Ten hopeful Secondary Schools from Donegal are patiently awaiting results from this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology competition.
From the classification of fingerprint patterns among Irish adults, to an investigation into herbivore stress on lettuce plants, it is obvious the projects from Donegal were at a very high standard.
In its 56th year the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition is much more than a competition, it is an unforgettable experience of a lifetime for the students who take part.
The exhibition itself is the final stage in the competition which is open to all second level students from Ireland, both North and South.
As well as the 550 student projects on display, there are a further four exhibition halls filled with science and technology-based exhibits and entertainment, making it a thrilling event for those who enter and for general visitors too.
Here are the projects Donegal students had to offer:
| Donegal | Loreto Community School | “Twinkle-twinkle little star” – A systematic study of light pollution in rural Donegal | Technology | Group |
| Donegal | Abbey Vocational School | Antimicrobial Seaweeds | Biological and Ecological | Group |
| Donegal | Abbey Vocational School | Can education reduce the use of single use plastics? | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Group |
| Donegal | Magh Ene College | An investigation into job satisfaction among General Practitioners north and south of the Irish border | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Group |
| Donegal | Scoil Mhuire | Is exercise recovery time in teenagers dependent on the type of sport participated in. | Biological and Ecological | Individual |
| Donegal | Choláiste Cholmcille | Does plastic effect the quality of the water in it | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Individual |
| Donegal | Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair | Éifeachtaí drugaí agus alcól I Deagóirí | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Group |
| Donegal | Scoil Mhuire | A classification of fingerprint patterns among Irish adults | Biological and Ecological | Group |
| Donegal | Scoil Mhuire | A qualitative analysis of the quality of life experiences of post-primary students with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)? | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Individual |
| Donegal | Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair | An féidir Sreabháin Neamh-Newtonacha a úsáid chun cuidiú le leathadh tinte aiteann a chosc | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Group |
| Donegal | Magh Ene College | An investigation into herbivore stress on lettuce plants | Biological and Ecological | Group |
| Donegal | Magh Ene College | An investigation into the preparations for Brexit by farmers North and South of the border. | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Group |
| Donegal | St Eunan’s College | Using 3-D printed generators to convert water in pipes into electricity | Technology | Group |
| Donegal | Coláiste Ailigh | The benefits of walking soccer | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Individual |
| Donegal | Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair | Barriers to proceed to third level education in the north west | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Group |
| Donegal | Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair | Modhanna chun daoine gan dídean a choinneal té í rith an gheimhridh | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Group |
| Donegal | Coláiste Ailigh | Fiosrúchán ar éifeacht thuismitheoirí ar oideachas agus slí bheatha á bpáistí | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Individual |
| Donegal | Mulroy College | “Are yee drinking that!” – The electrochemical detection of nitrates in river water using a modified copper electrode | Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences | Individual |
| Donegal | Coláiste Ailigh | An eifeacht atá ag easpa fuinseoige ar chúrsaí iománaíochta agus an gá atá le trial a bhaint as crainn eile chun camáin a dhéanamh in Éirinn. | Biological and Ecological | Individual |
| Donegal | Coláiste Ailigh | Imscrudu ar an tionchar at ag ceimic in uachtar greine ar ar gcraiceann | Biological and Ecological | Individual |
| Donegal | Coláiste Ailigh | An féidir leis an gnáth Duine siúl i gceart | Social and Behavioural Sciences | Individual |
| Donegal | Coláiste Ailigh | Cén tionchar atá ag reo fad tearma ar na treithe frith-baictearach atá ag mogóir róis | Biological and Ecological | Individual |
| Donegal | Abbey Vocational School | Flax as an alternative to heavy duty plastic strapping | Technology | Group |
The Awards Ceremony of the 56th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition will take place today at 5.30pm.
It can be streamed live on Facebook through the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibitions page by using the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/BTYSTE/
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