Science Competitions
There are two competitions in the the school enters into: SciFest and Young Scientist. The school mainly focuses on SciFest but students who want to can enter into the Young Scientist.
Scifest
This is a one-day science fair held in third level schools and are open to all secondary level students. The SciFes
This year Scifest was held in Sligo IT and The Clarion Hotel on 6th May 2010. A group of two third years came 2nd in the Junior Physical Sciences category.
t fair includes a competition and exhibition of projects, a selection of science talks, science demonstrations in the college laboratories and a prize-giving ceremony. SciFest aims to encourage a love of science through an investigative approach to learning and to provide an opportunity for students to display their scientific discoveries
Young Scientist
The school has been entering the Esat BT Young Scientist and technology exhibition for four years and preparations are in place for the fifth. Here are some photos of the most recent entries.
They were invited to send up two Projects to this competition. To be selected to exhibit is a major achievement in itself. Well done!
| The first project investigated "Human Emotion and Non-Verbal Characteristics of Speech". Their aim was to link the emotions of interviewees and elements of their voice such as word speed and pitch. |
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Commenting on their findings the two fifth years pupils said that to their surprise they did not find anything conclusive - but considered this may be due to their small sample size. They won 2nd place in the Social and Behavioural Sciences Category.