SCHOOL

The following have enbtered projects in the 2014 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition:

TRANSITION YEAR

Declan O'Sullivan & Bernard O'Sullivan:

Designing Carbon Neutral National Schools

David Hardiman & Hugh Caslin:

Can Coconut Oil and Omega 3 Oil be used to Improve Short Term Memory

Eoghan Somers, Michael Launders & Sam Moreland:

Does Fear Influence Performance

James Huggard & Pengbo Wu:

The Effects of Video Games on Irish Teenagers

James O'Donnell & Cal Roughan:

A Solar Charger

Matthew Long:

How to Improve your Sleep

Sean Hassett:

The Effect of Isotonic Sports Drinks on Endurance Performance and Physiology

Rory Patterson:

Why do we laugh at others in pain?

Alex Murphy and Tim Maguire:

To examine whether or not Paddy Power Bookkeepers are correct with their distribution of the favourites tag for Premier League Football Matches in England

Colm OFlaherty, Shane Marmion and Greg Carroll:

The cooling effects of everyday materials

Declan Norton:

A Comparison of a Single-lift Hovercraft vs. Quad-lift Hovercraft

THIRD YEARS

Chris Aylward:

Improving Battery Life at Low Temperatures

Scott Donohoe:

To Investigate the Effects of Energised Water on Worms and Compost to see if there is an Increase in Photosynthesis

Robert Somers:

Can a Placebo have an effect on Rowing/Sprinting performance?

SECOND YEAR

Oisín Ryan:

To investigate Subconscious Bias in Children.

We wish them well and thank our Science Club Leader Ms Groves and her colleagues in the Science Department on their encouragement of the boys.