Eight Meath projects at BT Young Scientist Exhibition

Five secondary schools in Meath will be represented at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition which opens in Dublin’s RDS tomorrow.
Eight entries, involving 20 students, are showcasing their projects at the exhibition which runs until 9th January . Last year, Meath won three awards at the exhibition and will be hoping to win honours again in the 2016 event.
There are three entries from Eureka Secondary School, Kells, which are all in the social and behavioural sciences category.
In the senior section, Beverly Genockey, Caoimhe Boyce and Danielle Farrelly have entered ‘Ink v Clicking the Link’ which compares traditional style learning methods with technology-based learning methods and investigates which gender and year group engages more with or is more interested in technology-based learning.
In the intermediate section, Clare Dolan, Niamh Yore and Una Carolan have entered a project entitled ‘The reliability of a witness including the retention of information by witnesses’. Their project looks at how reliable witnesses are, what factors help witnesses to remember, what is lost over time and what type of information is remembered.
The third project from Eureka is ‘To understand how and why teenagers in Ireland perceive themselves the way they do’ which has been submitted by Lauren Cullen and Mary O’Neill in the intermediate section.
There are two entries from St Peter’s College, Dunboyne, both in the biological and ecological category. In the senior section, Rose Connolly, Catherine Burke and Matthew Cojocaru have entered a project called ‘Trichoderma in plants’ which investigates how the effect of fungus trichoderma improves the overall plant growth of barley when faced with stresses such as salinity in soil.
The second project is by Fionn O’Faoláin and Simon O’Brien in the intermediate section and investigates the effectiveness of various substances in reducing or preventing algae blooms in fresh water.
Coláiste na Mí, Johnstown, Navan, will be represented by Sean Reidy, John Roberts and Kennedy Odin whose project is called ‘Internet Killed the TV Star’ looking at the uncertain future of broadcast television and the growing popularity of streaming and catch-up services. Their project is in the social and behavioural sciences intermediate category.
St Joseph’s Secondary School, Navan, is represented by Laura Casserly, Abbie Lyons and Kerrie Doonan who will showcase their project ‘Benefits of Equine Therapy on Autistic Children’ in the social and behavioural sciences intermediate category.
Dunshaughlin Community College student Arno von Kietzell has entered a project called ‘The power of suggestion: are some minds more pliable than others?’ His project is in the intermediate section of the social and behavioural sciences category.