Kinsale Community School has qualified 11 projects for this year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition. The students will be working hard on their projects, and we wish them the best of luck in the RDS in January. This year is the 60th anniversary of the exhibition and promises to be a special occasion. 

BTYSE 2024 Qualified Projects;

• Assessment of the impact of a skill-specific plyometrics plan on a juvenile GAA team: Ronan Moloney (Health and Wellbeing) Junior Individual 

• A Radiology Tool Harnessing Neural Networks for Early Diagnosis from CT scans and MRIs: Ronan Hawkins (Technology) Senior Individual 

• An analysis on how different support structures impact adolescent success in sport: Alison Dennehy and Catherine Murphy (Social and Behavioural) Intermediate Group 

• The Effect on Health and Wellbeing of Climate Change, Awareness Amongst People Living in Ireland and their Level of Engagement with Climate Change Action - A Statistical Analysis: Emily Bertoletti (Health and Wellbeing) Junior Individual 

• SkySci: AI-Powered Environmental Monitoring and Photography Drone: Ian Cullinane (Technology) Senior Individual 

• Wound Protection Cage: Etaoin Healy Bastow and Eva Grace (Technology) Junior Group 

• Investigating whether the presence of imaginary companions in childhood impacts social competence in teenage years, ‘Imaginary Friends’: Lily Cahill  

• A Statistical analysis on how biodegradable micro-plastics affect the DNA genetic code and overall structure of plants from making soil infertile: Skye and Ellie Sheedy (Biological and Ecological) Intermediate Group 

• An investigation into why women’s sport takes runner up place in the eyes of spectators compared to men’s sport: Claire Lenihan, Aoife Ferguson, and Aisling Lynch. (Social and Behavioural) Junior Group 

• Glow or go: assessing sunscreen efficiency in different foundations? Mia Rust, Ali Kingston and Megan O’ Sullivan (Chemical, Physical and Mathematical) Intermediate Group 

• Can Fungal Mycelium diminish the amount of pesticides in soil? Martin Hickey, Sandra Samoilenko, and Roisin O Riordan (Biological and Ecological) Intermediate Group