The Count Down is on for the BTYS Competition!
Students at Kinsale Community School once again had their thinking caps on for this year's BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition which will be held this week in the RDS from the 11th-14th January. KCS has qualified with a total of 16 projects for the exhibition, which includes a total of 30 students who will be representing the school. This reflects the great work done by all the students that qualified with their projects for the exhibition and the special place that the BTYSE holds in the school.
Kinsale Community School is very proud of its distinguished record in the BT Young Scientist Competition, having won the overall competition 3 times - making the secondary school Ireland's most successful school in the competition. Kinsale Community School attributes this success strongly on the emphasis it put on science as well as its excellent facilities.
The event, which has shone a spotlight on STEM research and innovation for almost 60 years, returns as an in-person event for the first time in three years. The 2021 and 2022 exhibitions were held virtually due to the Covid-19 restrictions.
Students entered project from across four categories including, technology; social and behavioural science; biological and ecological science; or chemical, physical and mathematical science.
Kinsale Community School wishes best of luck to all their students, we are so proud of your achievement!
Qualifying students and their projects include:
Liam Riordan, Fintan Touhy: Study on student and parent worries in the transition to secondary school
Ian Cullinane, Mark O’Driscoll and Ronan Hawkins: A C++ based AI to translate a live video input of Irish sign language to English text
Emily Bertoletti, Freya Mehigan: A statistical analysis examining people’s sun protection behaviours and their knowledge of the SunSmart Code
Lia Darcy: An analysis into people’s bias towards people with vitiligo
Elma Pallone: Consuming Fish-The Carbon Footprint of Trawling
Billy Dennehy: How much time does it take for varying brands of cough sweets to dissolve in synthetic saliva.
Conan O’Brien: SteriAir- a portable UV sterlising breathing pack
Matha O’Sullivan, Jessica O’Keeffe, Edel Ryle (2nd Year) : Imscrúdú ar nósanna athchúrsála cearta, ar dearcthaí daoine agus cloí leis na treoirlinte athchúrsála i measc an phocal i gcoitinne
Oscar Green (Yr 1) An investigation into the impact of kinetic flooring as a renewable energy source in schools
Emily Murphy, Caoimhe Horgan, Ailbhe O’Mahony (TY) Do school days have a detrimental effect on student’s fatigue levels
Oran Monoghan and Miah O’Callaghan (Yr 2) A study into the impact of music on a sporting performance
Ellie and Anthony Coughlan (TY) An experimental study to see if sustainable cleaning detergents are a viable option in today’s world.
Ronan Moloney and Paddy Canniffe (1st Year) To evaluate the impact of feeding strategies on Friesian bull calf growth
Aengus Price (TY) A statistical study into the effect of a crystal in an exam situation with regards to short term memory recall and pattern recognition
Caoimhe Hayden, Sarah Graham, Finola Gaffney (TY) An bhfuil díbholaíoch nadúrtha nios éifeachtaí ná gnáth frithallasán?