the measurements Pobalscoil Neasain - Baldoyle Sinead Shells
their feeding habits
Waterpark College Waterford Brian Dunbar
surrounding environment. The
a carnivorous snake Mayfield Community School Liam Begley
fingerprints and if certain fingerprint
St Louis Secondary School Dundalk Siobhan Greer
The Burren'S Biodiversity
To see what vitamins and minerals get absorbed in digestion in
We want to investigate
patterns show family links
and video surveillance into whether or not urbanisation affects the population of small mammals and
A Study Of Mineral And Vitamin Absorption In Carnivorous Snakes
whether family members have similar
Mammal Populations And Behaviours A study using DNA analysis
David 0 Leary, Colin Mc Donnell
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Clara Ryan, Aisling Quigley Dermatoglyphics And Inherited Patterns
Surrounding Environment On Small
Sarah Nolan, Cliona Falvey, Laiose O'Malley An Investigation Into The Effects Of The Vernal Witch Hazel Scrub On
Danny Maloney, Davis
Gould-Duff, Raisin Latham Does Ash Help Plants To Grow?
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question we are aiming to answer
is "Is the Hazel scrub beneficial, detrimental or both to its environs Scoil Mhuire - Ennistymon
How Effective Is The Mandatory Forty-Minute P.E. Period A Week?
Of Using Sphagnum Moss As An
Aine Smyth, Mary Clayton, Laura Shells Do Tall People Run Faster Than
the effects of the Hazel scrub on its
Tonia Corcoran, Louise Markey
To Investigate The Effectiveness
A Quality Water Survey Of Our Local River We're testing a local river for pollution. We're going to test for the following: ammonia, nitrates, nitrites, water hardness, bacteria, pH, suspended solids and COD of water Patrician High School -
Our project is to investigate
Ollie Cosgrove
air pollution
The Kings Hospital -
Understand how the same
Our Ladys College - Drogheda
from last year with a view to further research on the chemistry and physiology of lichens with regard to
aimed especially at sports people
Non-Diabetic Perspective
diet and exercise affects two boys' blood sugars in a diabetic and a non-diabetic person Sandford Park School - Ranelagh Alison Graham
Terenure College
This is a continuation of the 'The Distribution of Lichens in Athlone
Fania Stoney, Jenny Hughes
properties to it that will stop your
George Mcnally, Daniel lannelli Fast Food, Exercise And Blood Sugar Levels - A Diabetic And A
(nitrogen fertiliser) on soil fertility
An Indepth Study On Lichen
highly commended project entitled,
that the growth rate of the creesseeds will decrease due to climate change this is due to the change in St. Brigid'S School - Tuam
Robert Kenny, Ben Moran
both a natural fertiliser (seaweed) and a commonly used chemical fertiliser
Physiology And Air Pollution
Simon Hill
We are hoping to predict
David Hanevy,
Aislinn Murphy, Jessica Perrott Using Bacteria To Send Secret
Sue-Ann Sheridan
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the growth of plants and if it harms the wider environment St Joseph's Community College - Kilkee Kathleen Crowe
We aim to show that it is possible to send secret messages via
DNA sequences in Bacteria using James Mahon, Joe Murphy, Cian Brassil Analysis of Zebra Mussel Shells Analysis of zebra mussel
simple and cheap equipment
Christ King Girls Sec. School Cian O'Mahony
Gort Community School
Sharon Connolly
Inability To Taste PTC An investigation into the
theory that most smokers cannot taste
effectiveness of zebra mussel shells
soil samples
An Investigation Into A Possible Link Between Smoking And The
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Donie 0 Sullivan, Aoife Musgrave, Jerry Moran
Christopher Mcardle, Gareth Bellew, Brendan Rogers Effects Of Added Nitrogen
the chemical PTC, through a survey of
Fertilizer Vs Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
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one thousand adults Colaiste na Sceilge -
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attempt to grow clover plants in three Ryan Goulding, Jade McCormack Is A Person'S Singing Voice Hereditary?
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different conditions. with no nitrogen fertilizer with nitrogen fertilizer and
Robert Conway, Stephen
with nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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Join us again in the Big Top for the 4th Annual International Robots of Destruction Heavyweight Championships.
This attraction, which is presented in recognition of International Polar Year, is housed in a Marquee to the rear of the complex and can
The BAS team will be stationed at an authentic
be entered via the EcoZone. It consists of three
tent, Nansen sledge, food boxes, clothing and
individual exhibits. The objective is to give an
specialist kit (cooking stove, food samples etc).
idea of what it would have been like to be part
There will also be information on the continent,
of an expedition to Antarctica almost 100
the science undertaken by British Antarctic
years ago compared to what it is like today.
Survey with a selection of biological specimens
How difficult is it to endure the extreme
on display.
The 2008 Robot War promises to be the most exciting ever with more heavyweight robots than ever before in an Irish arena , battling it out to be the champion.
Antarctic field camp complete with pyramid
Merlin, the defending Champion, will be up against new contenders such as Iron Awe 5 and Scorpion as well as old rivals such as Beast and Bigger Brother.
Be ready to cover your ears from the frenzy of noise during the sound activated heavyweight boxing robots fist fights. Will the boy's robot beat the undefeated girl's robot this year?
temperatures? Is global warming having a major effect?
The World of Robot Showtimes 10.30 a. m., 11.30 a.m., 12.30 a.m.,
Antarctic Adventurers is a group of experienced
2.00 p. m., 3.00 p. m., 4.00 p.m.
historical re-enactors with a life-long interest in the heroic period of the race for the South Pole
Once inside the World of Robots, watch out for the Daleks and Mechanoids, they could attack at any time! There will be lots of mayhem, lots of noise, lots of fun in the Young Scientist World of Robots. And as a special attraction this year, previewing each performance, will be W5 and 'The Trouble With Robots Show' which gives an insight into what makes a Robot a Robot!
and the exploration of Antarctica. This team will tell what it was like for explorers such as Shackelton, Crean and Scott in the early part of
The Celestial Adventure
the 20th century and the challenges they faced For the first time ever in Ireland , visitors to the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2008 will be able to take a 3D flight out into space and learn about the many fascinating objects that makeup the Solar System in which we reside. Are all the planets the same? Could there be life out there? These are questions which will be challenged during the tour. Through 3D visualisation and'live ' presentation, audiences will learn how mankind has used space technology to expand our horizons and knowledge in an endeavour to better understand nature and our place in the universe.
just to survive. The group re-creates a sledging party of the period complete with Nansen sledge, tent, sleeping bags and all the necessary equipment. Picture courtesy of British Antarctic Survey
The journey will take us away from Earth and to the International Space Station , our permanent home in space and stepping
Could you survive polar conditions? Now is your chance to experience temperatures
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of minus 20 degrees in the Ice Tunnel as you make your way from base camp to the nearby Ice station. Are you up for the challenge? Picture courtesy of British Antarctic Survey
The International Polar Year 2007-2008 is the largest internationally coordinated research programme in 50 years. It is an intensive period of interdisciplinary science focused on the Arctic and Antarctic. Key areas that IPY will address include shrinking snow and ice, global linkages, communities living in the Arctic, and new frontiers of science.
further away, we take a
visually beautiful tour oft 'e celestial objects that are part of our neighbourhood orbiting our star, The Sun.
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies was established in 1940 to promote research at the frontiers of knowledge; it has operated Dunsink Observatory since 1947, where it is currently expanding its public outreach activities, and is proud to support the Celestial Adventure interactive 3-D presentation.
The conclusion of the journey will see audiences travel out to the edge of the Milky Way galaxy and then at impossible speed travel back through the galaxy to our home planet, Earth
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The BT EcoTheatre features a number of topical presentations concerning global warming and other ecological issues.
BT Arena Timetable of Daily Performances
These short presentations will be made every 45 minutes between 11.00am and 4. 15pm daily and will be given by
The polar bear is threatened with extinction due to the effects of Global Warming. Bjorn and his keeper Ursula will give an insight into the life of a polar bear.
Waterford Institute, Geological Survey Ireland and BT.
According to Ursula the word 'Arctic' means 'with bears' and 'Antarctic' means 'without bears'! Meet Ursula and her friend Bjorn to find out all about Polar Bears and the Arctic. What do Polar Bears eat? Where do they live? How do they survive and how big is the threat?
Special attraction, Bjorn and Ursula will be on stage at 11.45am, 1.15pm and 2.45pm daily.
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This is your chance to find out what it's like to meet a Polar Bear!
The Primary Science Fair 2008 is sponsored by the Health and Safety Authority
Pluck - How Not to Set Fire to Your Violin
presented by Science Made Simple. This extraordinary show has been on a highly successful nine country tour of Europe which ended in Israel
HSA Primary Science Awards featuring W5
Visualise - the Beauty of Science
3.30p.m.
in December. Enter a world of swirling whirlwinds and giant smoke rings. Less explanation; more exploration. Visualise the beauty of science is a mischievous mix of live science demonstrations, physical theatre, projected images-and music. See ordinary objects behaving in extraordinary ways, as the laws of nature are captured, explored and pushed to the. limit to create a unique visual spectacle.
How not to set your violin on fire! presented by Pluck
Almost 100 projects will be on show from Primary Schools across the country over the three days of the Exhibition. The Fair reflects the broad and balanced primary science curriculum and this years participants have been encouraged to think about safety as it relates to their projects. The initiative forms part of a wider strategy which is targeting safety programmes at younger workers and workers of the future.
Three of the most silly (but talented) musicians in the world, Pluck, present a hilarious show about music, energy and the history of audio equipment
For the first time prizes will be awarded to the top students and teachers on a daily basis. A Special Primary Science Awards Ceremony will take place in the BT Arena at 1.30p. m. and will be preceded with a science show from W5.
The merits of the wind up record player, the car battery powered 8-track cartridge player, the battery powered walkman and USB powered iPod are discussed in detail to humorous effect. But when the trio breaks into Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix, it's 'holy smoke' for the violin'!
The Primary Science Fair forms an integral part of the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition. Whilst not part of the competition, it encourages younger
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organisations including ENFO, Calmast,
The programme includes a number of well known pieces including Mozart's Rondo alla Turka. The violinist plays so fast that his fingers start smoking!
The show comes to a dramatic end with Pluck ' s unique performance, the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, complete with cannons, fireworks, bells, and special effects.
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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is tasked with improving safety on our roads in order to reduce death and injury resulting from road collisions. We would love you to come along to our stand where you can try out our new motorbike simulator, test your reaction time when stopping a vehicle and take the "Theory Test" challenge where you will be in with the chance to win fantastic prizes including an XBOX. We will also be holding NCT demonstrations on the hour and our friendly staff are waiting to answer any question that you have on road safety so don't delay make your way over to Stand 26
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Irish Universities Promoting Science Do you want to access a wide range of information about Science on just one website? The Science Faculties of the seven Irish Universities have developed www.universityscience.ie which will save you hours researching Irish Universities; science programmes available, career and research opportunities along with other information on Science.
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J_A Mensa AM I-Irish Mensa will, as usual, have puzzle pages for the contestants who are exhibiting. They will also have tests that can be taken at home to check your IQ and, possibly, find out if you might qualify for Mensa membership. There are approximately 1,200 members in Irish Mensa and IM will be happy to welcome some more.
IRISH PATENTS OFFICE OIFIG NA bPAITINNI
The role of the Patents Office is to provide an efficient and effective system of industrial property protection that will encourage technological progress and promote enterprise through the implementation by the Office of the relevant legislation. This is to be achieved through the protection of industrial property rights in the fields of patents, trade marks and designs, and the dissemination of relevant information in conjunction with each of these activities.
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Irish Blood IU Transfusion Service S-6- Eireann
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is constantly looking to recruit new blood donors. With one in four of us needing a transfusion at some point in our lives now is the ideal opportunity to visit our information stand and find out how you too can become a blood donor.
Tipperary Institute is a dynamic third level Institute with campuses located in Thurles and Clonmel. Degrees are offered across a wide variety of areas including Business. Accounting and Finance, Games Design & Software Development, Creative Multimedia, Environmental and Natural Resource Management, Social and Community Studies and Sustainable Rural Development. TI's stand will feature exhibits on the Science of Computer Games. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet our staff and Student Ambassadors to discuss career choices in the area of science and technology. The event will also see the official launch of TippSoc'sjobs portal which lists opportunities for undergraduate and graduate employment. Student Ambassadors will also provide games demonstrations which are always immensely popular and even show you how to design and build your own computer game! So call to the Tipperary Institute exhibition area (stand no. 18) in the Industries Hall and check out the science behind computer games for yourself!
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The Marie Keating Foundation has been established primarily to provide Breast Cancer Information and Awarenes free of charge to the general public throughout the Republic of Ireland through three Mobile cancer Information Units based in the Eastern, Western and Southern regions of Ireland
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The RSC is the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Supported by a worldwide network of members and an international publishing business, our activities span education, conferences, science policy and the promotion of chemistry to the public. We support the teaching of chemistry within the primary, secondary and post-16 phases. Our resources and materials
are sent free to schools and colleges in the UK and Ireland. We encourage initiatives to attract students to the chemical sciences from all parts of society and raise awareness of potential careers. An advisory service and a variety of careers publications for students, parents and teachers are available. Visit us at stand 20 or contact www.rsc.org. RIIi9 Ml r0 MPtE.IE
a The Irish Science Teachers' Association is the largest subject association in the country. It was founded in 1961 and has 1200 members from all sector s of education . The ISTA functions as a body dedicated to the professional development of its members and the advancement of science teaching . The ISTA maintains links with other bodies involved in science education in Ireland and associations for science education in other countries.
Down Syndrome Ireland Teachers, check out our stand in the Industries Hall and get your free teacher pack!. Students, come and enter our competition for a fantastic prize!. Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) tries to ensure that all individuals with Down syndrome receive the support that will give them a future where their talents, skills and abilities are developed to the fullest. DSI encourages the development of inclusion in main stream education. Every year an increasing number of young students with Down syndrome are progressing to 2nd level education. Attendance at this wonderful event is an opportunity for DSI to raise awareness and promote a positive attitude towards Down syndrome. www.downsyndrome.ie National Helpline Number: 1890 374 374
The Irish Centre for Talented Youth (CTYI) runs Saturday, Wednesday and Summer programmes , correspondence courses and special events for high ability students aged between 6-16 years old in Dublin City University and other centres nationwide. To find out more about these courses please email : ctyi@dcu.ie or Tel: 017005634. www.dcu.ie/ctyi
Ill Institute of Physics In Ireland Have you the fastest kick? Have you been 'Radar' tested by the I OP'? Police forces around the world use a radar gun to measure car speeds. The same principle can be used to measure the speed of a struck object. Find out about the basic physics of radar (RAdio Detection And Ranging) and test the speed of your kick or throw at the IOP stand.
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YIMPLE, Ireland's only online yearbook publishing company. We make it simple to produce a full colour school yearbook. All you need is a broadband connection and a browser on your pc. That's right NO OTHER SOFTWARE! Take your pictures and upload them to your password protected Yimple website. Choose from our comprehensive range of templates, insert your pictures, add your text, and you're done! Check it out! Visit our stand 22 or go online to www.yimple.ie Yimple, it's simple! I&
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The Health and Safety Authority is responsible for securing health and safety at work. Young people are SO % more likely to be injured at work than older people and in Ireland and approximately 60% of 15-18 year olds already work through part-time and summer jobs. Visit the HSA stand and check out what programmes and materials are available to teachers and students on safety in the workplace.
1 PharmaChemical Ireland is the trade association for the Pharmaceutical and Chemical manufacturing industry within Ireland. PharmaChemical Ireland has employs a full-time education executive to promote science across the education sector, encouraging liaison between our member companies and their local schools. Visit our stand to avail of a variety of free science based resources for students and teachers. STAND NUMBER: 24
Shaw Scientific is one of Ireland's leading Science and Education resource providers. Visit us to see;
• Fourier Nova5000-; the future of ICT in the laboratory and classroom. • Sahara; Interactive Whiteboards and presentation technology. • Texas Instruments; - Education Technology • Primary Science; Including Bee-Bot, Tuff-Cam and K'Nex
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The Garda Road Safety Unit is available to Schools, Colleges, Community groups, Industry etc to promote Road Safety. We offer a 1.5 hour Power point presentation on Road Safety entitled It won't happen to me" and it deals with such issues as Speeding, Drink Driving, Seatbelts, Y.M.D. (Young Male Drivers), Driver Fatigue etc. It also contains Road Safety videos and Garda camera car footage and is uniquely presented in a shock/ humorous manner. We also attend events such as the Young Scientist, Various Motor and Motorcycle shows to offer Road Safety advice and information.
RTE RTE is rolling out a host of activities to the RDS for the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2008. Come and see how a television broadcast comes to life as RTE Weather presents live bulletins, find out how a report is filed forwww.rte.ie and experience new developments in digital broadcasting. We'll be broadcasting some of our very popular radio programmes live from the stand and RTE's news2day will be looking for someone to be a special reporter for a day. RTE Young People's Programmes will be there filming too so viewers at home will be able to see exactly what goes on at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. So whether you want to try your hand at broadcasting or meet some of RTE's famous faces and voices, join us at the RTE stand.
experience the best in gaming using BT Broadband. BT empowers gamers and people who download movies/music by providing 8Mb in certain areas of Ireland, making it lightning-fast to download and an overall great experience.
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Careercamp.ie is a business that caters for the demand brought about by a changing job market, employer feedback /frustrations and the current student profile. This has resulted in a need for more effective career guidance, self- management techniques and emotional intelligence development The Career camp programme is holistic, respects the importance of academic ability, individual passions, interests, and signature talents and builds on the learning and knowledge gained through the educational system. Those participating in a Career camp, experience a supportive, fun and systematic programme of activities and learning exercises resulting in the development of key skills and self-awareness. During the programme each student works to create their own personal development plan, which includes tools and techniques to set and achieve their goals.Visit the stand now and learn how careercamp.ie can help you realise your
own career and life goals. EUROPEAN COMMISSION Joint Research Centre
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre provides independent scientific and technical support to EU policies. It plays an active role in creating a safer, cleaner, healthier and more competitive Europe. Its activities range from the assessment of safety standards for children's toys to new technologies for recycling water.
Rolls-Royce We are looking for the most innovative and inspiring teachers of science to submit any project idea that addresses a particular need in your school or college by 29th February 2008. Each year we give away a total of E165,000 (E120,000) prize money for you to invest in science education. Register now at www.rolls-royce.com/scienceprize and visit
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change your digital life. The PlayStation 3 provides an endless array of multimedia activities, all without even inserting a game. It gives you unprecedented control, access and enjoyment of a full range of digital media including music, photos, video and wifi internet browsing. The online Playstation store also enables you to download content such as the lates movie clips, demos and full games. The built-in Blu-ray disc player means you can enjoy next-generation high-definition entertainment, including games and movies. Just as th DVD offered a technological leap from CDs, Blu-ray is the next leap forward in the advancement of data storage technology and digital entertainment."
BT Consumer Division is delighted to be a part of the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2008. We are happy to bring the experience of Broadband to the young people in Irelande for use in: education, research, games, photos, friends, music, movies, chat, and overall entertainment. This year we bring the experience of entertainment to the visitors to
The exhibits and workshops this year are all light related including an Interactive Shadow Mosaic Exhibit along with a number of workshops: • LED Graffiti - assemble your LED and use it to create an LED mural • Build a Lighthouse
• Make an Optobot • Draw a design using the Solidworks programme Steps to engineering will be available to discuss careers in engineering and science and our Discover Primary Science team will be on hand with demonstrations of their activities. The T4 group will have a PLC programmed light display. The Science Gallery will be there to promote Lightwave - their first exhibition which will take place in February 2008. Some of our workshops will take place on our stand in the Industries Hall but we also have some workshop space on the balcony of the Main Hall. All bookings will be taken at the Discover Light Stand in the Industries Hall.Discover Science & Engineering is also sponsoring the Science Made Simple Show in the Arena.
ANALOG DEVICES At the Analog Devices stand we aim to open your mind to the fun, interesting and downright weird applications of science and technology in everyday life. Play the piano with your feet, test your hand-to-eye coordination with the electronic maze or pedal your way to a prize on the Bike Challenge. Things get interesting in Luminous Lane where darkness and light combine in spectacular fashion. Or take a trip down Laser Alley avoiding the lasers to win some fabulous prizes. Check out the new cool tornado demo which will have a real live tornado in the RDS(
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Robinsons, makers of fruit squash and juice drinks , continually strive to raise awareness to parents and children on the importance of hydration. The Robinsons team will be at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2008, from Thursday to Saturday distributing information on how to stay hydrated. In order to keep all the budding young scientists, taking part in the HSA Primary Science Fair at the RDS refreshed, Robinsons squash, Robinsons Fruit Shoot and Robinsons H2O will be distributed in the RDS.
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EnFO noticenature c:::Oft =_ Notice Nature is Ireland Public Awareness Campaign on Biodiversity. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity and to encourage everyone to play his or her part in its protection. This will help to halt the damage being done to our plants and animals and the landscape, waters and habitats in with they live. www.noticenature.ie ENFO is the "one stop shop" environmental information service. It aims to provide easy access for everyone seeking information on all aspects of the environment and sustainable development. Its drop in library/exhibition centre is located at 17 St. Andrew Street, Dublin 2. National Parks and Wildlife Service aims to secure the conservation of a representative range of ecosystems and maintain and enhance populations of flora and fauna in Ireland. Its role also includes implementation of legislation, designation and protection of special areas and to maintain, manage and develop the National Parks across Ireland. www.npws.ie All three groups work together under the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. www.environ.ie
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Waterford - a Science and Engineering Region presents fun interactive displays from all areas of STEM - Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Coordinated by CALMAST, from Waterford Institute of Technology and supported by leading healthcare and pharmaceutical companies: Bausch and Lomb, Genzyme and IVAX , all working together to make the south east a science and engineering region. We support the BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition in encouraging the scientists, engineers, mathematicians and technologists of the future. To help the environment, we will be giving away thousands of broadleaf trees, sponsored by Coillte. www.calmast.ie . CALMAST recently received a Descartes Award in Science Communication - the EU's highest awards in Science.
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For the 2008 BT Young Scientist Exhibition Dale Treadwell of Naturally Wild will take a break from his famed Bush Tucker Trials and instead will be manning the Gondwana Land Display. As well as featureing rainforest creatures such as Gecko's, Tree Frogs, Giant Millipedes, Stick Insects, Tarantuala and more, the display will highlight the Dinosaur Tree, Wollemi Pine from Eastern Australia only discovered in 1994 and thought extinct except for fossil evidence dating this Jurassic Tree back 90 million years. The Wollemi Pines and other Jurassic Plants such as Tree Ferns, and Cycas, will be home for our very own Dinosaur Garden display. And no dinosaur garden display would be complete without Deinonychus antirrhopus (terrible claw) our 3m long 1.5 m tall dinosaur. Volosaraptor might have been fearsome but they were only the size of a large turkey and T-Rex was quite a monster but he wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the box. Not like Deinoncychus, the most intelligent of all the dinosaurs (relative brain to body weight). It probably ate just about anything it could slash or tear apart. When hunting in packs, Deinoncyhus could probably kill any prey it desired. Visitors and Exhibitors to this years Young Scientist Exhibition beware!
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Dublin Zoo is about education, conservation and study. The zoo has a year round education calendar, which offers a range of curriculum based programmes for all levels (pre-school, primary and second level). Our education programmes are adapted to meet the needs of the student and we cater for all age categories. As a Discover Science centre the education programmes offered at the zoo aim to encourage students to appreciate their surroundings & develop a greater respect for the global environment. Our Leaning & Discovery centre offers 'hands-on' teaching sessions to further enhance the educational experience and offers a unique dimension to the school curriculum. The animals in our collection are the Zoo's greatest resource and set apart this 'Living Classroom' from the normal school classroom. Further information from the Education Department, Dublin Zoo. Phone (01) 4748932 or email: education@dublinzoo.ie ^\ furopa:-,. VI rlrlifu
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Safefood is an all-island agency set up to improve food safety and nutrition by fostering and maintaining confidence in the food supply. Food safety and nutrition are extremely important for the health of our population. With over 8,000 new cases of gastroenteritis daily across the island of Ireland and over 60% of the population overweight or obese, it is crucial that young people learn about good lifestyle and behaviour. Safefood is committed to supporting health and wellbeing issues at school level.
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DIsCcier Science • Engineering The Intel stand showcases the application of Intel technology in a variety of areas. A selection of programmable robots can be seen and kids can try some simple programming for themselves. Gaming is a big part of the stand with multi-user networked games running on Intel's latest Quad Core technology. Skoool.ie, Intel's award winning education portal will be on-line providing access to a variety of free educational resources. Nanoscience - the exciting new science of building and synthesizing at the atomic scale will be explained. This year the stand also includes a section on Intel's SciFest - a new regional science fair for second level students to be held in Institutes of Technology around the country. The stand promises to be a fun interactive learning experience that will capture the imagination of the whole family.
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Challenge yourself at the Human Power Station To get an idea of how much electricity we use in our everyday lives why not challenge yourself to pedal on our Human Power Station and see how much power you can provide.The Human power station gives us ideas of the differences in power needed to get LED lights, halogen light, or a radio. Compare this to the amount of electricity we use each day to power appliances and lights in our homes and schools. How to win some great prizes - find out about our secondary schools photo competition. See some of last year's winning photos.
BT€ Climate change is an issue which affects each and every one of us but people often don't realise that individually it is possible to take real, meaningful action. BT's response to this is a new plan which takes some ambitious steps to cut our emissions of carbon dioxide. We have pledged to reduce the amount of carbon we emit as a business and help others to do the same. We are encouraging our suppliers, customers and employees to take action! We believe that governments, organisations and individuals can all take steps to reduce the size of their carbon footprint. There are a number of exciting and challenging initiatives available at the BT Climate Change stand in the Eco-Zone.
CO pThe Environmental Protection Agency protects the environment for everyone in the country. We regulate and police activities that might otherwise cause pollution. We ensure there is solid information on environmental trends so that necessary actions are taken. Our priorities are protecting the Irish environment and ensuring that development is sustainable. Come and see our climate change exhibition and find out what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint.
Bring out your old iron " was a call that used to be heard from the Rag and Bone man or local scrap dealer many years ago - now with our 21st century culture that too has changed, but the idea and sentimentality of recycling unwanteditems still thrives around the country. ERP (European Recycling Platform) recycles any old electronic or electrical goods. Items such as TVs, washing machines, IT equipment, fridge freezers and stereos - anything that has, or indeed had, a battery or plug - ERP will take it, big and small! ERP is a European recycling scheme set up to encourage householders to recycle used / waste electronic equipment. It was initially set up to respond to the introduction of the European Union's Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive as a cost-efficient and competitive solution for the take-back and recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment as set out in the WEEE Directive. As such, it devises innovative waste management strategies and recycling solutions for the benefit of participating electronic companies, their customers and Irish people in general. Don 't forget to drop by the ERP stand and enter the competition where the top prize is a state-of-the-art flat screen TV. And while you're there why not find out what happens to all your electrical recycled goods and when the free collection days are happening in Jan & Feb 2008.
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Visit the Central Fisheries Board stand and learn about the importance of protecting and developing Ireland's angling resources. Learn about Ireland's fish stocks, and how they are enhanced and protected through careful fisheries management, so ensuring this resource is made available to future generations. Also, find out about how to get involved in angling and learn about the type of fishing available in your area.
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Irish Aid is the Irish Government's programme of overseas assistance to developing countries. In 2007 Ireland will spend €914 million helping some of the world's poorest people in the poorest countries in the world. Visit the Irish Aid stand where you can learn more about the work of the Irish Aid programme and discover the valuable role science can play in development.
0SELF HELP Self Help Development is an Irish Development agency, working in five countries in eastern Africa, which was founded in 1984 in response to the Ethiopian famine of that year. Self Help works by helping people to help themselves. Innovative and appropriate technologies and techniques are employed by Self Help's African staff, who works in partnership with communities and government agencies to create a real and lasting change
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Astronomy Ireland is the National Astronomy Society whose primary role is the promotion and encouragement of interest in Astronomy and Space Sciences. It pursues this goal through education and outreach programs, nationwide public watches and events, lectures, exhibitions, website www.astronomy.ie and its monthly magazine Astronomy & Space. It has thousands of members all over Ireland both North and South of the border. The stand will have information on Astronomy Ireland and the events it organises as well as information on where to study astronomy in Ireland.
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Order of Malta Ambulance Corps is a major provider of first aid training, ambulance transport and community care services in most of the major cities and towns throughout the island of Ireland. Through its youth section, Order of Malta Cadets (a National Youth Organisation), provides a full programme of youth development and sporting activities for young people.
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The Air Corps is the air component of the Permanent Defence Forces, based at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Co. Dublin. Today, approximately 850 men and women serve in the Air Corps, each making a unique and significant contribution to fulfilling the roles, both primary and secondary as assigned by government. Currently, the Air Corps is well progressed through a major fleet upgrade programme whereby many of its older aircraft have been replaced by modern, state of the art military aircraft. This in turn has allowed for increased efficiency, increased output and significant improved capabilities as we progress through the 21st century. The Air Corps currently operate twenty fixed wing aircraft and nine rotary wing aircraft with an additional two Agusta Westland 139 helicopters on order, scheduled for delivery in mid 2008.
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Forensic science is one of the best practical applications of many branches of science. The core purpose being to solve crime. The laboratory uses many chemical and biological techniques such as Gas Chromatography-Mass-Spectrometry, mainly in the drug area, Refractive index measurement of glass in burglary and traffic accident cases, Infra red spectrometry in paint and fibre cases such as armed robbery, Biological analysis in sexual assault cases and DNA analysis in blood, hair and body fluid samples...... to mention just a few. In addition there is an increasing emphasis on computer/mobile phone analysis in the forensic laboratory. The popularity of CSI type programmes has greatly increased the awareness and interest of both students and adults in the area of forensic science. At our stand visitors will get an opportunity to meet staff from the Forensic Science Laboratory and find out if the CSI programme resembles the real life of a forensic scientist. Some video/DVD presentations will showcase some forensic science cases and visitors may get an opportunity to examine some evidence type
Established in 1994, CRS Rent a Fridge, trading as CRS Mobile Cold Storage provide a range of temperature controlled storage solutions. These include: 1-60 pallet mobile cold stores 10 - 106kW blast freezers We have developed a'pharmagrade', mobile cold stores, specifically for the pharmaceutical industry. These cold stores are suited to the storage of high value inventories where strict temperature control is critical, such as with vaccines, diagnostic kits and blood samples. The pharmagrade mobile cold store comes with a range of redundancy features such as backup, refrigeration, alarm systems and temperature recorders. The units special features afford peace of mind, whilst providing fall traceability. We provide both new and refurbished equipment for both hire and sale. All our units on hire are backed up by our sister company CRS Refrigeration who offer 24/7 breakdown support. In addition CRS Refrigeration offer a range of products including: • Ice machines (Sole Ziegra agents in Ireland) • Cold rooms and Refrigeration systems (Sole Zannotti agents in Ireland) • Air conditioning equipment
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