Mercy students award for project on impact periods have on sport

St Joseph's Secondary School in Navan won the top prize at SciFest@DkIT recently.

The Best Project Award went to Mya Doocery and Mia Galligan from St Joseph's Secondary School Navan for the Project P.E-riod which investigated the impact menstruation can have on sports activity.

County Meath was well represented at SciFest@DkIT and not only did St Joesph’s Secondary school Navan walk away with the Best Project, but they also took home the Accenture Maths in Science Award which was awarded to Sophie Connell and Silvia Ana Simhas for their project Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio.

Other Meath winners included Niamh Collins, Grace Reilly and Rachel Whyte from Scoil Mhuire, Trim who won the Smurfit Kappa Sustainability Award for their project ‘Wrap Up, Winter is Coming’. Eureka Secondary School also picked up the DkIT Intermediate Life Sciences Award, which was won by Muireann Monaghan, Siohie Rogan and Dayna McGoohan for their ‘Puff Nation’ Project.