BT Success continues!

The BT Young Scientists prevailed despite the restrictions and our students were well prepared and ready to make their presentations online. The students have coped admirably all year with the challenges so no surprise they did so well, communicating their research and findings to the judges and other interested visitors to their displays. They are a credit to themselves, their teachers and their parents.

Congratulations to Anna Moynihan, Cathy Byrnes and Alex Ducey, and their teacher, Ms. O’Donoghue, for their project “One language or two, which is better for you?” which was awarded a Highly Commended award in the BT . The project centred around whether being bilingual is an asset or a defect to students aged 12 to 18yrs old in Munster.

The others also gave a great account of themselves and their work. ‘Do you ever think how much a ‘thumbs up’ costs’ investigates the environmental cost behind our virtual lives, created by Katie Morley, Molly Morley, Amy Hickey and their teacher Ms. O’Donoghue. Chloe Bailey, Brianna Gallahue, Murphy and Sarah O’Keeffe completed a project called ‘Carbon Sequestration in Soils’ with the help of their teacher Ms. Lyons. Another BT group including Sarah Morris Murray, Cara Brophy, Katie Linehan and their teacher Ms. O’Donoghue completed a project titled ‘Can we save our planet and our money, one giant redwood at a time’. An agricultural project this year was titled ‘Is Ireland’s eradication programme for bovine TB effective?’ and its creators are Katie O’Sullivan and Ellie McSweeney along with their teacher Mr. Lyons. 

Three groups will now continue their research for the John Hooper Schools’ Medal. ‘Do fishermen live longer and if so, why don’t more people fish?’ researched by Conor Casey, Jason Carroll and their teacher, Mr. Guerin. Esfir Connolly, Emma Lehane and Ola Pepkowska are working on a very topical and interesting project with their teacher Ms. English titled ‘Do face masks effect school students and the environment?’ Claire Lyons is completing her project about ‘The factors that influence parents of children with Down syndrome in choosing schools in Munster’ and is also working with Ms. English. 

 Congratulations to the eight groups on their work and research- and well done to Anna, Alex and Cathy!